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TiMi Studio Group
April 11, 2026 at 02:11 PM
Correct from J3 (which is actually the FPS studio) to L1 Studio for Honor of Kings: World
TiMi Studio Group (腾讯天美工作室群) is a first-party Tencent Games studio group and one of the largest game development organizations in China. TiMi is the developer of Honor of Kings: World, along with the original Honor of Kings MOBA, Call of Duty Mobile, Pokemon Unite, and other Tencent titles. For Honor of Kings: World specifically, development and live operations are handled by TiMi's L1 Studio under the leadership of Li Min (李旻), following TiMi's January 2025 internal reorganization.
In January 2025, TiMi Studio Group underwent an internal reorganization that merged several pre-existing sub-studios into four consolidated R&D studios. The four new studios, per Tencent News (https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250110A07HD400) and GamerSky coverage (https://www.gamersky.com/news/202501/1870150.shtml), are:
Studio | Head | Focus |
|---|---|---|
J1 | Ji Zefeng (纪泽锋) | QQ Speed, Honor of Kings backend/legacy; ex-J1 + J5 + J6 + F1 |
L1 | Li Min (李旻) | Honor of Kings IP matrix, including Honor of Kings: World; ex-L1 + L2 |
J3 | Yao Yuan (姚远) | FPS titles: CrossFire, Call of Duty Mobile, Delta Force; ex-Y1 + Y2 + Y3 |
T1 | Shan Hui (单晖) | Eggy Party (元梦之星) and SLG titles |
Honor of Kings: World is developed under L1 Studio, not J3. Earlier wiki drafts and some third-party coverage incorrectly attributed HoKW to "J3 team"; J3 is actually Yao Yuan's FPS studio and is not involved in Honor of Kings: World development. Li Min, the L1 Studio GM, was the original producer of the Honor of Kings MOBA and is a Sichuan University graduate who joined Tencent in 2005.
Name | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|
Xinping (心平) | Producer (制作人) | Baidu Baike info box |
Simen Lv | Lead Game Designer | Tencent Global GDC 2025 press release (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/articles/2202036.html) |
Big Huang | Lead Combat Designer | April 2026 RPG Site overseas alpha announcement |
Li Min (李旻) | General Manager, L1 Studio | January 2025 reorg coverage |
Li Chao (李超) | Head of Tencent Games Frontier Rendering (MagicDawn tech) | SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 presentation |
Xinping is the credited producer of record per Baidu Baike. Simen Lv is the public-facing lead for English press and presented the game at GDC 2025. Big Huang was the TiMi spokesperson for the April 2026 overseas closed alpha announcement. Li Min sits above the day-to-day team as the executive lead of L1 Studio. Li Chao is a Tencent-wide rendering specialist who presented the proprietary MagicDawn lighting solution at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025.
Direct quotes from Big Huang from the April 2026 overseas alpha announcement include: "This early playtest gives us our first opportunity to get player feedback at scale that will help us shape the future of Honor of Kings: World" and "We can't wait to welcome new overseas players into the world of Primaera for the first time" (RPG Site). From Gamescom 2025, Huang added: "We've been working very hard on Honor of Kings: World and Opening Night Live was the perfect moment to give players a true taste of what's ahead" (Gematsu).
Entity | Role |
|---|---|
TiMi Studio Group (腾讯天美工作室群) | First-party Tencent studio, developer |
Tencent Games (腾讯游戏) | Publisher |
Level Infinite | Tencent's overseas publishing arm for global releases |
Chengdu Jiaxiangjiyue Technology Co., Ltd. (成都嘉享基越科技有限公司) | Operating entity for Honor of Kings: World, registered capital 5 million RMB |
Sichuan Digital Publishing Media Co., Ltd. (四川数字出版传媒有限公司) | Chinese ISBN publisher of record |
The Chengdu operating entity was established in 2023 and is based in the China (Sichuan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Chengdu High-Tech District. The legal representative is Zhao Hui (赵晖). The Chinese gaming license (国新出审〔2025〕142号, ISBN 9787498145253) was granted on January 20, 2025 to this Chengdu entity.
Beyond Honor of Kings: World, TiMi Studio Group develops the Honor of Kings MOBA (under L1 Studio post-merger), Call of Duty Mobile (under J3 Studio with Activision), Pokemon Unite (with The Pokemon Company), CrossFire Mobile, Delta Force, and other first-party and collaborative titles. The studio is headquartered in Shenzhen with major offices in Chengdu, Shanghai, and other Chinese cities.
Tencent News reorganization article: https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250110A07HD400 . GamerSky reorg coverage: https://www.gamersky.com/news/202501/1870150.shtml . Tencent Global GDC 2025 press release: https://www.tencent.com/en-us/articles/2202036.html . Baidu Baike HoKW entry. TiMi L1 Studio Baidu Baike: https://baike.baidu.com/item/天美L1工作室/65299301 .
