Mobile Legends – Bang Bang

Released in 2016, the game has become popular in Southeast Asia and was among the games chosen for the first medal event esports competition at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. 1 Intermediate People’s Court against Moonton’s CEO Watson Xu Zhenhua, for violating a law regarding Non-Compete Agreements along with Mobile Legends’ plagiarism of League of Legends, and was awarded a settlement of $2.9 million. Weaker computer-controlled characters, called «minions», spawn at team bases and follow the three lanes to the opposite team’s base, fighting enemies and turrets. Heroes can be grouped into 6 different roles, Marksman, Assassin, Mage, Support, Fighter, and Tank. It later grew to 70 by November 2018, and as of December 2020, 103 heroes are currently on the live server. Moonton regularly collaborates with Southeast Asian countries to create new characters from their respective histories or folklore to further increase the game’s appeal, introducing characters such as Lapu Lapu, Minsitthar, Kavita, and Badang.