WeMade Entertainment
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| WeMade Entertainment logo | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | Ma Huateng and Zhang Zhidong |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Gwan Ho Park (CEO) |
| Products | The Legend of Mir series |
| Total assets |  KRW₩ 289,899,962,202 (2010)[1] |
Number of employees | 452 (3/31/2010) |
| Website | wemade.com |
| File:WeMadeFOX.jpg | |
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Location | South Korea |
| Manager |  Yang Joong Kim |
| Website | http://www.wemadefox.net |
WeMade Entertainment Co., Ltd is an online games developer and service provider, based in Seoul, South Korea. They are the creators of the Legend of Mir series of MMORPGs, the two most successful being The Legend of Mir 2, and its sequel The Legend of Mir 3. Legend of Mir has attracted over 120 million users in Asia, and generated over $65 million a month in revenue during its height. Even today, in its ninth year of operation, Legend of Mir 2 still generates well over $20 million a month in China alone.
History
WeMade was founded on February 10, 2000, by the original Legend of Mir developers. They chose the name WeMade Entertainment to acknowledge a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by their Korean publishing partner Actoz against the Chinese game operator Shanda. Shanda had copied Legend of Mir under the name The World of Legend, prompting the lawsuit. In choosing their company name, the developers were making the point that “We made Legend of Mir”. Shanda settled the lawsuit by acquiring Actoz and operating it as Shanda Korea.
In 2007, WeMade Entertainment’s CEO and founder Kwan-Ho Park hired Kevin “Sookiel” Seo as co-CEO to turn the development company into a publisher and operator of online games in Korea. Mr. Seo was formerly the CEO of Actoz/Shanda Korea. The company grew from 300 to close to 600 employees as it expanded to provide full hosting services in Korea.
Today, WeMade Entertainment Co. Ltd. hosts and operates several games in Korea. This includes games developed by WeMade such as Legend of Mir 2, Legend of Mir 3, Master of Fantasy and Chang Chun (aka Three Kingdom Chronicles). In addition, WeMade also hosts games from other developers including Chaps Online, Tartaros and Avalon. WeMade continues to license these games to other operators in other global territories. Shanda operates Legend of Mir 2 and Chang Chun in Greater China, while Softworld operates Mir 2 in Taiwan. GameFactory operates Rumble Fighter in the US and Europe.
In the summer of 2008, WeMade established its US headquarters in the Seattle, Washington area. WeMade Entertainment USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean entity. Headed up by CEO AJ Redmer, the US company is responsible for the Western Games market including Europe and the Americas.
Pro Team
From 2007 to 2011, WeMade Entertainment operated a professional gaming team called WeMade FOX that maintained high-ranking Counter-Strike, StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III players. Sponsored by Pepsi, Skechers, GomTV and Mizuno, WeMade FOX possessed several star players including NaDa and Jang Jae "Moon" Ho. On August 31, 2011, the team was officially shut down, with the former players placed in the care of KeSPA, until new sponsors were to be found.[2]
References
- ^ "2010 Annual Report". WeMade Entertainment. 2010-12-31.
- ^ LML (2011-08-23). GosuGamers http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft/news/16641-wemade-drops-fox.
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