When Can Malaysian Fans Play Honor of Kings: ACE? Gamescom 2026 Debut
Published: 2026-08-10
Malaysian Honor of Kings players can go hands-on with Honor of Kings: ACE for the first time in the West from 26 August to 30 August 2026 (all times MYT / GMT+8) at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. That five-day slot is not a Malaysia release date; it is Tencent's global public debut for a brand-new cross-platform strategy card battler that shares the HoK universe of 260 million monthly active users. If you already keep a running Honor of Kings top-up at REDX Game, this article maps what ACE actually is, when Malaysians realistically get to play it, and how to follow the reveals without a plane ticket.
Honor of Kings: ACE in one paragraph for MOBA veterans
ACE is a hero card battler, not a lane pusher. TiMi Studio Group (the same team behind the mainline MOBA) turns familiar HoK characters into what the developer calls "Contestants," each with their own card kits, skills and quirks. As Pocket Gamer's hands-on preview put it, ACE is a "strategic cross-platform entry" playable on both mobile and PC. The board is a deck. Runs are quick. Matches split into three flavours: solo runs against AI, competitive ladder play for Diamond ranks, and a six-player battle royale that sounds closer to Auto-Chess-in-a-lobby than to five-on-five ranked HoK.
Two things about ACE surprise most Malaysian MOBA players. First, the cross-platform toggle means no separate iOS and PC accounts, so the ringgit spent on customisation follows you. Second, ACE is explicitly built on cross-IP characters. The booth in Cologne is showing it side-by-side with Arena of Valor, Honor of Kings, and Honor of Kings: World, and the publisher has confirmed all four IP mascots will share the same stage for the first time. That is a strong hint the card roster will pull faces you already know from AoV rank grinds. It is also why REDX Game buyers who main mainline HoK should track ACE closely — the same TiMi economy usually rolls across the family.
Gamescom 2026 schedule: the five days that matter
The dates are locked. Koelnmesse opens for gamescom on Wednesday 26 August 2026 (business day for trade visitors) and stays open through Sunday 30 August 2026. Tencent's booth is Hall 8.1, stand A051B050, which is one of the larger footprints on the show floor. Four titles are playable at that one stand: Honor of Kings, Arena of Valor, Honor of Kings: World, and the ACE demo. Cosplayers for all four titles appear together, the first time Tencent has staged that combination outside China.
If you are flying from KL, note that Cologne is 6 hours behind Malaysian time. A 10:00 morning session in Germany lands at 16:00 MYT, so a live-tweet crowd in Petaling Jaya can lurk on the announcements in the late afternoon rather than at 3am. The booth also runs stage challenges, guest appearances and giveaways across all five days, plus a Worlds of Play art exhibition featuring a Dunhuang-themed installation and a Li Bai sculpture. Registration for hands-on slots is strongly recommended in advance because Tencent has capped floor capacity per session. Kuaishou Gaming, who lifted the KWC 2026 trophy in Paris on 8 August, are rumoured to be part of the celebrity player line-up on the weekend, though Tencent has not confirmed the roster.
MOBA HoK versus ACE at a glance
FeatureHonor of Kings (MOBA)Honor of Kings: ACE
Genre5v5 MOBAStrategy hero card battler
Match length~15–20 minutesShort deck runs; longer BR lobbies
PlatformsMobileMobile and PC, one account
Modes shownRanked, Casual, KWC pro playSolo runs, competitive Diamond, 6-player BR
RosterHoK-only heroesCross-IP card pool (multi-title universe)
Release status (SEA)Live via REDX GameGlobal public debut only, no dated SEA launch
The comparison matters because a card battler is a different spending shape from a MOBA. In HoK you top up mostly for skins and pass tiers. A card game rewires that pattern. Card-battler wallets revolve around packs and event tickets, which means players tend to spend little bursts more often. Any HoK Token you buy from REDX Game still lives inside the mainline MOBA account today. Nothing changes on that front until Tencent confirms an ACE storefront. Track your monthly HoK top-up now. A card economy usually needs 1.5x to 2x that number to keep pace with weekly card rotations.
