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Established in 2014, MOONTON Games is a global video game company dedicated to gaming development, publication, and esports. With more than 1,600 employees worldwide, the company operates offices in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Latin America, and Singapore.

We have successfully launched several high-profile mobile games globally and has built long-term relationships with governments and esports organizations in more than 30 countries worldwide. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is an award-winning multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game available on the App Store and Google Play; it has over 1.465 billion installations and a monthly active user base of over 110 million players, as well as being among the top 10 most-played games in over 80 countries.

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Our Journey

2024

In January 2024, Esports Charts, a third-party esports analytics platform, revealed that Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) was the most-watched mobile game in esports with 530 million hours of total viewing time. This was an increase of 200 million from 2023.
In January 2024, MLBB was unveiled as the first game for the inaugural Esports World Cup. A multi-year collaboration agreement was signed by both parties.
In July 2024, MLBB held the only women's tournament at the Esports World Cup, the MLBB Women's Invitational (MWI) 2024, which had a USD 500,000 prize pool, the largest-ever purse in women's esports.
In August 2024, MLBB was named "Esports Mobile Game of the Year" at the Esports Awards 2024, the second year in a row that the globally acclaimed game has won this category. MLBB was also second place in the "Esports Game of the Year" category, while MOONTON Games was second place in the "Esports Publisher of the Year" category.

2023

In January 2023, Esports Charts, a third-party authoritative data platform, released multiple global esports rankings for 2022. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) achieved the highest peak viewership and hours watched out of all mobile events, claiming seven spots in the Global Mobile Esports Peak Concurrent Viewers (PCV) Chart.
In January 2023, the 4th MLBB World Championship (M4) concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event set a viewership record of 79.68 million hours of total viewing time and a PCV of 4.26 million, an impressive increase of 33.5% compared to M3.
In April 2023, pre-registration for the next-generation fantasy RPG game, Watcher of Realms, commenced.
In May 2023, MLBB made its 3rd appearance at the 32nd SEA Games. The Women's Tournament was held for the first time, becoming the all-time most-watched Women's esports event with a PCV of 1.37 million.
In July 2023, the first-ever Mobies took place in Los Angeles, USA. MLBB swept four accolades, namely "Best Mobile Competitive Game of 2023", "Best Mobile Esports Event of 2023", "Best Mobile Esports Team of 2023", and "Best Mobile Esports Player of 2023".
In December 2023, MLBB was named the "Mobile Game of The Year" at The Esports Awards, while also being a finalist for the "Game of The Year" and "Publisher of The Year" categories.
In December 2023, the M5 World Championship in Manila, the Philippines, became the most-watched MLBB esports event of all time with 5.07 million PCV. This cemented MLBB's place as the most-watched mobile esports event globally in 2023 and among the world's most popular esports titles.

2022

In January 2022, the first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI) obtained 392,000 peak concurrent viewers (PCV), making it one of the most watched women's esports events of all time.
In May 2022, the curtain descended on the 31st SEA Games, with MLBB ratings ranking 1st of all esports titles.

2021

In 2021, Mobile Legends: Adventure entered Japan and South Korea, both topping the Apple and Google free game charts.
In January 2021, the M2 World Championship was successfully held in Singapore, with a peak audience of 3.08 million and a cumulative total of over 130 million viewers, making it one of the most influential esports events in the world.
In March 2021, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) was once again selected as a medal event for SEA Games.
In March 2021, MOONTON Games and ByteDance reached a strategic acquisition agreement, after which Yuan Jing stayed on as CEO while MOONTON maintained independent operations.
In July 2021, MPL (MLBB Professional League) was launched in Brazil and Cambodia.
In August 2021, the total registered accounts of MLBB exceeded 1 billion.
In August 2021, Legends of Dawn - The Sacred Stone, the first animation series of MLBB was aired on WeTV (online platform), NET TV (Indonesia), ABS CBN (Philippines), Media Prima (Malaysia), and many other platforms around the world, with a cumulative total of 360 million views in its first run.
In October 2021, M2 was named the Best Esport Event of the Year at Gamescom Asia 2021 in Singapore.
In October 2021, the peak concurrent viewers (PCV) for MPL Season 8 in Indonesia reached 2.4 million, breaking the MPL viewing record and winning the 3rd place in the PCV rankings of the global professional esports event.
In November 2021, LIGA LATAM was successfully held, featuring eight teams from Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia.
In December 2021, M3 was successfully held in Singapore. The tournament's total viewing time exceeded 60 million hours, a 49% increase over M2, with a peak PCV of 3.19 million. This new record made MLBB the 3rd highest-rated mobile esports event in the world.
In 2021, MLBB ranked 1st in the global mobile esports viewing time chart with 386 million viewing hours, meaning that MLBB had become one of the most popular gaming events in the world.

2020

In October 2020, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang attained over 1 billion cumulative downloads, with peak monthly active users exceeding 100 million.

2019

In February 2019, MPL was launched in Myanmar.
In August 2019, Mobile Legends: Adventure was launched worldwide (Japan, Korea and China's mainland excluded) and was listed in Google Play 2019 Best of the Year - Best Casual Games.
In November 2019, the first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Global Championship (M1) was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, featuring 16 competing teams from 14 countries, a cumulative total of over 40 million viewers and nearly 10 million hours of total viewing time.
In December 2019, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang officially became a medal sport of Southeast Asian Games.

