On April 21, NetEase Game "Painter in Time and Space" accused the new material of "Glory of Kings" of allegedly plagiarizing the game, and released two comparison charts.
Today, the supplier of "Glory of the King" released an announcement at full speed on the network: after verification, the art designers of our company do not copy the third-party materials when designing and creating, and the creative ideas and inspiration are derived from and refer to the promotional materials that have been released by the glory of the king.
The announcement map of the "Glory of the King" column released on April 14, 2022, which was designed by our company, was alleged to be suspected of plagiarizing the "Painted Traveler in Time and Space" game June 27, 2021 Activity Announcement Map (hereinafter referred to as the Painted Traveler Announcement Map), and after learning of the relevant news, we conducted a review and investigation of the demand design for the first time.
After verification, when our art designers carry out design creation, there is no act of copying third-party materials, and the creative ideas and inspiration are derived from and refer to the promotional materials that have been released by King Glory.
In March, Tencent's "Glory of kings" revenue increased by 20% month-on-month, which was the second month in terms of revenue since listing, second only to June 2021; NetEase's "Fantasy Journey to the West" mobile game revenue increased by 31% month-on-month. Board games Fishing Battle and JJ Landlord saw revenues up 29% and 59% month-on-month, respectively, both at record highs.
In February, Tencent's "Glory of Kings" attracted $225 million (about 1.433 billion yuan) in the global App Store and Google Play, returning to the top of the global mobile game best-seller list. Revenue from The Chinese iOS market accounted for 95.2% and overseas market revenue accounted for 4.8%.