"MLBB" redirects here. Not to be confused with MLB . Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Logo variant from 2020 Developer(s) Moonton Publisher(s) Moonton Elex Technology Designer(s) Skyhook [2] Engine Unity [3] Platform(s) Android , iOS Release Android WW : 14 July 2016 iOS WW : 9 November 2016 [1] Genre(s) Strategy: MOBA Mode(s) Multiplayer Mobile Legends: Bang Bang , commonly referred to as ML or MLBB , is a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed and published by Moonton , a subsidiary of ByteDance . Released in 2016, the game grew in popularity worldwide, most prominently in Southeast Asia , [4] and has since crossed the 1 billion downloads feat, with peak monthly players of 100 million. [5] [6] In 2021, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang achieved an all-time gross of US$1 billion with 44 percent of its revenue emanating from outside Asia , making it the top mobile game of its gen...