In September, Tencent Games generated nearly 200 million US Dollars in revenue. The company brought in this massive figure from just two of its massively successful mobile games, namely Honor of King and PUBG Mobile.

PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings are Tencent’s top grossing games

The news arrives from market research firm Appmagic. In a recent report, the firm found that Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile were the top grossing mobile games from the Chinese gaming giant, Tencent. The Honor of Kings was the highest grossing mobile game, while Scopely’s Monopoly Go took the second spot. PUBG Mobile took the third spot, with the three titles bringing in 115.8 million US Dollars, 87.95 million US Dollars, and 83.19 million US Dollars respectively.

In other words, Tencent alone generated almost 200 million US Dollars with just two of its titles. For those unaware, Honor of Kings is a MOBA mobile game similar to DOTA 2 and League of Legends, while PUBG Mobile is a looter shooter battle royale. These are some of the most popular mobile games in the market, with the two games being especially popular in the Asian market.

Apart from these titles, HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail retained its fifth spot in September 2023, but saw an 8 million US Dollar decrease over the previous month. On the other hand, Genshin Impact (another HoYoverse game) saw a 10 million US Dollar rise last month, making it rise to the seventh spot in the overall ranking. NetEase Games’ new Dunk City Dynasty is a new street basketball title, which generated 19.5 million US Dollars last month. This is a Chinese exclusive game at the moment, so it is clear that China is still a major market for these aforementioned games.

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Black Shark is one of the niche gaming smartphone brands. The company released two devices this year, namely Black Shark 4 and Black Shark 4 Pro. A third device dubbed as Black Shark 5 was expected to debut before the end of 2021. Now it looks like this phone might go official as Black Shark 4S along with Black Shark 4S Pro.

Honor of Kings (aka King of Glory) is a popular MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game in China. This video game is only available for Android and iOS.

Like most popular mobile titles, this one also supports higher frame rates on select devices. Recently, the support page of the game was updated to add more compatible devices for higher frame rates.

This newly updated list shared by Digital Chat Station includes a number of unreleased products. Many of them like realme GT Neo2, HUAWEI nova 9, and Lenovo Xiaoxin Pad Pro 12.6 have been confirmed to launch soon. But this is the first time we are hearing about Black Shark 4S and Black Shark 4S Pro.

Back in August, the same leaker said that the next device from Black Shark will be called Black Shark 5 (KTUS-A0). He also suggested that it will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ and will arrive with support for 120W fast charging.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any further information on the upcoming Black Shark 4S and Black Shark 4S Pro, except that they will be able to run Honor of Kings at 120 fps. If these handsets are indeed set to release soon, then we expect to learn more about them via certifications, leaks, and official teasers in the coming days.

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Sensor Tower recently released research data which shows that Telegram was the most-downloaded app in January 2021. The research firm has again published data regarding to the top-grossing mobile game globally for the month of January. The revenue estimates were collated from data obtained from the App Store and Google Play worldwide between January 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021, and represent gross user spending.

The data shows that Tencent’s Honor of Kings was the top earner with a revenue of $267.3 million spent by players. The figure represents almost 22% growth from January 2020. It should be noted that most of the game’s revenue emanated from China, put at a whopping 97% while Thailand contributed 1% of the game’s revenue for January.

The second top-earner is unsurprisingly PUBG Mobile, yet another game distributed by Tencent. The game raked in more than $259 million in gross revenue, a 26 percent year-over-year growth when compared to January 2020. About 60% of PUBG Mobile’s revenue were from players in China where the game is known as Game For Peace. The United States contributed 9.8%. PUBG Mobile is still banned in India so the revenue from India would have dropped drastically.

The third-highest grossing game is Fate/Grand Order from Sony’s Aniplex, while the fourth spot is occupied by Genshin Impact from miHoYo. Completing the top 5 is Roblox from Roblox Corporation.

Professional Baseball Spirits A from Konami was a new entrant to the overall top 10 grossing mobile games in January. The title had its best month ever, racking up $112.5 million, a more than three times increase from January 2020. By January 31, 2021, lifetime revenue had reached $1.3 billion, with Japan accounting for all player spending. It’s evidence of just how lucrative the Japanese mobile games market remains, and how much success publisher Konami has found in the space.

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Huawei had just recently launched two new smartphones at a conference, namely the Nova 8 and the Nova 8 Pro. However, it seems like the company refrained from unveiling a special edition of the device, which features the theme of the popular mobile game Honor of Kings.

According to a recent Weibo post by blogger @看山的叔叔, a Chinese microblogging website, the company will soon launch a Huawei Nova 8 Pro Honor of Kings limited edition variant. For those unaware, Honor of Kings is an online multiplayer video game title for smartphones. It is an online battle arena developed by TiMi Studios and published by Tencent Games for both the iOS and Android platforms. At the moment, the game is one of the most popular titles in the world, especially in China.

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So, it does not come as a surprise that China’s largest smartphone brand would launch a special edition based on the game. Although this news is still unconfirmed right now, so take the report with a pinch of salt for now. The Chinese tech giant is known for launching special editions of its popular smartphones so we might see an Honor of Kings variant as well.

