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Jang Won Lim/Action Square
Native name
Action Square Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic
IndustryMobile Game, Online Game
FoundedAug. 8, 2012
Headquarters419 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Key people
Yeonjun Kim (CEO)
Websitehttps://www.action2quare.com/

Action Square is a Korean game development company established in August 2012.

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Action Square is a Korean game development company established in August 2012.

The company received the 2014 Korea Game Award's President Award after the success of mobile game 'Blade' made with Unreal Engine. Blade became the first Action RPG to have over 5 million downloads in 6 months and reach over 90 billion won in revenue. This was the first time a mobile game won the Korea Game Award's President Award since it was established in 1996. Action Square went on to release 'Blade of Three Kingdoms' and 'Balde 2' based off of Blade. Action Square released global PC / Console shooting action game ANVIL as Early Access in 2021 and is currently working on new projects including 'Kingdom: The Blood' based off of popular Netflix miniseries Kingdom IP and 'Blade: Re.Action.'


History

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Action Square history is as follows. [1]

2012

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  • Aug 2012 : Action Square founded


2014

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  • Apr. 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> released in Korea
  • Apr. 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> reaches #1 on Google Play Korea and Korea iOS App Store sales chart[2]
  • July 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> wins Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism & Korea Creative Content Agency <Game of the Month> [3]
  • July 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> wins <G-Rank Game of the Month> by Ongamenet
  • Nov. 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> wins 2014 Korea Game Award <Grand Prize(President's Award)>, first mobile game to win[4]

                                                                    2014 KGC Awards <Portable>                                                                     2014 Korea Mobile App Award <Company Service Award>

  • Nov. 2014 : Mobile game <Blade for kakao> 2014 Kakao Game Award <Game of the Year>


2015

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  • Oct. 2015 : Listed in KOSDAQ
  • OCt. 2015 : Mobile game <Blade> released in Taiwan (Taiwanese title : BLADE刀鋒戰記)


2016

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  • Ap. 2016 : Mobile game <Blade> released in Japan (Taiwanese title : BLADE -ブレイド 天から堕ちる千の刃)


2017

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  • Jan. 2017 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> released in Korea
  • Sept. 2017 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia etc.


2018

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  • June 2018 : Mobile game <Blade 2 for kakao> released in Korea
  • July 2018 : Mobile game <Blade 2 for kakao> reaches #1 on Google Play Korea and Korea iOS App Store sales chart
  • July 2018 : Mobile game <Blade 2 for kakao> wins <G-Rank Game of the Month> by OGN
  • Sept. 2018 : Mobile game <Blade 2 for kakao> wins Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism & Korea Creative Content Agency <Game of the Month>


2019

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  • June 2019 : <Blade 2> Nintendo Switch version released in NA, EU, Oceania
  • July 2019 : Mobile game <Gigantic X> released globally
  • Nov. 2019 : YJM Games becomes largest shareholder and CEO changed


2020

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  • May 2020 : Key members of the success of Nexon <Maplestory> and other producers from major game companies joins & reorganization to studio based development
  • Sept. 2020 : Netflix original miniseries 'Kingdom' IP game development agreement made[5]
  • Sept. 2020 : <Project GR> publishing agreement with SK Telecom for Xbox and Xbox Game Pass[6]
  • Dec. 2020 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> Japan publishing agreement with 5X Games


2021

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  • Jan. 2021 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> performs massive 2.0 update for 4th Anniversary
  • Jan. 2021 : <Project GR> official title set as <ANVIL>
  • Mar. 2021 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> released in Japan published by 5X Inc (Japan title : 三国ブレード)
  • Oct. 2021 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia (Title: 三國blade: 再戰)
  • Nov. 2021 : <Blade: Re.Action> Wemix onboarding contract made
  • Dec. 2021 : <ANVIL> releases Early Access on Steam, Game Preview / Game Pass on Xbox


2022

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  • Apr. 2022 : Publishing agreement with Gala Games for <Project AE>[7]
  • May 2022 : Mobile game <Blade of Three Kingdoms> releases in NA / EU with Tilting Point (Title : Three Kingdoms: Legends of War)
  • Aug. 2022 : Studio HG joins[8]


Game

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Company Games

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Games in development

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Title Genre Status
Blade: Re.Action Action RPG In preparation
Kingdom: The Blood Action RPG In preparation
Project AE - In preparation

Note

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  1. ^ "액션스퀘어 홈페이지".
  2. ^ "블레이드' 출시 한 달...매출 1위 폭풍 비결 보니".
  3. ^ "블레이드 for Kakao, 한콘진 '이달의 우수게임'수상".
  4. ^ "블레이드, 2014 게임대상 대통령상 수상…'모바일 게임으로는 사상 처음'".
  5. ^ "액션스퀘어-에이스토리, 넷플릭스 오리지널 시리즈 `킹덤` IP 게임 개발 계약'".
  6. ^ "액션스퀘어, SKT과 신작 `프로젝트 GR` 퍼블리싱 계약 체결'".
  7. ^ "액션스퀘어, 미국 갈라게임즈와 신작 '프로젝트AE' 공급 계약'".
  8. ^ "액션스퀘어, 스튜디오HG 품었다'".

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