Level Up! Inc., more commonly known by the trademark Level Up! Games, is a

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game publishing studio owned by

Asiasoft Asiasoft is an online game operator in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia. Its headquarters is located in Bangkok, Thailand. Asiasoft's services are primarily operated within Southeast Asia. Asiasoft was founded in ...

since 2014. According to their website, they currently have operations in the Philippines,

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and

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History

Level Up! Games was one of the first online game publishing companies in the Philippines. In 2002, Level Up! introduced ''Oz World'', the very first

massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players, often hundreds or thousands, on the same server. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent world, persistent open world, alt ...

in the Philippines. The following year, Level Up! launched the first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), ''

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 '' ...

''. They followed up by introducing ''

ROSE Online ''ROSE Online'', or ''Rush On Seven Episodes Online'' ( ko, 로즈 온라인) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (MMORPG) previously published by Korean company Gravity Corporation and developed by its subsidiary, Triggersoft. T ...

'' and ''

RF Online ''RF Online'', originally named 'Rising Force', ( ko, 라이징 포스) is a 3D MMORPG developed by CCR. The first version of the game was released in South Korea and was later followed by Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian, Portuguese an ...

'' in the country. In 2004, Level Up! partnered with

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to expand into Brazil. In February 2005, Level Up! Games Brazil launched its first

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in the country: a free version of the company's franchise ''Ragnarok Online'', translated into Portuguese. This game was followed by numerous releases in Brazil over the next few years. ePLDT, the digital entertainment division of the

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(PLDT), acquired Level Up! Philippines in 2006, and merged their portfolios of online games. That same year, the first Level Up! Live event took place, with championship competitions held for four games: Ragnarok Online, Rose Online, RF Online, and Freestyle. Level Up! continued to publish new games, including '' Perfect World'' and ''

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 ...

''. They also had their first Level Up! School Tour, going as far north as

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and south to

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. The company expanded into India in the same year, partnering with Indiatimes to publish ''

'' in the country. In 2008, the Philippines was selected to be the host for the annual Ragnarok World Championship. In 2010, the Level Up! Games Brazil expanded its partnership with Korean developer

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and brought to Brazil the

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''. Also in 2010, a ''Level Up!'' Store was launched, featuring products related to games distributed by Level Up! Games Brazil. The Store was closed in June 2011.quote closing of Level Up! Store, 29 July 2012 At the end of the year, the company launched the title ''

Allods Online ''Allods Online'' is a free-to-play 3D fantasy MMORPG developed by Allods Team, formerly Astrum Nival, and published by Mail.Ru Group globally, with the international version operated by their subsidiary My.com. The game was originally released in ...

''. In October 2012, Level Up! Games merged with E-Games, creating the largest online game publishing operation in the Philippines. In the same year, Level Up! had 49% of its international shares bought by

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, China's leading internet service provider, for nearly 27 million dollars. Also in 2012, Level Up! Brazil released '' Turma do Chico Bento'', their first game developed for social networking site,

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, at ''Level Up! Live 2012''. Level Up! Games expanded into Latin America the same year. Level Up! Games was acquired by

for 2.9 million dollars in 2014. Since then, Level Up!'s portfolio has been published in Asia under PlayPark.

Games distributed by the company

Brazil

* 9Dragons * Aion: The Tower of Eternity *

City of Heroes ''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...

* DarkEden * DECO Online *

Dofus ''Dofus'' is a tactical turn-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games, a French computer game manufacturer. Originally released solely in French, it has since been translated into many ...

FunOrb ''FunOrb'' was a casual game, casual gaming site created by Jagex. Launched on 27 February 2008, and closed on August 7th 2018, it was the company's first major release after their successful MMORPG, ''RuneScape''. All of the games were programmed ...

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, ...

* Khan Wars *

Guild Wars ''Guild Wars'' is an online role-playing game franchise developed by ArenaNet and published by NCSOFT. The games were critically well received and won many editor's choice awards, as well as awards such as Best Value, Best Massively Multiplaye ...

Lineage II ''Lineage II'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and the second game in the ''Lineage'' series. It is a prequel to ''Lineage'' and is set 150 years before the first game. It has become popular sinc ...

* Lunia * Pangya * Perfect World *

RuneScape ''RuneScape'' is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001. ''RuneScape'' was originally a browser game built with the Java programming language; it was large ...

Sudden Attack ''Sudden Attack'' (Korean: 서든어택) is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter online game developed by the South Korean company GameHi. On December 2, 2013, Nexon America CEO Min Kim announced plans to discontinue ''Sudden Attack'' ...

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 ...

* Turma do Chico Bento * Warrior Epic * Forsaken * Eligium * M.A.R.S. *

SMITE ''Smite'' is a 2014 free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna.Assault Fire (as 'Ni Zhan' in China) *

Warface ''Warface'' is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek Kiev, co-produced by Crytek Seoul, and published by My.com. The full version of the game was released on October 21, 2013 as playable in North America and ...

* GunZ: The Duel

India (Closed as of 2009)

* Freestyle * World OZ *

* Gunz Online

Philippines

* Assault Fire * Ragnarok * Cabal * K.O.S. Secret Operations * RAN Online *Perfect World

Current

* Perfect World * Audition PH * World In Audition *

Cabal Online ''Cabal Online'' ( ko, 카발 온라인, stylized as ''CABAL Online'') is a free-to-play, 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by South Korean company ESTsoft. Different localizations of the game exist for various countrie ...

* Assault Fire (Ni Zhan in China) * Special Force

Former

local service was shut down on March 31, 2015. Players were then transferred to WarpPortal's international server in April 2015. * Grand Chase (local server was shut down on November 2014) * Eligium * Rohan (getting close by October 2014) *

Flyff ''Flyff'' (short for ''Fly for Fun'') is a fantasy MMORPG by Korean development company Gala Lab (formerly Aeonsoft & nFlavor). Flyff is hosted in 13 countries and 10 languages and has over 30 million registered accounts. Development In Decem ...

(Getting close by September 2014) * Bounty Hounds Online *

* Oz World * Crazy Kart * Crazy Kart 2: Race Battle Online *

* Band Master * Point Blank (transferred To Garena (2014)) * Pangya * K.O.S. Secret Operations ( Sting: The Secret Operations) * Freestyle Online (global servers were closed in 2010) *

* RAN Online

South East Asia (Thru Asiasoft , Playpark)

Phantasy Star Online 2 is a free-to-play online action role-playing game in the ''Phantasy Star'' series, developed and published by Sega. It was created as a successor to '' Phantasy Star Online'' and ''Phantasy Star Universe'', ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' features ...

(closed and never been able to move on Patch from Dark Flaz S2 patch) * Football Club Manager/FCM * Strife *

Maple Story ''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 vari ...

DC Universe Online ''DC Universe Online'' (''DCUO'') is a free-to-play action combat massively multiplayer online game set in the fictional universe of DC Comics. Developed by Dimensional Ink Games and co-published by Daybreak Game Company and WB Games, the game w ...

''(Now on Open Beta)'' *

* AVA * Chaos Online *Dance Battle Audition (used to be available international, was changed and never informed players)

References

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External links

Site of Brazil

Site of the Philippines

Site of India

Site of Latin America

Site Global

Warning about the closing of Level Up! Store
Companies based in Makati Video game companies established in 2002 Video game companies of the Philippines Video game publishers 2002 establishments in the Philippines