1 Mobile Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game designed for mobile phones. The two opposing teams fight to reach and destroy the enemy's base while defending their own base for control of a path, the three "lanes" known as "top", "middle" and "bottom", which connects the bases.[5] 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.[6]
In each team, there are five players who each control a character, known as a "hero". Heroes can be grouped into 6 different roles, Marksman, Assassin, Mage, Support, Fighter and Tank.
Additionally, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang have different kind of Arcade games, featuring different gameplay mechanic respectively, such as;
In June 2017, Moonton approached Is Yuniarto, an Indonesian comic book artist that best known for Garudayana, a javanese theme action fantasy comic series from Indonesia.[7] The Garudayana comic series was published by numerous comic publishers in Indonesia such as Koloni (Original imprint version), Curhat Anak Bangsa (Garudayana Saga),[8] Webtoon (Digital comic),[9] and CIAYO Comics (Web comic).[10] On August 11, 2015, Is Yuniarto stated on his Facebook page that he has officially cooperated to release the comic which is now in its fifth saga with one of the most famous online comic publishers in Japan, Digital Catapult, in which Garudayana comic originally only available in indonesian language, now also available for english and japanese language for audiences outside Indonesia.[11][12][13]
The reason Moonton approached Is Yuniarto is to included Gatotkaca from Garudayana as a playable character in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to promote the game, attracting local audiences as well as boosting the game popularity in Indonesia.[14] Moonton also later included Kadita, an Indonesian goddess of the sea from Sundanese and Javanese beliefs as playable character in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to further appeal Indonesian playerbase.[15]
Furthermore, Kadita and Garudayana's Gatotkaca currently are the only javanese characters in the game.
Additionally, Garudayana's Gatotkaca as of now is the only 3rd party character that crossover in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang that is actually a fully functional playable hero and not just simply as a skin, unlike the inclusion of SNK's The King of Fighters (KOF) characters in the game.
The King of FightersEdit
In March 2019, Moonton approached SNK for collaboration, introducing characters from The King of Fighters (KOF) as skins in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.[16] The skins have unique KOF ability effects and voiceovers. The 1st KOF series skins released in the game were Iori Yagami for the hero Chou, Leona Heidern for the hero Karina, and Athena Asamiya for the hero Guinevere.[17] The 2nd KOF series skins released were Kula Diamond for the hero Aurora, K' for the hero Gusion, and Orochi Chris for the hero Dyrroth.
BleachEdit
In January 2020, after the inclusion of SNK's The Kings of Fighters (KOF) 2nd season series skins to Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Moonton announced that they will make collaboration with Bleach. Moonton also made a survey for fans to vote which Bleach characters to be introduce into the game in the future based on the rankings from the survey.[18]
Spin-off game
Mobile Legends: Adventure
Moonton released an official spin-off game entitled Mobile Legends: Adventure (MLA), a role-playing game (RPG) strategy game, on July 31, 2019.[19]
515 Unite is an annual global campaign launched in integrating online and offline Mobile Legends events such as cosplay competitions and roadshows.[20] The theme song for Mobile Legends 515 Unite 2019 event was "Bang Bang" sang by Shorelle.[21] In May 2020, Moonton released "Party Legends" on YouTube, Spotify, and other streaming services.[22]
Due to 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, the 515 campaign for 2020 was limited to online events and competitions.[23]
Mobile Legends tournaments have been held in the Southeast Asian region, including the annual Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asian Competition (MSC) and having their own local leagues such as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL).[24][25][26]
The first ever Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, dubbed as M1, was held in Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 15 to 17, 2019. The competition featured 16 teams across the world to battle it out for a prize pool of US$250,000.[27][28]
Southeast Asian Games 2019Edit
Main article: Esports at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
Mobile Legends is among the first games title to be included as a medal event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[
The game has become popular in Southeast Asia (SEA), where it was the most-downloaded free mobile game app among iPhone users in 2017
Moonton was established in April 2014 within the Minhang District of Shanghai, China.[33] Its two co-founders are Justin Yuan and Watson Xu Zhenhua, who also became partner chief executive officers (CEOs) of the company.[34][35][36]
On April 6, 2015, the company released its first video game, the tower defense (TD) game titled Magic Rush: Heroes. On July 14, 2016, the company released Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA, a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game.[37] However, Riot Games suspected that the game ripping-off the intellectual property of League of Legends, and contacted Google to remove the game from PlayStore and AppStore. Moonton then removed the game themselves before Google attempted to take it down and relaunched it with a slightly different name as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang on November 9, 2016.[38][39] The game became highly popular in Southeast Asia, notably in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines.[40] The game is distributed by Elex Tech in the United States.[41] Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has its spin-off game, known as Mobile Legends: Adventure. It is a role-playing game (RPG) and was released in July 31, 2019.
In July 2017, Riot Games filed a lawsuit against Moonton, the developer of the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, because of copyright infringement, citing similarities between Mobile Legends and League of Legends.[42] The case was initially dismissed in Central District Court of California in United States on account of forum non conveniens. Tencent, Riot's parent company, on behalf of Riot Games, then filed a new, separate lawsuit directly targeting Moonton's CEO, Watson Xu Zhenhua in a Chinese court, which ruled in Tencent's favor in July 2018, awarded Tencent $2.9 million (RMB19.4 million) in term of damages.[43][44]
