Smilegate is a South Korean

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, 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, it is the creator of ''

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History

Smilegate was selected as recipient of the Excellence Award, ETRI IDC in 2003. Smilegate began developing Online FPS

in 2006 and launched Crossfire in China and Japan the next year. In 2009 recorded 1 million peak concurrent users in China, and 0.1 million peak concurrent users in Vietnam. Over the following years Smilegate earned numerous awards.In 2014 Smilegate invested $112 million in casual gaming company SUNDAYTOZ. Smilegate Megaport launched Mobile Service Platform
STOVE
in June 2015. Smilegate is teaming up with Hollywood production company 'Original Film' for the big screen adaptation of its mega-hit shooting game “Crossfire.” Smilegate Entertainment has signed a $500 million exclusive publishing agreement with Oriental Shiny Star for the upcoming “Crossfire 2” online shooting game in China. In 2017, to serve Crossfire further in the European market, a new office was opened in Berlin, Germany. 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. In July 2021, Smilegate made an investment of $100 million into startup developer That's No Moon formed by veterans of

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Games

These are the games developed or published by Smilegate. Publisher and release dates are for South Korea unless otherwise noted.

References

External links

*{{Official website Video game development companies Video game publishers Video game companies of South Korea Video game companies established in 2002 South Korean companies established in 2002 Bundang