China's most popular game Honor of Kings now has an AR function

Unsurprisingly for China, the AR feature comes with a warning against illegal activities

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Although the new feature has been launched in the Chinese version of the game first, the AR characters also come in a Christmas edition. Picture: Honor of Kings

Masha Borak

Published: 6:00pm, 23 Nov 2018Updated: 8:46am, 20 Sep 2019

This article originally appeared on ABACUS

The most popular game in China, the mobile game Honor of Kings (known as Arena of Valor elsewhere) just got Pokémon GO-ed.

Arena of Valor, China’s mobile League of Legends, is aiming to be the world’s go-to mobile esport

Well, not quite. The game’s newly launched AR function doesn’t really have that many, er, functions. But it does allow you to see imaginary people without doubting your own sanity.

The in-game AR function was announced on the game’s Weibo account on Sunday with the company saying it will present a hot new character on Thursday, called Li Xin.

We’re not exactly sure why Li Xin, hero general of the Qin dynasty during the Warring States period, is set to appear on US Thanksgiving Day. However, it does seem likely that some players will be more interested in ogling the scantily-clad female virtual characters.

What’s also interesting is that before entering the AR view, a window pops up asking users to be civil when using the feature and warning against illegal activities which could get them getting banned.