If you happen to haven’t observed, World Cup fever is gripping the world. No, I’m not speaking in regards to the soccer; I’m speaking in regards to the upcoming 2026 Esports World Cup. Honor of Kings shall be holding its World Cup beginning July thirtieth, bringing collectively elite groups from each this and Area of Valor.
To attain this new format, the match shall be performed on a custom-made World Cup patch. Groups could have 11 heroes to select from for much more tactical depth than earlier than. Who do you play and who do you ban? The choices are limitless. Or, you understand, 11, however nonetheless.
Regardless of this expanded format and group high quality, Honor of Kings isn’t resting on its laurels. Groups from India, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan are becoming a member of for the primary time, increasing the attain Honor of Kings has world wide. They gained’t cease till we’re all of their thrall. Which I’m comfortable with, since they’ve a prize pool of $3 million up for grabs.
Preventing to take their slice of the pie, we now have a pantheon of incredible groups. Title Defenders AG.AL, in fact, shall be making an attempt to earn that repeat. However standing of their means shall be giants from the Philippine Kings League Spring 2026, like BOOM Esports, or Crew Nemesis from Indonesia Kings Laga Spring 2026.
The KWC will kick off July thirtieth with the Play-in. This shall be a Finest-of-3, double elimination between two teams of eight, with the highest two per group qualifying for the Group Stage. There can even be a BO3, double elimination between 16 groups in 4 teams. The highest two per group will march onwards to the Playoffs in a mammoth best-of-7 in single elimination, with a third place best-of-5 match.
Honor of Kings is accessible to obtain from the App Retailer and Google Play. For extra Match enjoyable, Summoners Conflict closed the appliance to its 2026 World Championship just lately, so the enjoyable will kick off there quickly.
