{"id":28224,"date":"2021-09-03T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/?p=28224"},"modified":"2021-09-03T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:44:24","slug":"tencent-revamps-arena-of-valor-esports-from-2022-joins-forces-with-honor-of-kings-as-plans-for-global-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/tencent-revamps-arena-of-valor-esports-from-2022-joins-forces-with-honor-of-kings-as-plans-for-global-expansion.html","title":{"rendered":"Tencent revamps Arena of Valor esports from 2022, joins forces with Honor of Kings as plans for global expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent is planning to expand\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>esports significantly in 2022, the company announced in a press release today. The game\u2019s esports scene will see an overhaul next year with more competitions around the world and will join forces with\u00a0<em>Honor of Kings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Honor of Kings\u00a0<\/em>is the original MOBA game developed and published by Tencent Games in 2015 for mobile devices. Later, a globalized version was released in 2016 called\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>for players around the world. While the games have several differences, Tencent will be uniting their esports scene for the first time next year with the\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>World Cup (AWC) 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The AWC, which has been happening around the middle of the year since its inception in 2018, will take place a bit later, in October next year. Tencent has said that the prize pool for the competition will be more than $8 million. In comparison, the 2021 AWC had a prize pool of $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen group stage slots will be up for grabs in the AWC 2022. Unlike past world cups, SEA teams filled most of these slots, and Tencent has promised a more global distribution of teams as it attempts to expand\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>esports scene. Chinese teams will also be competing in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a global spirit in mind, the AWC will see the best teams from Asia, North America, South America, Middle East, and Europe go head-to-head,\u201d Tencent said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Honor of Kings\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>are separate games with several overlapping mechanics. To solve this problem, the AWC will be played in a \u201cbrand-new esports version\u201d with a hero pool from both games to ensure a fair competitive environment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arena of Valor and Honor of Kings Join Forces Through Esports\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pqM1fcJYSwo?start=30&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"memubutton-con\"><a id=\"memuDownload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/download.php?file_name=Memu-Setup&amp;from=blog_en_Arena_of_Valor_5v5_Arena_20210903\"><i><\/i>Download Arena of Valor 5v5 Arena on PC<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In addition, Tencent has also said that it will revamp the schedule and tournament structure of\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>esports starting next year. This includes local and regional pro leagues leading to the AWC for Asia, North America, South America, Middle East, and Europe. The company will also establish several new leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Tencent will announce more details about the new leagues and the\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>International Championship (AIC) 2022 in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are combining\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Honor of Kings\u00a0<\/em>for the first time and we look forward to sharing more details on how teams can qualify very soon,\u201d said Bernd Gottsmann, lead of the global esports center at Tencent Games. \u201cThe\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>community and player base is so passionate, and that\u2019s why we wanted to create something that would truly take the competitive experience to a whole new level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tencent\u2019s move may not come as a surprise.\u00a0<em>Honor of Kings\u00a0<\/em>is immensely popular in China and\u00a0reportedly\u00a0has over 100 million daily average users.\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor<\/em>, on the other hand, hasn\u2019t been able to replicate this success outside of specific regions like Southeast Asia. The unification will boost the esports ecosystem for\u00a0<em>Arena of Valor\u00a0<\/em>while it looks to compete with the rising popularity of Riot\u2019s new mobile MOBA,\u00a0<em>League of Legends: Wild Rift<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"memubutton-con\"><a id=\"memuDownload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/download.php?file_name=Memu-Setup&amp;from=blog_en_Arena_of_Valor_5v5_Arena_20210903\"><i><\/i>Download Arena of Valor 5v5 Arena on PC<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Discover More about MEmu Play<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/\">Official Website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/support.html\">MEmu Support<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/memuplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/jqSJV7Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discord<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/microvirtmemu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/memuplayer\/\">Reddit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MEmuPlayOfficial\">Youtube<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/memuplayru\"><strong>VK<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"top-heroboard\" class=\"proper-ad-unit will-fixed\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent is planning to expand\u00a0Arena of Valor\u00a0esports significantly in 2022, the company announced in a press release today. The game\u2019s esports scene will see an overhaul next year with more competitions around the world and will join forces with\u00a0Honor of Kings. Honor of Kings\u00a0is the original MOBA game developed and published by Tencent Games in 2015 for mobile devices. Later, a globalized version was released in 2016 called\u00a0Arena of Valor\u00a0for players around the world. While the games have several differences, Tencent will be uniting their esports scene for the first time next year with the\u00a0Arena of Valor\u00a0World Cup (AWC) 2022. The AWC, which has been happening around the middle of the year since its inception in 2018, will take place a bit later, in October next year. Tencent has said that the prize pool for the competition will be more than $8 million. In comparison, the 2021 AWC had a prize pool of $500,000. Sixteen group stage slots will be up for grabs in the AWC 2022. Unlike past world cups, SEA teams filled most of these slots, and Tencent has promised a more global distribution of teams as it attempts to expand\u00a0Arena of Valor\u2019s\u00a0esports scene. Chinese teams will also<a class=\"show-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/tencent-revamps-arena-of-valor-esports-from-2022-joins-forces-with-honor-of-kings-as-plans-for-global-expansion.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6925,"featured_media":28226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7044,11],"tags":[35452,3212,35450,3214,35449,3216,35448,10515,3213,35451,4802],"yst_prominent_words":[35457,35428,35431,35427,3105,35456,35454,35412,35442,35429,35425,10485,35453,3092,35441,35443,35430,35426,35432,35455],"class_list":["post-28224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-guides","category-game-news","tag-app-484","tag-arena-of-valor","tag-arena-of-valor-android","tag-arena-of-valor-apk","tag-arena-of-valor-download","tag-arena-of-valor-emulator","tag-arena-of-valor-for-pc","tag-arena-of-valor-on-pc","tag-arena-of-valor-pc","tag-arena-of-valor-update","tag-lang-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28229,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28224\/revisions\/28229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28224"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memuplay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=28224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}