Kos sokong HoK dari Malaysia sementara tunggu ACE
Flights KL-Cologne (via Doha or Dubai) sit around RM 4,800 to RM 6,200 return for late August. A mid-tier hotel near Koelnmesse runs about RM 620 per night during show week. That is not cheap. The alternative is simpler: keep grinding the mainline HoK ranked ladder and wait for the SEA client. Concrete ringgit math for MY players below. An 88 HoK Tokens starter pack costs RM 7.99 on the Apple App Store, versus RM 6.90 at REDX Game. The RM 1.09 gap per starter stacks to roughly RM 11 across ten mid-week refills, or exactly one extra Skin Purchase Voucher on a promo weekend. Boleh tahan for a top-up channel that does the delivery in 1 to 3 minutes.
Card economies typically ask for more small transactions than MOBA economies do. If ACE lands in SEA on the same rails, that RM 1.09 gap-per-pack becomes a materially bigger number over a season. Bookmark the REDX Game HoK page now; it is the same MYR checkout you will most likely use for ACE, once TiMi enables it.
Soalan Lazim Malaysian Fans
Bila Honor of Kings: ACE dilancarkan di Malaysia?
Tiada tarikh pelancaran SEA yang dikonfirmasikan setakat 10 Ogos 2026. Gamescom 26–30 Ogos ialah debut awam global, iaitu pemain awam pertama boleh cuba build alpha/beta di booth Cologne. Pengumuman rasmi rantau biasanya menyusul selepas hands-on window.
Adakah ACE percuma untuk dimainkan?
TiMi belum sahkan model monetisasi, tetapi format card battler cross-platform seperti ini hampir sepenuhnya free-to-play dengan card pack + cosmetic sales. Model berbayar di depan (paid up-front) sangat luar biasa untuk sebuah IP HoK.
Boleh guna akaun HoK MOBA sedia ada untuk ACE?
Tidak pasti lagi. Sistem cross-IP diumumkan tetapi butiran login progression antara HoK dan ACE belum dikeluarkan. Selamat andaikan akaun dan pembelian berasingan sehingga TiMi bercakap.
Perlu ke pergi Cologne untuk cuba ACE?
Tidak wajib. Kalau anda kolektor mahu screenshot autentik dari lantai booth, ya, pergi. Jika tidak, jangkakan Tencent memuat naik gameplay reveal ke saluran rasmi tak lama selepas 26 Ogos. Ikuti laman rasmi Honor of Kings: ACE dan channel HoK global untuk update.
Di mana boleh tengok booth Tencent secara langsung?
Booth berada di Hall 8.1, A051B050 di Koelnmesse. Tiket gamescom untuk hari Sabtu 29 Ogos biasanya paling sesak; kalau berjaya sampai, cuba slot pagi sebelum orang ramai bangun. Sila top up mainline HoK di REDX Game supaya boleh main sambil beratur.
Malaysian watch tips: KL, JB dan Ipoh fan meets
The KL and Johor Bahru HoK Facebook communities usually spin up watch parties around KWC and Gamescom reveals; the KWC 2026 final on 8 August drew turnout in three PJ cafés. Expect the same pattern between 26 and 30 August. Follow the r/HonorofKings SEA thread and the Malaysian Honor of Kings Facebook group for confirmed venues, and check Pokde's Gamescom preview for booth logistics. If you are outside the Klang Valley, an Ipoh-based supper crew tends to organise a stream corner at a mamak near Ipoh Parade whenever big Tencent showcases land; ping their FB page a day or two ahead. Selamat menyokong, dan jangan lupa top up HoK account di REDX Game sebelum stream mula so you can play the mainline HoK during the ad breaks.
