Call of Duty: Mobile Garena Turns Its Honkai Impact 3 Crossover Into a Philippine Faction War

Call of Duty: Mobile – Garena has expanded its Honkai Impact 3 collaboration in the Philippines with Faction Wars, a community campaign culminating in an offline showdown on September 27 at Quantum Skyview, Gateway Mall 2. Players align with Thunder, Flame or Reason, three factions inspired by the crossover's Herrscher-themed content and represented by creators Sirila, Amala and Rekta from the current CODM Creator Launchpad programme.

The finale will feature Multiplayer and Battle Royale showmatches alongside the broader Honkai-themed CODM Tayo event. It is an interesting example of how mobile-game collaborations are becoming less about dropping licensed skins into a shop and more about constructing regional community campaigns around them. Call of Duty and Honkai Impact 3 are hardly obvious roommates—one deals in military gunplay, the other in lavish anime science-fiction—but that mismatch is probably part of the appeal.

Garena has long understood that Southeast Asian mobile audiences respond strongly to local events, creators and competitive communities, and Faction Wars turns a global IP crossover into something specifically Philippine rather than merely translating a banner ad. Players now face the most important tactical decision in Call of Duty history: apparently not which loadout to equip, but which Herrscher-inspired team deserves their loyalty.