Evolution of Mobile Legends Heroes [2016 - 2021]

Let’s go back to where it all began... Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, commonly referred to as ML or MLBB, is a free-to-play mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed and published by Moonton. Released in 2016, the game grew in popularity worldwide, most prominently in Southeast Asia, and has since crossed the 1 billion downloads feat, with peak monthly players of 100 million. Announced on June 5, 2020, Project NEXT was Moonton’s next big project slated for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s 5th year anniversary. This included changes in user interface, revamps to several older heroes’ 3D models, skill sets, stories, and voice lines. New login events, exclusive cosmetics, and a new hero was introduced with this update. Project NEXT was divided into three phases: The first phase was released on September 22, 2020, the second phase was released on June 15, 2021, and the third phase was released on September 21, 2021. In spite of the massive changes that the game had