Chengdu All Gamers (AG) emerged victorious at the KPL Grand Finals!
The 2025 KPL Grand Finals Championship Match has attempted the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for the Largest Attendance for an Esports Match with 62,169 live spectators!
The 2025 Honor of Kings International Championship (KIC) will now take centre stage as 16 teams head to Manila, Philippines, to fight for the crown and a share of a US$1,000,000 prize pool
Plus – HOK wins Trailblazer category at Green Game Jam
10 November 2025 — The 2025 King Pro League (KPL) Grand Finals concluded spectacularly at Beijing’s iconic National Stadium (the Bird’s Nest), as Chengdu All Gamers (AG) emerged victorious to claim the championship title and 20 million RMB (2.8 million USD) in prize money with the total prize pool 70 million RMB (9.8 million USD).
This year’s KPL Grand Finals elevated mobile esports to unprecedented heights. For the first time in history, a mobile esports tournament was held inside the Bird’s Nest, welcoming a live audience of 62,196 fans, which attempted the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for the Largest Attendance for an Esports Match. Fans were treated to a top-tier stage production, featuring a massive 7,000㎡ panoramic LED setup and a 128-meter-long main stage, making it the largest and most ambitious esports tournament in China to date.
The KPL Grand Finals Championship Match saw two powerhouses collide — AG, fresh off back-to-back victories in the 2025 Spring and Summer seasons, and Wolves Esports, the ten-time champions.
The Grand Finals ignited the crowd with excitement, culminating in a hard-fought 4–2 victory as Yinuo delivered a stellar performance to claim the FMVP title! A BO7 Global Ban & Pick + Ultimate Battleformat was in play, resulting in thrilling competition from start to finish.
As the winning team,YiNuo from AG was awarded an FMVP exclusive skin, a champion team signature skin, an in-game exclusive team avatar frame, and a limited-time team voice line, cementing themselves in Honor of Kings history.
The KPL is the esports event with highest viewership in the world , uniting hundreds of millions of young fans with 250 million unique viewers on KPL in 2025. With 18 city-based clubs deeply rooted in local culture, KPL continues to lead mobile esports in scale, engagement, and influence.
The Honor of Kings esports ecosystem is a dynamic, multi-tiered global structure that connects players and organisations across every level of competition from grassroots to professional. The King Pro League (KPL) Grand Finals, and the Honor of Kings International Championship (KIC) showcase world-class professional play at the highest level.
Looking Ahead: The 2025 Honor of Kings International Championship (KIC)
Attention now turns to the 2025 Honor of Kings International Championship (KIC2025), which is set to take place from November 14–30 in Manila, Philippines, featuring a US$1,000,000 prize pool.
The KIC2025 will unfold across two venues: Shooting Gallery (November 14–23 | Group Stage & Knockout Stage) and Activity Center, Ayala Malls Manila Bay (November 28–30 | Knockout Stage & Grand Finals).
A total of 16 elite teams from around the world will battle it out, featuring Southeast Asia’s powerhouses, the champions of Brazil’s CHOKBR, the Major East and West League (KWE and KMW) titleholders, and top contenders from the KIC 2025 Last Call and Phoenix Reborn Qualifiers.
Competing Teams
Blacklist International
BOOM Esports
Elevate
ACT Esports Club
Homebois X Black Shrew Esport
Nova Esports
Alpha Gaming
Bigetron by Vitality
Kagendra
Vesakha Esports
Loops
Alpha7 Esports
NongshimRedForce
OG Esports
Twisted Minds
Rex Regum Qeon
As with the KPL, the winner of the KIC will also receive an exclusive FMVP skin showcasing their honor in-game forever. Fans will also be able to get their hands on a brand new Jing KIC Esports skin to celebrate the historic event.
Honor of Kings wins big at the Green Game Jam Awards 2025.
On November 6, at a ceremony in London, Honor of KIngs picked up the Trailblazer Award at The Green Game Jam Awards, 2025. The award recognises the creativity in design and the judges were impressed by the multi-phase nature of this project and the boldness of its scope. Sustainability was deeply integral to the core narrative, helping players really feel the role of nature and natural ecosystems.
The Trailblazer Award is part of the Green Game Jam Awards 2025 by Playing for the Planet, an initiative facilitated by the United Nations Environment Programme.
Fans can catch all the action in Honor of Kings esports on the official Honor of Kings Twitch.tv (@HOK Esports), Facebook (@HOK Esports), official website, YouTube (@HOK Esports) channel and TikTok (@HOK Esports).
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About Honor of Kings
Developed by TiMi Studio Group, Honor of Kings has become the world’s most popular MOBA game with over 200 million registered users and more than 100 million daily players enjoying the thrill of team battles. Featuring highly detailed and diverse character and battlefield design plus music created by world renowned composers including Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi, and Howard Shore, Honor of Kings immerses players in a unique and colorful universe. Honor of Kings prides itself on being free to play and fair to win, with success determined by players’ skills and tactics, not by how much they spend. Honor of Kings is also home to a thriving esports ecosystem supporting competitive play from grassroots amateurs to elite professionals. To learn more about Honor of Kings, follow on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, TikTok or visit the official website of Honor of Kings.
About Level Infinite
Level Infinite is Tencent’s global games brand, dedicated to delivering engaging and original gaming experiences to a worldwide audience, whenever and wherever they choose to play. The brand also provides a wide range of services and resources to a network of developers and partner studios around the world to help them unlock the potential of their games. Level Infinite is both publisher of breakout hit games like PUBG MOBILE, Honor of Kings and Goddess of Victory: NIKKE and a collaborative partner in games such as Dune: Awakening from Funcom, Warhammer 40K: Darktide and many more. To learn more about Level Infinite, visit www.levelinfinite.com.
