Tencent's Honour Loses Top Spot in China After Year-Long Run
- Netease’s survival mobile game now No. 1 on China Apple store
- Tencent site shows countdown of new game with tribute to PUBG
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Honour of Kings, the blockbuster game from Tencent Holdings Ltd., lost the top spot in China’s iOS store to a rival uncannily similar to the world’s hottest PC title.
The new game from NetEase Inc., which translates roughly as “survival in the wilderness,” took the top spot on Nov. 4, according to researcher App Annie. It features similar game play to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, including parachuting 100 players onto an island, having them scavenge for armor and weapons before a battle to the death.