On the last grand final day of the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3, James Yang, Senior Director at Level Infinite Global, announced the game developer’s plans for 2025 HOK esports.
Level Infinite is investing a total of US$15,000,000 in total into Honor of Kings esports. Three global tournaments, seven regional pro leagues, and grassroots tournaments will be organized throughout the year.
Grassroots tournaments include Open Series and Campus Series that are open to students.
Honor of Kings esports 2025 global tournaments
The first international tournament held in 2025 is the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 held in Manila, Philippines from February 21 to March 1, 2025.
Teams qualified through the Philippines Qualifier, Indonesia Qualifier, Malaysia Qualifier, Wildcard Qualifier, Europe Qualifier, MENA Qualifier, and JPDR Qualifier.
Another two more HOK esports global tournaments will be held later this year:
| HONOR OF KINGS ESPORTS 2025 GLOBAL TOURNAMENTS | DATE |
| Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 | February |
| Honor of Kings World Cup (KWC) held at Esports World Cup (EWC) | July |
| HOK International Championship | November |
HOK World Cup EWC slot allocation sees a total of 18 teams
7 new pro leagues for Honor of Kings esports 2025
The Honor of Kings Brazil Championship (CHOKBR) is the earliest to launch, starting in 2023. It welcome a new two-season format with partnered and non-partnered teams.
Here are the details of the two-season HOK regional leagues, including some of the announced partnered team:
| HONOR OF KINGS 2025 PRO LEAGUES | SEASONS | TEAMS |
| Philippines Kings League (KPL) | Spring (April) Fall (August) | Boom Esports Blacklist International Team Flash Eureka TNT Tropang Alab 8 teams (5 partnered, 3 open) |
| Malaysia Kings League (MKL) | Spring (April) Fall (August) | Team Secret Nova Esports Black Shrew Esports (BSE) Todak 8 teams (4 partnered, 4 open) |
| Indonesia Kings Laga (IKL) | Spring (April) Fall (August) | RRQ Bigetron Esports Onic Esports Dominator Esports Kagendra Mahadewa Alter Ego Talon 10 teams (8 partnered, 2 open) |
| Wildcard Kings League (WKS) Myanmar Cambodia Laos Singapore Brunei Timor-Leste Hong Kong (China) Macau (China) | Spring (April) Fall (August) | Impunity Paradise Esports See You Soon 8 teams (6 partnered, 2 open) |
| Major East League (KME) Korea Japan MENA Southeast Asia | Spring (April) Fall (August) | Gen.G Nongshim Redforce Crazy Racoon 7 teams (4 partnered, 3 open) |
| Major West League (KMW) Americas CIS Europe Turkey | Spring (April) Fall (August) | OG Next Rüya Virtus.pro 9z Team 7 teams (4 partnered, 3 open) |
| Brazil Championship (CHOKBR) | Spring (May) Fall (September) | Alpha7 Esports Loops E1 Sports Corinthians Influence Rage 8 teams (5 partnered, 3 open) |
Honor of Kings grassroots tournaments
The first Open Series held over two splits has more than 150,000 player sign-ups as of writing, Level Infinite announced.
The Campus Series (KCS) sees a total of 92 participating regions and countries competing a global US$100,000 prize pool.
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