Asiasoft is an online game operator in

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and

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. Its headquarters is located in

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. Asiasoft's services are primarily operated within

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. Asiasoft was founded in

in 2001 with the primary objective of providing games and promoting online content in Thailand. Asiasoft's core business covers the publishing of online massive multiplayer games and multiplayer online games, co-publishing and development of new products. Asiasoft works very closely with game operators and developers located in

, Thailand. Asiasoft's support also has presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Philippines. The Asiasoft Group currently consists of 600 employees.AsiaSoft Online Expertise
AsiaSoft Online is 100% subsidiary of AsiaSoft Corporation Co. Ltd of publishing companies with a presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam serving over 15 million gamers. AsiaSoft Online's network and distribution channels in Singapore and Malaysia span over 1000 retail outlets which include PC Bunk, 7-Eleven outlets, popular bookstores, Comic Connection stores, convenience stores, cybercafes and SAM machines. MapleStorySEA has broken numerous performance records including an online community that was awarded Singapore's most popular website in the gaming category. Asiasoft Online has also organized over 35 real-life game events for their players such as the MapleStorySEA Birthday Bash, PangyaSEA Fiesta and AuditionSEA Hari Raya Puasa Celebration. Players must verify their AsiaSoft Passports with their National IDs in order to participate in most of the real life events and parties.

Company divisions

Asiasoft Corporation PCL. (Thailand)

Asiasoft was first founded in 2001 in

, but services extended to encompass most of South East Asia. Asiasoft published Asian games and multiplayer online games, and co-published and developed of new products. In March 2003 Asiasoft published its first two games, ''

Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' ( ko, 라그나로크 온라인, marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity based on the manhwa '' ...

'' from

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and '' Dragon Raja Online'' from eSofnet. In 2004, two more new games were published and co-published: '' Gunbound'' from Softnyx and TS Online, and in late 2005, ''

MapleStory ''MapleStory'' () is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, published by vario ...

'' from

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Asiasoft Co. Ltd (Vietnam)

Asiasoft Co. Ltd(Vietnam) was formed in 2001 in Vietnam to manage gaming services provided in Vietnam. Asiasoft was the first publishing game company to be established in Vietnam. Asiasoft Vietnam published Asian games and multiplayer online games, and co-published and developed of new products. The first published game from Asiasoft was '' Gunbound'' from

Softnyx Softnyx Ltd is a South Korean video game developer and distributor that was founded in 2001 by Jinho Kim in Seoul. The company first released the hit game GunBound in 2003, introducing Indonesian servers in April, Chinese servers in June and an I ...

. Later in the year Asiasoft also published '' TS Online'' from Chinese Gamers of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Trilight Cove Enterprises Ltd (Indochina)

Trilight Cove Enterprises Ltd was formed in 2001 to manage Asiasoft subsidiaries in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma.

Asiasoft Online Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Asiasoft Online Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) was formed in 2004 to publish and manage games MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) in Singapore and Malaysia. Playpark Pte. Ltd. has published ''MapleStory'', '' PangYa'', '' KongKong Online'', ''

Audition Online ''Audition Online'' ( ko, 오디션 온라인), also known as ''X-BEAT'' in Japan and popularly called ''AyoDance'' in Indonesia, is a free-to-play multiplayer online casual rhythm game produced by T3 Entertainment. It was originally relea ...

'', ''GetAmped'', ''Darkness and Light'' and ''

Grand Chase ''Grand Chase'' ( ko, 그랜드체이스, lit=Grand Chase) was a free-to-play, two-dimensional side-scrolling MMORPG, developed by the South Korean company KOG Studios. Alternative names for ''Grand Chase'' included ''Three Young Heroes'' ( zh, ...

''. It is also the official and sole distributor for

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's ''

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'' products in Singapore. Playpark Pte. Ltd. has teamed up with

SilkRoad Online ''Silkroad Online'' ( ko, 실크로드 온라인) is a fantasy MMORPG set in the 7th century AD, along the Silk Road between China and Europe. The game requires no periodic subscription fee, but players can purchase premium items to customize ...

, Gunbound,

MU Online ''MU Online'' ( ko, 뮤 온라인) is an Isometric medieval fantasy MMORPG, produced by Webzen, a Korean gaming company. Introduced in 2001 it is still being supported and updated in 2022. Gameplay MU Online was created in December 2001 by the ...

and

Shot Online ''Shot Online'' is a massively multiplayer online game, massively multiplayer online golf video game which also features character development and MMORPG elements. It is developed by the Seoul-based game developer WebzenOnNet Co. Ltd., and publi ...

to allow players to purchase A-Cash before redeeming it for the respective games' cash points. It has since been merged with several Asiasoft subsidiaries to form PlayPark Pte Ltd.

