The only real Western crew competing on the 2026 Honor of Kings Invitational Season (KIS) 4, Loops, has withdrawn from the match, Degree Infinite introduced on X (Twitter).
Because of this, South Korean organisation Nongshim RedForce, the champion of the Honor of Kings Main (KME) East, will fill the vacant spot.
In its assertion, Degree Infinite stated that Loops withdrew attributable to ‘inner circumstances,’ although no additional particulars had been supplied. Loops has additionally not publicly commented on its choice of lacking Honor of Kings’ first worldwide esports occasion of 2026.
Loops was probably the most profitable Brazilian Honor of Kings crew of 2025 and gained each seasons of the nation’s championship (CHOKBR). Subsequently, its invite to the Invitational was unsurprising.
Nonetheless, quite than allocating the slot to a different Brazilian crew, Degree Infinite has as an alternative prolonged the invitation to Nongshim RedForce.
Because of this, this version of the KIS won’t have a single crew from the Western hemisphere. Notably, Nongshim RedForce was the runner-up of the KIS Season 3, held within the Philippines final 12 months.
Honor of Kings Invitational Season 4 Kicks Off on January thirty first
KIS Season 4 is ready to happen in Jakarta, Indonesia, from January thirty first to February eighth. The match will function the next eight groups competing for a share of the $100,000 prize pool:
- Bigetron by Vitality (Indonesia)
- Blacklist Worldwide (The Philippines)
- BOOM Esports (The Philippines)
- Dominator Esports (Indonesia)
- Kagendra (Indonesia)
- Nova Esports (Malaysia)
- Group HAQ (Malaysia)
- Nongshim Pink Pressure (South Korea)
The match will start with the group stage, the place the eight groups will likely be evenly divided into two teams. They may compete in a single round-robin format to find out the seedings for the Knockout Stage.
The organisations will then battle it out in a single-elimination bracket to find out the champion of the KIS Season 4.
