Honor of Kings breaks esports attendance Guinness World Record 

Cell MOBA title Honor of Kings has damaged the Guinness World File for the most important stay attendance ever for an esports match. 

Happening on November eighth, the occasion noticed All Players (AG Tremendous Play) defeat Wolves Esports 4-2 at China’s Nationwide Stadium, the Chicken’s Nest, in entrance of 62,196 individuals. 

In keeping with Guinness World Data, the feat beats the earlier report of 45,000, which was achieved in the course of the PES 2016 UEFA Euro 2016 occasion in Paris. The occasion came about throughout soccer’s 2016 Euros and was instantly adopted by a watch social gathering for the semi-finals between France and Germany on the identical venue. 

The record-breaking milestone comes as Honor of Kings celebrates its 10-year anniversary since its launch in China. Since then, the sport has gone on to launch globally in 2024 and set up one of many greatest esports leagues in China, the King Professional League (KPL).

Now in its ninth yr, the King Professional League is Honor of Kings’ year-long semi-franchised tier-one circuit. The match between AG Tremendous Play and Wolves Esports was for the KPL Grand Finals 2025 trophy, the ecosystem’s greatest occasion alongside the Honor of Kings Worldwide Championship (KIC).

The occasion proved to be extremely fashionable with followers throughout China because the finals offered out inside 12 seconds of tickets going stay. Esports Insider was additionally knowledgeable by events concerned within the occasion that 85% of these ticket gross sales got here from followers outdoors of Beijing. 

Guinness World Data officers have been readily available to recognise the achievement and make the record-breaking announcement in the course of the occasion’s half-time present. 

This isn’t the primary time that the enduring Chicken’s Nest has hosted an esports occasion, with the venue beforehand used for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. Curiously, Honor of Kings was not the one esport to conclude a significant occasion in China this weekend.

Returning to the nation, League of Legends hosted its 2025 World Championships in Chengdu’s Dong’an Lake Sports activities Park Multifunctional Gymnasium. In the meantime, Counter-Strike 2 occasion IEM Chengdu came about within the Monetary Metropolis Performing Arts Heart.

Following the conclusion of the KPL Grand Finals, eyes will now be on the approaching 2025 Honor of Kings Worldwide Championship. The worldwide occasion will showcase the very best Honor of Kings groups outdoors of China, with the successful workforce securing a lion’s share of its $1m (~£763,000) prize pool.

Furthermore, the highest three groups at KIC 2025 will take part within the 2025 Honor of Kings Challenger Cup. Set to start in December, the competitors will function KPL and KIC groups alongside ladies’s, streamer, tier-two and grassroots rosters. 

AG Tremendous Play will as soon as once more stroll into the occasion as favourites, having now gained six consecutive tier-one KPL occasions in a row alongside the Honor of Kings World Cup 2025.