Smilegate
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 2002 in Seoul, South Korea |
| Founder | Kwon Hyuk-Bin |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of employees | ~1,200 |
| Subsidiaries | Smilegate Holdings (HQ) Smilegate Worldwide Smilegate Entertainment Smilegate Megalab Smilegate RPG Smilegate Megaport Smilegate Investment Smilegate Stove |
| Website | www |
Smilegate is a South Korean video game developer and publisher, which develops, publishes and services mobile and PC 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, an 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] This office was closed in April 2018, as part of a company-wide restructuring process and all games operations were moved back to Smilegate West in Toronto. [14]
Games
These are the games developed or published by Smilegate. Publisher and release dates are for South Korea unless otherwise noted. Abbreviations: SM – Smilegate Megaport; SE – Smilegate Entertainment.
| Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Genre | Platform | Release | Official Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TalesRunner | Rhaon Entertainment | SM | Action | Microsoft Windows | August 2005 | tr |
| CrossFire | SE | SE (South Korea), Smilegate Europe (Europe), Tencent (China), Lytogame (Indonesia), Smilegate West (North America, South America) |
FPS | Microsoft Windows | May 2007 | crossfire.gamerage.com, crossfire www |
| ProBaseball Manager Online | SM | Sports | Mobile | April 2010 | bm.gametree.co.kr | |
| Freestyle2 | JOYCITY (US), SM (South Korea) |
November 2011 | fs2.gametree.co.kr | |||
| MVP baseball online | SE | October 2012 | mvpbo.gametree.co.kr | |||
| Devil Maker: Tokyo | SM (South Korea; Global) | March 2013 (South Korea), July 2013 (Global) |
www.palmple.com/devilmaker | |||
| Eastern Blade | SM | June 2013 | palmple.com/esbl | |||
| Qurare: Magic Library | SM | March 2014 | www.palmple.com/qurare | |||
| Qurare: Magic Library PS4 | SM | September 2016 | www | |||
| Dragon Fate | SE | March 2015 | www.palmple.com/df | |||
| Bunnypang | SM | March 2015 | www.palmple.com/bunnypang | |||
| AZERA | SE | April 2015 | azera | |||
| SoulWorker | LION GAMES | SM | MMORPG | Microsoft Windows | January 2017 | soulworker.game.onstove.com |
| Super Tank Rumble | Lumidia Games | SM | Action | Mobile | February 2017 | www |
| Epic Seven | SUPER CREATIVE | SM | RPG | Mobile | January 2017 | epic7 |
| TAHN | Tencent Games | SM | FPS | Mobile | April 2017 | page.onstove.com/tahn |
| ChaosMasters | Neoact | SM | RPG | Mobile | August 2017 | page.onstove.com/chaosmasters |
| WarReign | Red Sahara Studio | SM | RTS | Mobile | November 2017 | page.onstove.com/warreign |
| Arcane Straight | Gameplete | SM | Card Battle RPG | Mobile | August 2018 | page.onstove.com/arcanestraight |
| Lost Ark | Smilegate RPG, Tripod Studio | Smilegate RPG | MMORPG | Microsoft Windows | November 11, 2018 (Open Beta) | lostark |
| SkySaga: Infinite Isles | Radiant Worlds | SE | Sandbox MMORPG | Microsoft Windows | TBA | www |
| ROGAN: The Thief in the Castle | SE | SE | Stealth Action Adventure | Microsoft Windows | July 5, 2019 | www.rogan.smilegateentertainment.com |
| CrossfireX | Smilegate, Remedy Entertainment | Xbox Game Studios | FPS | Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | 2021 | www.crossfirex.com |
References
- ^ Yoon Sung-won. "Smilegate vows to revitalize online game sector". Korea times. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ Lee Ji-yoon. "[Herald Interview] The woman behind success of 'Crossfire'". Korea herald. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ hatake. "Cross Fire Developer SmileGate Takes Four New Games to Gstar 2014". mmosite.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ^ Lee Ji-yoon. "[Herald Interview] The woman behind success of 'Crossfire'". Korea herald. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Seo Jeong-geun. "Neowiz Games and 2 billion Export Tower Award". dt.co.kr. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
- ^ Huh. "Cross Fire, Tears of the Antarctic, Deep Rooted Tree, Chief Content 'tall'". inews24.com. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ Paul Tassi. "CrossFire: Tencent's Top Earning Free-to-Play Game You've Never Heard Of". Forbes. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ Yoon Sung-won. "Smilegate to expand startup support". Korea Times. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ Steven Millward. "A clash of gaming worlds as Crossfire maker invests $112 million in casual gaming company". techinasia.com. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Cho Jin-young. "Mobile Gaming Industry Waging Platform War". businesskorea.co.kr. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ^ Lee Ji-yoon. "Korea's mega-hit game 'Crossfire' goes Hollywood". Korea herald. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ PR Newswire. "Qihoo 360's Joint Venture Signs Exclusive License Agreement for Cross Fire 2 in China". nasdaq. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "Smilegate opens European office to push Crossfire". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
- ^ "Smilegate to close Berlin office just over a year after it opened". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
