Published 04:26 IST, November 1st 2019
Tsinghua University graduate cosplays characters from Honor of Kings
A video of Tsinghua University, China graduate cosplaying popular characters of a Chinese popular mobile game Honor of Kings has gone viral on social media.
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A video of Tsinghua University graduate cosplaying popular characters of Chinese mobile game Honor of Kings has gone viral on social media. In the video, the boy can be seen in a house tied to a blue ribbon in his arm and featuring the character of a superhero of a mobile game Honor of Kings. He can be seen revolving with the ribbon and at last, blows up some feathers like substance in his hand.
About the video
In the next set of the video, he can be seen wearing a red T-shirt with a pant and red socks pairing it up with a white towel. He can be seen matching up with a character of the game, playing with fire in his arms and converting it into a Chinese traditional hand-fan.In the final set of the video, the boy can be seen in a park full of trees and shrubs. He can be seen performing stunts similar to the character in the game with a cardboard-like sheet in his hand that converts into what seemed to be a parachute.
With an estimated 200 million monthly players, Honor of Kings might just be the biggest game in the world — but there’s a good chance you’ve never even heard of it. The mobile strategy game, created by technology giant Tencent, was first launched in 2015, but its success has largely been concentrated in China.
Game to be known as Arena of Valor in the US and Europe
The company regularly cites the game as a big driver in its earnings reports, and it has proven so popular that Tencent implemented restrictions to keep kids under 12 from playing more than an hour a day. According to a recent study, a player went blind because she couldn’t stop looking at her phone. The developer is reworking the game for the US and Europe under a brand new name, Arena of Valor. Tencent has built an internal team specifically devoted to localizing the game for these new markets, with the goal of making China’s biggest game a hit across the globe. And soon all of that work will be put to the test: Arena of Valor is officially launching on iOS and Android in North and South America tomorrow.
Updated 04:26 IST, November 1st 2019