was one of

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's leading game publishers of massively multiplayer online games and mobile games.

History

GMO Gamepot was founded in 2001 as . It was acquired by Aeria in March 2003 and had its first success with an online golf game called Pangya in 2004. Gamepot opened an American publishing division, Gamepot USA, Inc., in Los Angeles in August 2008. In 2006, Gamepot successfully launched ''Kunshu'' (''The Monarch Online''), Cabal Online, and La Tale. In 2008, Gamepot merged with '' Wizardry'' owner Aeria IPM. Also, Gamepot (USA) partnered with

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in the English localization of ''

Fantasy Earth Zero ''Fantasy Earth Zero'' was a 2006 massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows. Originally developed by Puraguru (now known as Vanillaware) and Multiterm under the title ''Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion'', it ...

'' in 2010 and created ''

Wizardry Online ''Wizardry Online'' was a free-to-play MMORPG developed by Gamepot, Inc, based on the classic ''Wizardry'' computer games originally created by Sir-Tech. It was released in January 2013 before being discontinued in July 2014. Gameplay Like man ...

'' in 2013. Gamepot was acquired by GMO Internet in November 2013 and its name was changed to GMO Gamepot on January 1, 2014.

Alteil is a story-driven, Adobe Flash, Flash-based online collectible card game produced by Japanese studio Dex Entertainment Inc., Dex Entertainment and published by Media Blasters. It was released in Japan in 2004, and released in English in 2008. Alt ...

, a story-driven, Flash-based

online collectible card game A digital collectible card game (DCCG) or online collectible card game (OCCG) is a computer game, computer or video game that emulates collectible card games (CCG) and is typically played online or occasionally as a standalone video game. Many DCC ...

produced by Dex Entertainment and published by Media Blasters, is now managed by Gamepot. GMO Gamepot closed on December 1, 2017 and was absorbed by GMO Internet.

Games

Japanese division

Online games

* ''

'' (January 30, 2013) * ''Mebius Online'' (April 6, 2011~February 28, 2013) * ''Paperman'' (February 12, 2009~December 26, 2016) * ''Concerto Gate'' (April 23, 2009~) * ''La Tale'' (2007~) * ''Fantasy Earth Zero'' (December 2006~) * ''CABAL Online'' (November 2006~) * ''Kunshu Online'' * ''Pangya'' (November 11, 2004~) * ''Web Koihime Muso'' * ''The Shogun'' * ''Lively Island COR'' * ''

Trickster Online ''Trickster Online'' (also known as Trickster: Links to Fantasy, Trickster Online Revolution, Trickster Online: A New Discovery and Trickster Online: Season 2) ( ko, 플레이 트릭스터) was a free, 2D isometric MMORPG developed by the Kor ...

'' (Transfer 2012~)

Korean division

U.S. division

* ''The Legend of MIR 2'' (Canceled) * ''Bright Shadow'' (Canceled) * ''

'' (Canceled) * ''

'' (Canceled)

Global division

* '' Captain Tsubasa Zero Kimero!-Miracle Shot

References

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External links

Official website
Defunct video game companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 2001 Video game companies established in 2001 Video game companies disestablished in 2017 Video game publishers 2001 establishments in Japan 2017 disestablishments in Japan