Honor of Kings officially announced its participation in the Saudi E-sports World Cup. Last October, Saudi Arabia announced it would host the annual e-sports event.

There are also reports that StarCraft 2, DOTA2 and other projects will join the event. Saudi government will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to diversify the country’s economy and gradually reduce dependence on oil. The successful hosting of the E-Sports World Cup will be an excellent example of exploring the type of e-Sports events.