The Honor of the Kings Grand Finale at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium included a spectacular opening ceremony featuring 10 giant LED screens and over 5,000 luminaires, with integration of the whole via the solid networked control of MA Lighting’s industry-leading grandMA3 system.

A Stadium-Scale Spectacular

China – Esports’ popularity continues to accelerate worldwide, with the Asia-Pacific region as its undisputed powerhouse. No single event demonstrates its impact more than the Grand Finals of the King Pro League (KPL) for Honor of the Kings, the world’s most-played multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, developed by TiMi Studio Group.

This was an event of incredible scale, a vibrant mix of live performance, choreography, lightshow, screen content and Augmented Reality (AR). Lighting design, supply and stadium-wide integration of all these elements was carried out by leading entertainment technology specialist and MA Lighting distributor, ACE, tying everything together with the grandMA3 lighting control system, proving the grandMA3’s unrivalled suitability for major stadiums events and systems integration.

The production included a central stage with an LED floor spanning over 3,500sq.m. Above, 10 huge, dynamic, double-sided LED screens could move to switch between gameplay, performance and ceremonial formats, while around the stadium were over 5,000 lighting fixtures, including more than 1,800 moving head luminaires, plus LED strips, lasers and foggers. grandMA3’s centralized show control integrated with media servers and timecode to drive the synchronized lighting, screens and effects across the stadium-scale canvas.

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