Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (),
doing business as
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Snail (), is a Chinese
video game company
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and a
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headquartered in
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
, China, which has branches Snail Games and Snail Mobile. Its division, Snail USA, is responsible for bringing Snail Games products to audiences in North America, South America & Europe. With a focus on
free-to-play
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online games, Snail Games acts as a developer and publisher of original IP across multiple genres and distribution channels, including
massively multiplayer online
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(MMOs),
real-time strategy
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(RTS), and casual games. Its global registered user base has reached over 70 million accounts,
[According to total registered users on Snail Games portal http://www.woniu.com/] largely driven by its independent games portal Woniu.com. The U.S. operation anticipated the launch of its portal for Western audiences in Q2 2011, PlaySnail.com, to further drive its efforts abroad.
History
Snail was founded by Shi Hai in Suzhou, China, and became established as Suzhou Electronic Co., Ltd. in October 2014. The company is one of the first online game developers in China.
With over 1,500 employees, Snail has a global presence, with offices in China (Suzhou and Shanghai), Taiwan, Russia and the US, and has localized its games into more than 20 languages.
Snail Games has received numerous awards over the past decade, including the “China Cultural Games Overseas Development Award” 4 years in a row,
the “China Top 10 Game Provider” 3 years in a row,
and over 30 additional prestigious awards from government, industry, media, and player communities around the world.
Games
The Snail Games portfolio includes: ''Dark and Light'', ''Fear the Night'', ''
Voyage Century Online
''Voyage Century Online'' (航海世纪/王者世紀) is a free-to-play nautical MMORPG developed by Snail Games and published by IGG. It was the first game developed by Snail after its founding in 2000. The game is set in the 16th century and ...
'', ''
Heroes of Gaia
''Heroes of Gaia'' (), known in the separate European version as ''Castle of Heroes'', is a massively multiplayer online fantasy browser-based strategy game developed by the Chinese developer Snail Games and published in the United States by its ...
'' (''Castle of Heroes''), ''Ministry of War'' (''
Terra Militaris
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''), ''
Age of Wushu
''Age of Wushu'' is a free-to-play 3D martial arts action MMORPG, created by independent developers and procured by Chinese company Snail. The game revolves around the wuxia-inspired lore surrounding martial arts and adventures in Ming dynasty Chi ...
'',
PixARK
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Gameplay
The player is ...
and more.
Notes
References
Snail Games USA Announces Closed Beta Registration for The Chosenpc.ign.com, June 3, 2011
Snail Games launches Ministry of Warmassively.joystiq.com, November 17, 2010
Snail Games USA Announces Closed Beta Registration for The Chosensupervideogamer.com, June 6, 2011
Snail Games USA Launches New Payment Channel with Go Cash Game Card Partnershipgamasutra.com, August 4, 2010
Snail Games Opens US HQnext-gen.biz, April 1, 2010
GameDuell, Snail Games USA, OMGPOP and The9 Choose Offerpal Media for Virtual Currency Monetizationblog.tapjoy.com, June 10, 2010
Snail Games USA Announces Ministry of War Partnership with Kongregatempogd.com, August 2, 2010
Snail Games Usa Announces Closed Beta Registration For The Chosengameinatrix.com, June 3, 2011
About Snailsnailgame.net, 2008
Snail Games USA Acquired Studio Wildcard, Developer of ARK, In December, 2015mmos.com, December, 2015
External links
* {{official website, http://www.snail.com/
Snail USAWoniu.comWoniu.com
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