Joymax

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Joymax
Company typePublic
KRX: 101730
Industry Video games
Genre MMORPG
Headquarters,
Key people
Nam-Chul Kim (CEO)
Ju-wan Seok (CFO)
Products Silk Road Online, Digimon Masters
Number of employees
218
Parent WeMade Entertainment
Subsidiaries IO Entertainment
Website www.joymax.com
Kim, Nam-Chul
Born (1971-11-25) November 25, 1971 (age 52)
Alma mater National Taiwan Normal University

Joymax is a South Korean video game developer. Joymax initially published games for the PC then expanded to other platforms (including mobile devices). Joymax runs a data center in the United Kingdom and a customer service center in the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] They are the creators of Silkroad Online and Karma Online . They also hosted the English version of Digimon Masters until 2016.

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In 2022, they were the eleventh largest company in South Korea's software and programming market sector by market capitalization. [11]

Games

TitleDeveloperGenreStatus
Silkroad Online JoymaxMMORPGActive since 2004.
Karma Online DragonflyFPSClosed
Digimon Masters Digitalic MMORPG2011-2016 (moved to Gameking).
ICARUS Online (aka NED Online)JoymaxMMORPGActive since 2014.
Deco OnlineRocksoftMMORPGShut down in 2010. [12]
Final OdysseyJoymaxRTSReleased in January 1999 [13]
Tangoo & UllashongJoymaxArcadeReleased in July 2001
AtroxJoymaxRTSReleased in Germany in 2001. [14]

Released in English in May 2002. [15]

Tangoo & Ullashong 2JoymaxArcadeReleased in December 2002
Age of WandererJoymaxBeat 'em upReleased in January 2003
Yorang, Little FoxJoymaxArcadeReleased in August 2003
Bumpy CrashJoymaxArcade, racingReleased in January 2010
Wind Runner AdventureJoymaxArcadeReleased in September 2016
Aero StrikeJoymaxArcadeReleased in November 2016
Star Wars: Starfighter MissionsJoymaxArcadeReleased in November 2020

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