{"id":169032,"date":"2025-03-03T21:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=169032"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:39:34","slug":"og-esports-announces-honor-of-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/og-esports-announces-honor-of-kings","title":{"rendered":"OG Esports announces Honor of Kings team, becomes Western Europe partner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//03//Honor-of-Kings-OG-large.jpg/" alt=\"OG Esports announces Honor of Kings team - becomes Western Europe partner\" class=\"wp-image-169033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Honor-of-Kings-OG-large.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Honor-of-Kings-OG-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Honor-of-Kings-OG-medium_large.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Honor-of-Kings-OG.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit: OG\/Level Infinite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d873b733\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>European esports organisation <strong>OG Esports<\/strong> has officially announced its entrance in the <strong>Honor of Kings<\/strong> (HoK) ecosystem as a Western Europe partner, establishing its first mobile team for 2025.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d873bf66\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Through an announcement by OG Esports co-founder Johan &#8216;<strong>N0tail<\/strong>&#8216; Sundstein on <a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////x.com//OGesports/">OG&#8217;s official X page<\/a>, the team will be competing in the Honor of Kings Major West League (KMW). That being said, the roster is yet to be announced and there is still little information on the KMW.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67cf5d873ce89\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-167420\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//02//honor-of-kings-rednote-chinese-kpl/" target=\"_blank\">Honor of Kings partners with Rednote for China&#8217;s King Pro League<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-162102\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2025//01//og-esports-daniel-sanders-new-ceo/" target=\"_blank\">OG Esports appoints Daniel Sanders as new CEO<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-159379\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//10//honor-of-kings-2025-esports-roadmap/" target=\"_blank\">Honor of Kings unveils 2025 esports roadmap<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d873e257\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Based on what is dictated by the <a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////x.com//HoKEsports//status//1860639527385350284/">HoK official rulebook<\/a>, the team must have at least four players who are resident in Europe, two of which from the team&#8217;s representing country. Only one import is allowed, with a minimum of five players and up to seven on the starting roster.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d873ea5e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>While details about the KMW are yet to be disclosed, the competition will allow a team to qualify through the Honor of Kings Major West League 2025 Spring Qualifier, which is taking place on March 16th. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d873f1e6\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The winners of\u00a0the Open Series Western Europe\u00a0and the Open Series Eastern Europe &amp; Central Asia will face off to determine which team will take part in the upcoming HoK European competition, alongside OG Esports.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-67cf5d873f9d7\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-honor-of-kings-reveals-15m-esports-plan\"><span id=\"honor_of_kings_reveals_15m_esports_plan\">Honor of Kings Reveals $15m Esports Plan<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d8740161\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Recently, Honor of Kings&#8217; game publisher and Tencent&#8217;s subsidiary Level Infinite has announced the 2025 esports roadmap for the Honor of Kings ecosystem, announcing $15m (~\u00a311.826m) investment plans to launch new leagues across six regions. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5d87408cd\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Aside from the KMW, the company will launch the<strong> Philippines Kings League (PKL), Malaysia Kings League (MKL), Wildcard Kings League (WKS), Indonesia Kings Laga (IKL),<\/strong> and <strong>Major East League (KME)<\/strong>. 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