While the aesthetic and design of the Nova 8 Pro Honor of Kings version could be unique, its specifications are likely to be the same. This includes the HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G mobile processor, a 6.72 inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and more. Furthermore, the device would likely arrive with optimizations to make the game run at 90fps. Unfortunately, the pricing and availability of the device are still unknown, so stay tuned for more updates.

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Tencent‘s Honor of Kings is one of the most popular titles in the mobile gaming industry and has even garnered a massive playbase as well. Now, the game has recorded a sizeable 100 million active daily users, just as the studio also plans on expanding the game into different genres.

For those unaware, Honor of Kings is Tencent’s flagship title in mobile games and is based around the popular MOBA genre in video games. It has seen immense success in China, with playerbase in other Southeast Asian regions as well. With its popularity soaring, the company has now decided to expand the title into other genres of games while also forming a partnership with the British luxury group, Burberry.

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This move arrives as the popular game title celebrates its fifth year anniversary and is facing growing competition from the mobile version of League of Legends, arguably one of the most popular PC games within the MOBA genre. Notably, League of Legends: Wild Rift is made by a US game studio, Riot Games, which is also under Tencent Games. The new mobile version of LoL is currently being tested in the Asian region.

According to Li Min, Game Director and General Manager of Tencent’s Timi Studios, “We are going to expand how players can interact with the Honor of Kings world and create a multi-dimensional brand experience that drives engagement both inside the game and outside it. This could include anime, films, music, and even live action series.” In other words, we can soon expect to see the title in more forms of mass entertainment platforms in the near future.

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As per a new report from SensorTower, Honor of Kings from Tencent brought in a total close to 240 million US Dollars in user spending in September 2020. This does not include third party Android stores and showcases a significant growth of 87 percent from September 2019. China was the dominating market with a 96 percent share in the overall revenue within the game, followed by Taiwan with just 1.5 percent and Thailand with 1.2 percent revenue share.

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The “Top Mobile Games by Worldwide Revenue for September 2020” list also includes known names like PUBG Mobile, that arrives second in both overall and iOS stores, while Coin Master came in third. Notably, PUBG Mobile didn’t make the top 10 list in Google Play revenue list, while Coin Master didn’t make the cut either but for the iOS App Store revenue rankings.

Previously, we had reported on the explosive rise and popularity of Genshin Impact, which became the second highest grossing game for a week, bringing in 60 million US Dollars, but it did not make an appearance on the list. Back in August, the rankings for the highest grossing video game application had PUBG Mobile take the top spot for the month, but Honor of Kings has reclaimed its title.

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic-led lockdowns have affected various businesses. But some like the gaming industry profited by a high margin compared to last year. As people around the world are stuck at home, they either turn towards streaming or gaming, especially mobile gaming to kill time. This has helped PUBG Mobile to become the highest-grossing mobile game in May with more than $226 million in user spending.

PUBG Mobile aka Peacekeeper Elite (China) by Tencent is currently one of the popular mobile titles ever since its release in 2018. It is a free-to-play battle royale game with in-app purchases.

According to the latest report by Sensor Tower, PUBG Mobile’s revenue exceeded $226 million in May, making it the highest-grossing mobile game of the month. The revenue generated was 41% YoY increase.

Also, it is interesting to see that most in-app purchases came from China (53%), USA (10.2%), Saudi Arabia (5.5%), and not much from India where the game is immensely popular.

The second highest-grossing mobile title in the same period was Honor of Kings, another game by Tencent. It earned $204.5 million for the company, a 42% YoY growth. Most of its revenue came from China (95%), followed by Thailand (2.2%) where it is known as Garena Realm of Valor.

Niantic’s Pokémon GO also recorded its highest revenue of $82.2 million since September 2019. The developer recently added new content in the game to encourage playing at home.

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China is a gaming hub of sort and in recent times, the government had to adopt tougher restrictions in order to curb a rising problem of gaming addiction and eye defect. However, gaming is coming to the rescue of Chinese families who have had to adjust their routine in the face of the Coronavirus outbreak and quarantine efforts aimed at preventing the spread of the virus.

App Store data from mobile app researcher Apptopia (via Bloomberg) shows that the number of active users of mobile games developed by two of China’s top games developers – Tencent Holdings Ltd and NetEase Inc. has risen astronomically in mainland China due to the quarantine efforts by the government aimed at curbing person-to-person transmission of the virus. As a result, the shares of both companies continued to surge despite a struggling domestic market as a result of the coronavirus epidemic.

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The data shows that the percentage of active users daily for two of Tencent’s most popular titles – Mahjong and Game For Peace, increased 109% and 44%, respectively, between January and February.  Other games by Tencent such as Honor of Kings, Happy Poker, and QQ Speed also saw a surge in their usage by more than 20% in the two-month period under review.

On the other hand, the game Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow produced by Netease has also seen its daily active users more than doubled in China since December, attaining a growth of 131%.

The spike in game-playing began in late January after coronavirus quarantines kept people indoors during the Chinese New Year, limiting their entertainment options. Online entertainment and gaming are ordinarily expected to benefit as people are locked down in their homes. During this period, the TV viewership also saw a surge in numbers as more families spent time indoors since the virus started its rampage. Analysts project that stocks tied to in-home entertainment could see more gains ahead as more people avoid socializing and look for alternative ways of passing time within the safe precinct of their homes.

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