2018

In March 2018, the MPL was launched in the Philippines.
In April 2018, the total registered accounts of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang exceeded 200 million.

2017

In May 2017, MOONTON held the first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) offline esports tournament in Indonesia.
In September 2017, MOONTON held the first MSC (MLBB Southeast Asia Cup).
In November 2017, MOONTON launched the MPL (MLBB Professional League), a professional esports league based on MLBB, in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

2016

In November 2016, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was launched worldwide and was listed in Google Play 2016 Best of the Year - Best Competitive Games.

2015

In April 2015, Magic Rush: Heroes was launched worldwide (China's mainland excluded) and was listed in Google Play 2015 Best of the Year - Best Strategy Games.
In December 2015, Magic Wars went live globally.

2014

In July 2014, MOONTON Games was born.

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Honors & Awards

NimoTV Gala 2021 Awards

MOONTON 丨 NimoTV, Strategic Partner 2021

Kotak Game Awards

Best indonesia esports mobile game 2017

Youtube Partner Day 2022

MPL ID 丨 Most Watched Live Event - Gaming Category

Indonesia Gaming Award

MLBB丨The Most Favorite Game of The Year 2019

Indonesia Gaming Award

MPL ID 丨 The Most Favorite Tournament of The Year 2019

Indonesian Esports Awards 2020

MPL ID 丨 Most Favorite Esports Tournamen by Game Publisher

SensorTower

MLBB 丨 Best MOBA overseas game

Dunia Games Awards

MOONTON 丨 Game Publisher of the year 2021

Youtube

MPL PH 丨 Gold Creator Award Play Button

GGWP Reader Awards

MPL ID 丨 Esports organization of the year

Dunia Games Awards

MPL ID 丨 Publisher Tournament of the year 2021

Dunia Games Awards

MLBB 丨 Game of the Year 2021

Indonesian Esports Awards 2021

MLBB 丨 The Most Favorite Esports Tournamen by Game Publisher

GamingonPhone Game Awards 2021

MLBB 丨 Best Mobile Esports Game Of The Year

Telekomsi Awards

MPL ID 丨 Favourite Event Esports Publisher

Social Responsibility

Scholarship Program for Indonesian students majoring in gaming and esports

Scholarship Program for Indonesian students majoring in gaming and esports

Collaborating with five universities in Jakarta, Bandung, and Jogjakarta, Moonton has offered support to over 100 students majoring in gaming and esports-related major. In addition to providing scholarships, we also offered mentorship and internship opportunities during the MDL program as practical career path for next generation.
MOONTON Cares and MOEYS hosted Youth Workshop for championing Esports inclusivity for disabilities

MOONTON Cares and MOEYS hosted Youth Workshop for championing Esports inclusivity for disabilities

On May 27, 2023, MOONTON Cares and Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MOEYS) in Cambodia jointly organized a workshop at Legend Olympia Mall in Phnom Penh. The event was attended by over 100 students and focused on the theme "Esports as a Career for All"
MLBB made history as the first Esports title in Para Games

MLBB made history as the first Esports title in Para Games

MLBB Esports always hope to let more PWD talents to be seen. In the ASEAN Para Games 2023, MLBB became the first ever Esports title in Para Games history. Four countries send their teams to compete, set the milestone that Para Esports players can have an international stage to gain glory for their country.
MLBB players from Dhaka University in Bangladesh are enthusiastic about public welfare activities

MLBB players from Dhaka University in Bangladesh are enthusiastic about public welfare activities

On May 22, 2022, Dhaka University in Bangladesh held a small gathering of about 40 people. The organizers were college students from Dhaka University. They were enthusiastic about public welfare activities and donated MOONTON cultural shirts to donate food to local children and the poor.
MOONTON Cares empowers Indonesian rural students in esports and digital access

MOONTON Cares empowers Indonesian rural students in esports and digital access

MOONTON Cares partnered with PBESI and Garudaku Academy to donate smartphones to rural schools in Indonesia, expanding digital access. We also offered MLBB Esports as an extracurricular activity to over 60 high schools and over 1,700 students, facilitating inter-school tournaments and talent scouting for the national team.
WWF-Philippines teams up with MPL-Philippines to achieve Victory for Nature

WWF-Philippines teams up with MPL-Philippines to achieve Victory for Nature

From January to June 2021, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines and MPL-PH cooperated for the first time to promote MPL-PH S7 through advocacy. In addition to the team name, 10 teams also used some threatened wild Animal species named to raise awareness for wildlife conservation, reverse accelerating environmental degradation in the Philippines.
2019 MLBB Singapore Christmas Charity Showmatch

2019 MLBB Singapore Christmas Charity Showmatch

In December 2019, MLBB launched the first MLBB official e-sports charity event in Singapore. This charity event took the e-sports entertainment event as an opportunity and invited more than 10 top KOLs in Singapore, including Jianhao Tan and Skywee. The donation organization is Club Rainbow, a well-known local charity in Singapore; the organization aims to help children with heart disease or their families, so as to help them solve the problems they encounter in the treatment of diseases or in daily life.