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TiMi Studios, a sub subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a leading global video game development team headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Chengdu, China. TiMi strives to create high quality, high fidelity and highly accessible games across a wide variety of genres. Founded in 2008, TiMi has developed a string of hit titles including Honor of Kings, Speed Drifters, Saint Seiya: Awakening, CrossFire: Legends, Arena of Valor and most recently, Call of Duty: Mobile. TiMi is working on several new titles, including with The Pokémon Company on Pokémon Unite, the first strategic Pokémon team battle game. On 1st November 2020, TiMi Studios revealed that Honor of Kings, one of the world’s most popular games, set a new world record of 100 million average daily active users year to date. Since its launch in 2015, it has gained momentum to become the most popular game in China and one of the world’s highest grossing games of all time. TiMi Studios was presented with ‘Best Developer’ award at the Mobile Game Awards at Pocket Gamer’s annual gala in London. The Studios’ recognition at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards follows Call of Duty: Mobile winning Pocket Gamer’s Game of the Year, as well
as Google Play’s Best Game of 2019 and its Mobile Game accolade at The Game Awards. The Call of Duty: Mobile game was co-developed by TiMi Studios with Activision Blizzard, which exceeded 100 million downloads within a month of launch, making it one of the biggest ever smart phone game launches. The game racked up 300 million downloads in just over a year.
as one of the most beloved games in China and one of the key elements of the game’s success is its music,” Sam Yang, head of TiMi Studios Audio Center said. “Our talented roster of composers created a score that elevates the player’s experience. By releasing the game’s score to a global audience, we hope a new audience will discover this amazing music.”
TiMi Studios and The Pokémon Company unveiled Pokémon UNITE, a new game for the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, during a Pokémon Presents video presentation in June 2020. Pokémon UNITE is the first strategic Pokémon team battle game. Players face off against each other in five-on-five team battles. Pokémon UNITE will be free-to-start.
TiMi also released the official game soundtrack album to its role-playing game Battle Through the Heaven, a 19 track release written by multi-award-winning composer Inon Zur (Fallout series, Dragon Age series, Prince of Persia series). The Battle Through the Heaven soundtrack includes over 38 minutes of Zur’s original score from the game.
TiMi has invested considerably in offering AAA audio experiences in its popular mobile games, having its own TiMi Audio Center, which works across each of TiMi’s studios to help create the music and audio effects found in each of TiMi’s titles. The Honor of Kings Original Game Soundtrack, Vol. 1 was released digitally on January 25, 2020. The album consists of 16 original tracks. There are also rearranged themes from Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe featured on the album. This marks the first time the hit game’s music has been officially released internationally. “Honor of Kings continues to thrive
TiMi Audio has garnered several awards, including Best Sound Design in a Casual/ Social Game and Best Music in a Casual/ Social Game at the 2020 Game Audio Network Guild Awards, Best Original Song at the 2019 Game Audio Network Guild Awards, Best Music in a Casual / Social Game in 2016 & 2017 at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards, Song/Score – Mobile Video Game at the 2015 & 2018 HMMA Awards, and Song/Score – Trailer at the 2014 HMMA Awards. To learn more about TiMi, follow @ timistudios on Twitter.
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