TiMi began in 2008 as Jade Studio[a] inShenzhen, China. The studio debuted into the Chinese PC gaming market withQQ Speed[b] (known asGKART andSpeed Drifters in Western markets), China's most successful racing game. As of July 2, 2019,Speed Drifters has 700 million registered users, with 200 million registered as mobile players.[2] Following Speed Drifters, the studio released its own massive multiplayer onlineRPG (MMORPG) titledThe Legend of Dragon[c] in 2010 and first-person shooter (FPS)Assault Fire in 2012. In 2013, the studio released their final PC game which is a third-person shooter (TPS) titledAge of Gunslingers before they made their debut into mobile gaming with the release ofWeChat exclusive games such asWe Match andWe Run.
2014–2016: Formation of TiMi Studio Group and Chinese success
In 2014, Jade Studio merged with Wolong Studio from Chengdu and Tianmeiyiyou Studio from Shanghai to form TiMi Studio Group.[3] Following the merge, in 2015, the group's development division TiMi-L1 debuted into mobile gaming with the massiveMultiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game,Honor of Kings. As of July 2019,Honor of Kings is the most profitable mobile game globally of the first half of 2019, earning more than $728 million.[4]
In 2016, the division introduced the King Pro League (KPL); an official competitiveesport forHonor of Kings.[d] The KPL marked the division' and studio group' first entry into esports.[5]
2016–2020: Worldwide growth, Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile and Pokémon UNITE
Following the success ofHonor of Kings, in 2016, the group's development division TiMi-J6 releasedArena of Valor.[e] The MOBA game was launched for mobile andNintendo Switch in over 50 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and South America, expanding the group's reach worldwide, with more than 13 million monthly active users reported in May 2019.[6] The game became a part of the esports demonstration event at the2018 Asian Games, 2019 Southeast Asian Games and 2022 Asian Games.[7][8][9][10]
On March 19, 2019, at theGame Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, California, Activision announced that they were partnering with TiMi Studio Group to develop their upcoming title,Call of Duty: Mobile.[11] The game was developed by the TiMi-J3 division and released worldwide on October 1, 2019. As of October 4, 2019, the game has surpassed 35 million downloads and over $2 million in revenue.[12] In December 2019, the game received an award for Best Mobile Game atThe Game Awards.[13]
In June 2020, it was announced that the studio group and The Pokémon Company are developing a new Pokémon game, which was revealed on July 21, 2021, called Pokémon UNITE, a Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game for mobile and Nintendo Switch.[14][15][16][17]
In May 2020, the studio group announced ex-343 Industries andUbisoft developer Scott Warner as Studio Head in North America.[18] Scott Warner will lead TiMi'sTeam Kaiju (stylized asTEAM KAIJU), which was revealed on 15 October 2021. The subsidiary is working on one unnamedfirst-person-shooter (FPS) game for thePC andconsole market.[19][20]
On June 27, 2020, the studio group andSNK announced a new unnamed mobile game,Code: J, for the classic arcade franchiseMetal Slug.[21]
In November 2020, the studio group announced thatHonor of Kings set a record of 100 million average daily active users worldwide.[22]
In May 2021, the studio group announced a strategic partnership with Xbox Game Studios.[25][26]
In June 2022, TiMi L1 Studio, a development division of the group, announced a strategic partnership withLevel Infinite on publishingHonor of Kings world-wide, where Level Infinite will take over the publishing, eSports, but TiMi the operations and community. The five versus five video game in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre will adapt on areas where TiMi L1 Studio's Arena of Valor have a shared eSports with in Honor of Kings World Championship (KCC), under TiMi eSports, but did not reach the expected player base.[27][28][29]
Delta Force, a free-to-play first-person tactical shooter video game, was first released on iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows in mainland China in September 2024, and then released on Microsoft Windows platforms in other parts of the world in December of the same year. The "Black Hawk Down" DLC was released in February 2025.
Delta Force was landed on iOS and Android platforms worldwide on April 21, 2025 and get the top1 downloads in 169 regions.[32]