Asiasoft Online Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Asiasoft Online was formed in 2004, to publish and manage game services in Malaysia, it also works with Asiasoft Online Pte. Ltd(Singapore) to co-manage English server games. It has since been restructured and rebranded, operating under the new name CIB Development Sdn Bhd.

PlayPark Pte Ltd

As part of restructuring, PlayPark Pte Ltd was formed to oversee all game managing divisions of Asiasoft International Company Limited, merging several Asiasoft subsidiaries under one company.

PT. Asiasoft (Indonesia)

PT. Asiasoft was founded 2011 in Indonesia and has published three games for PC: * ''AIKA Online'' (terminated 2014) * ''AVA'' (terminated 2014) * ''Brawl Buster'' (terminated 2013) PT. Asiasoft has expanded on mobile games platform (regional) and currently four titles are running: * ''Advance Dino'' * ''Heart Castle'' * ''Line Dragonica Mobile'' * ''Playpark Dragon Encounter''

Playpark Inc. - former name Level Up! Inc. (Philippines)

Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited reported that it would acquire 70% of the Philippines-based company Level Up! Inc. for $2.9 million on February 5, 2014, acquisition was completed in the same year. Its portfolio is now published under Asiasoft's website.

Asiasoft Passport

Players are required to sign up for Asiasoft Passports in order to play any of the company's published games. Like

Gamania Gamania Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Gamania) is a PC online game and digital entertainment corporation with its headquarters located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the first Taiwanese online game brand to expand globally, with overseas branch o ...

(requires ID Card(Taiwan)) and

Nexon Nexon Co., Ltd. is a global video game publisher, listed in Japan, that specializes in online Virtual World games for PCs, consoles and mobile. Nexon is one of the world’s ten largest interactive game companies based on market capitalization a ...

Korea(requires RRN), it also required an identity document number(known in Singapore as NRIC, and in Malaysia as

MyKad The Malaysian identity card ( ms, kad pengenalan Malaysia), is the compulsory identity card for Malaysian citizens aged 12 and above. The current identity card, known as MyKad, was introduced by the ''National Registration Department of Malaysi ...

) to sign up. That requirement was dropped in 2008. In 2019, with the departure of its final game, MapleStorySEA, to a new login service name
MapleStorySEA Passport
Asiasoft Passport services has officially been discontinued.

PlayPark ID

In 2011, Asiasoft introduced the concept of PlayPark accounts, advertised by Asiasoft as a one stop service for players to managed their Asiasoft published games' accounts with only one set of login credentials, this service was only offered to new games released since PlayPark ID services started, older active titles such as '' MapleStorySEA'', and AudtionSEA were still accessed via Asiasoft Passport. Currently Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines have implemented the Playpark system. In January 2022, PlayPark changed its logo and announced its plans to incorporate blockchain technology and

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into the games.

Published games

Asiasoft Corporation PCL. (Thailand)

Asiasoft Online (Southeast Asia*)

(*) Joining Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd and AS Online Sdn Bhd. Country is Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Burma

Playpark Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) & CIB Development Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Asiasoft Co. Ltd (Vietnam)

PT. Asiasoft (Indonesia)

Playpark Inc. (Philippines)

Trilight Cove Enterprises Ltd (Indochina*)

(*) Country is Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma.

References

External links

Asiasoft

Asiasoft Corporation Co. Ltd

Asiasoft Co. Ltd

Playpark ThailandPlaypark VietnamPlaypark Forums VietnamAsiasoft SEAPlaypark SEARelates AsiasoftAsiasoft Forums SEAPlaypark Forums SEAThe Board Resolution for the Restructuration of subsidiary companies of Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited
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Company divisions

Asiasoft Corporation PCL. (Thailand)

Asiasoft Co. Ltd (Vietnam)

Trilight Cove Enterprises Ltd (Indochina)

Asiasoft Online Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Asiasoft Online Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

PlayPark Pte Ltd

PT. Asiasoft (Indonesia)

Playpark Inc. - former name Level Up! Inc. (Philippines)

Asiasoft Passport

PlayPark ID

Published games

Asiasoft Corporation PCL. (Thailand)

Asiasoft Online (Southeast Asia*)

Playpark Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) & CIB Development Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Asiasoft Co. Ltd (Vietnam)

PT. Asiasoft (Indonesia)

Playpark Inc. (Philippines)

Trilight Cove Enterprises Ltd (Indochina*)

See also

References

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