Smilegate

Smilegate Group
스마일게이트
Industry Video game industry
Founded June 2002 in Seoul, South Korea
Founder Kwon Hyuk-Bin
Headquarters Pankyo, South Korea
Number of employees
 ~1,200
Website smilegate.com

Smilegate is a South Korean game company, which develops and services mobile and online games. It has five core business sectors - game development, publishing, platform, investment and social contribution. Established in Korea in 2002,[1] the company is the creator of CrossFire, the world’s top online FPS game with over six million concurrent players across the globe,[2] and many more distinguished titles.[3]

History

Smilegate was selected as Excellence Award recipient, ETRI IDC in 2003. Smilegate began developing Online FPS CrossFire production in 2006. And next year, Smilegate launched CROSSFIRE in China, Japan.[4] In 2009 recorded 1 million peak concurrent users in China,and 0.1 million peak concurrent users in Vietnam. And Smilegate honored with the Korea Digital Management Innovation Award(MCST Minister’s Award), the 49th Annual Trade Day Merit Award (MKE Minister’s Award)[5] CROSSFIRE won the President’s Award for “2012 Contents Award” (MCST)[6] CROSSFIRE recognized as one of Most Earned 10 Best Games OF 2013.[7] Smilegate established Start-Up Eco System support & incubator program ORANGE FARM(in seocho, Busan, shinchon[8]) Also Smilegate invested $112 million in casual gaming company SUNDAYTOZ[9] Smilegate Megaport launched Mobile Service Platform 'STOVE' in June 2015.[10] Smilegate is teaming up with Hollywood production company 'Original Film' for the big screen adaptation of its mega-hit shooting game “Crossfire.”[11] Smilegate Entertainment has signed a $500 million exclusive publishing agreement with Oriental Shiny Star for the upcoming “Crossfire 2” online shooting game in China.[12]

In 2017, to serve CrossFire further in the European market, a new office was open in Berlin, Germany.[13]

Smilegate Game Line-up

Game Launched Publisher Official Website
TalesRunnerAugust, 2005 (South Korea)Smilegate Megaport(Korea)tr.nopp.co.kr
ProBaseball Manager OnlineApril 2010Smilegate Megaport(Korea)bm.gametree.co.kr
Freesyle2November, 2011JOYCITY(USA) Smilegate Megaport(Korea)fs2.gametree.co.kr/
MVP baseball onlineOctober 2012Smilegate Entertainment(Korea)mvpbo.gametree.co.kr/
Devil Maker: TokyoMarch, 2013 (Korea), July, 2013 (Global)Smilegate Megaport(Korea) (Global)http://www.palmple.com/devilmaker/intro
Eastern BladeJune, 2013Smilegate Megaport(Korea)www.palmple.com/esbl/intro
CrossFireDecember, 2013 (South Korea)Smilegate West (North America, South America)

Smilegate Europe (Europe) Tencent(China)

Smilegate Entertainment (Korea)

crossfire.gamerage.com/ crossfire.z8games.com/ www.crossfire.co.kr
Qurare: Magic LibraryMarch, 2014Smilegate Megaport(Korea)www.palmple.com/qurare/intro
Qurare: Magic Library PS4September, 2016Smilegate Megaport(Korea)www.ps4qurare.com/
Dragon FateMarch, 2015Smilegate Entertainment (Korea)www.palmple.com/df/intro
BunnypangMarch, 2015Smilegate Megaport(Korea)www.palmple.com/bunnypang/intro
AZERAApril, 2015 (South Korea)Smilegate Entertainment (Korea)azera.halgame.com
Super Tank RumbleFebruary, 2017Smilegate Megaport (Korea)www.ps4qurare.com/
SkySaga: Infinite IslesTBDSmilegate Entertainment (Korea)www.skysaga.com
Lost ArkTBDSmilegate RPG (Korea)lostark.co.kr/

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yoon Sung-won. "Smilegate vows to revitalize online game sector". Korea times. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lee Ji-yoon. "[Herald Interview] The woman behind success of 'Crossfire'". Korea herald. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ hatake. "Cross Fire Developer SmileGate Takes Four New Games to Gstar 2014". mmosite.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lee Ji-yoon. "[Herald Interview] The woman behind success of 'Crossfire'". Korea herald. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Seo Jeong-geun. "Neowiz Games and `` 2 billion Export Tower Award". dt.co.kr. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ Huh. "Cross Fire, Tears of the Antarctic, Deep Rooted Tree, Chief Content 'tall'". inews24.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ Paul Tassi. "CrossFire: Tencent's Top Earning Free-to-Play Game You've Never Heard Of". Forbes. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Yoon Sung-won. "Smilegate to expand startup support". Korea Times. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ Steven Millward. "A clash of gaming worlds as Crossfire maker invests $112 million in casual gaming company". techinasia.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ Cho Jin-young. "Mobile Gaming Industry Waging Platform War". businesskorea.co.kr. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lee Ji-yoon. "Korea's mega-hit game 'Crossfire' goes Hollywood". Korea herald. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  12. ↑ PR Newswire. "Qihoo 360's Joint Venture Signs Exclusive License Agreement for Cross Fire 2 in China". nasdaq. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Smilegate opens European office to push Crossfire". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
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