GAMING | June 17, 2020
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Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) consistently remains to be ahead of its competitors in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) scene in terms of improvement and adaptation as strongly evidenced by the game's continuing popularity, more particularly in Southeast Asia, and the rise in its player pool year after year. Now, the most popular mobile MOBA game in the world today is embarking on its most important initiative of the year. Enter NEXT.
Presented last June 5th, NEXT is a long-term project focusing on hero adjustments, art and sound upgrades and IP (intellectual property) development in order to constantly deliver high-quality game experiences to its loyal players. The MLBB team is excited to unveil upgrades and improvements to several important aspects of the MLBB gameplay, the hero and game control functions. According to Moonton's Marketing Manager William Mei, the revamp project will be centered around the classic heroes' core features with each one having a unique symbol. This involves an updated story, skill reworks and improvements on model appearance, animation and sound effects.
As the game digs deeper and expands wider in the design of hero mechanics and playstyles, some of the classic heroes are becoming naturally less impactful in the game compared to the new heroes. "Project NEXT aims to progressively work on reworking and improving classic heroes to make them relevant and unique to the current gameplay. The other big asset of the project is the optimization and improvement of the game's controls," Mei stated. NEXT also introduces Smart Targeting which allows players to freely and accurately select a target when using hero skills in simple fashion bringing the mobile competition to another level.
According to William, the feedback and suggestions from players are the keys to the popular game's ongoing success and help the MLBB team to do better. Valuing what loyal players say, the new project will also involve working on different viewing methods that can further improve the overall gameplay vision such as zoom out and tilt during skill cast. Moonton assures that these are only the beginning as players can expect more game enhancements in the foreseeable future. With these in mind, stay trubed for more updates on MLBB's Project NEXT.
