Moonton

Shanghai Moonton Technology Co. Ltd., commonly known as Moonton, is a Chinese multinational video game developer and publisher owned by the Nuverse subsidiary of ByteDance and based in Shanghai, China. It is best known for the mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang released in July 2016.

History
Moonton was established in April 2014 within the Minhang District of Shanghai, China. One of its co-founders was Justin Yuan, who became chief executive officer (CEO) of the company in late 2018 after Xu Zhenhua.

Moonton's first video game, the tower defense (TD) game Magic Rush: Heroes, was released on 6 April 2015. Following the completion of Magic Rush: Heroes, Moonton began development for a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Mobile Legends was released as Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA in 2016, and became popular in Southeast Asia, notably in Indonesia and Malaysia, where it was the most-downloaded free mobile game app among iPhone users in 2017. The game is distributed by Elex Tech in the United States.

At present, the company claims to currently employ over 1,600 people throughout its global offices.