World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the Warcraft fantasy universe,World of Warcraft takes place within the world of Azeroth,approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series,Warcraft III:The Frozen Throne. The game was announced in 2001,and was released for the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise on November 23,2004. Since launch,World of Warcraft has had nine major expansion packs:The Burning Crusade (2007),Wrath of the Lich King (2008),Cataclysm (2010),Mists of Pandaria (2012),Warlords of Draenor (2014),Legion (2016),Battle for Azeroth (2018),Shadowlands (2020),and Dragonflight (2022). Three further expansions,The War Within (2024),Midnight,and The Last Titan,were announced in 2023.
Dungeons &Dragons Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game was originally marketed as Dungeons &Dragons Online:Stormreach. Upon switching to a hybrid free-to-play model it was renamed Dungeons &Dragons Online:Eberron Unlimited. The game was rebranded Dungeons &Dragons Online,with the introduction of Forgotten Realms-related content. Turbine developed Dungeons &Dragons Online as an online adaptation of Dungeons &Dragons (D&D),originally based loosely on the D&D 3.5 rule set. The game is set on the unexplored continent of Xen'drik within the Eberron campaign setting,and in the Kingdom of Cormyr within the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Dungeon Fighter Online,known in South Korea as Dungeon &Fighter,is a multiplayer beat 'em up action role-playing game,developed and published for personal computers by Neople,a South Korean subsidiary of Nexon,and originally published by Hangame in 2005. The game was originally released in South Korea as Dungeon &Fighter,then in Japan as Arad Senki,and then published in China by Tencent. A global version of Dungeon Fighter Online was released in May 2015.
The history of massively multiplayer online games spans over thirty years and hundreds of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) titles. The origin and influence on MMO games stems from MUDs,Dungeons &Dragons (D&D) and earlier social games.
Shin Megami Tensei:Imagine,formerly known as Megami Tensei Online:Imagine,was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Windows. It is part of the Megami Tensei series,and was developed by CAVE and later on GungHo Online Entertainment under license from the series creator Atlus. Originally released in Japan in 2007,it was later released in North America in 2008,then in Europe in 2009. Imagine is set between Shin Megami Tensei and its sequel,in the aftermath of a war which devastated humanity and prompted the arrival of hostile demons split into two opposing factions:Law and Chaos. The player character,a Demon Buster,is tasked with interacting with and fighting the demons that infest post-apocalyptic Tokyo. The gameplay uses real-time combat in open environments similar to other MMORPGs,while carrying over the Megami Tensei series' recurring demon recruitment and fusion mechanics.
Blade &Soul is a Wuxia-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Korean NCSoft. Blade &Soul was released in Western territories on January 19,2016. A Japanese animated television adaptation aired in 2014 from April 3 to June 26 on TBS and other stations.
Dragon Quest X:Rise of the Five Tribes Online,also known as Dragon Quest X Online,is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. It is the tenth mainline entry in the Dragon Quest series. It was originally released for the Wii in 2012,and was later ported to the Wii U,Windows,PlayStation 4,Nintendo Switch,Android,iOS,and Nintendo 3DS,all of which support cross-platform play. Other than a discontinued Windows version in China,the game was not released outside of Japan. A single-player remake,titled Dragon Quest X Offline,was released in 2022 in Japan. It is also set to release in other Asian regions in 2024.
Bigpoint GmbH is a German video game developer. The company develops stand-alone browser-based games as well as social network games. Bigpoint has over 200 million registered users. Bigpoint.com states that 337,104,419 players are registered in the top right corner,as of 10/10/13. NBCU has featured some of Bigpoint's games on the websites of some of its cable channels.
Torchlight II is an action role-playing dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games,released for Microsoft Windows on September 20,2012. It is the sequel to Torchlight,and features peer-to-peer multiplayer support and extended modding capabilities. The game was released for OS X on February 2,2015,and for Linux on March 4,2015. Ports for Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4,and Xbox One were released September 3,2019 and were developed by Panic Button.
Kunlun Group or their alternative name KoramGame, is a Hong Kong software developer and publisher.
Game of Thrones:Seven Kingdoms was a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) under development by Bigpoint and Artplant. The game was based on the television series Game of Thrones.
War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. Announced in 2011,it was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013;it had its official release on December 21,2016. It has a cross-platform format for Microsoft Windows,macOS,Linux,PlayStation 4,Xbox One,PlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S,Oculus,and Vive. A spinoff game called War Thunder Mobile was released in May 2023 for Android,with an iOS version released in August 2023.
Black Desert Online (Korean: 검은사막) is a sandbox-oriented fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Korean video game developer Pearl Abyss and originally published for Microsoft Windows in 2015. A mobile version titled Black Desert Mobile was initially released in Asia by early 2019,and worldwide in December 2019. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions,known simply as Black Desert,were released in 2019. The game is free-to-play in some parts of the world,but follows a buy-to-play business model in other editions,including the English-language editions.
Curse was a gaming company that managed the video game mod host CurseForge,wiki host Gamepedia,and the Curse Network of gaming community websites.
En Masse Entertainment,Inc. was an American video game publisher. Founded in June 2008,the company was based in Seattle,Washington,and is best known for publishing massively multiplayer online role-playing game TERA,which was developed by parent company Bluehole. The original En Masse leadership team had extensive experience in the video game industry at leading companies,including Blizzard Entertainment,Microsoft,NCsoft,ArenaNet,and Electronic Arts. In January 2013,Chris Lee and Soo Min Park became chief executive officer and chief operating officer,respectively. On November 5,2018,Bluehole and its subsidiaries,which include En Masse,were rearranged horizontally under a new parent company,Krafton Game Union. En Masse announced on August 17,2020,that it had begun ceasing operations.
Game of Thrones:Winter is Coming is a 2019 massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) developed and published Yoozoo Games. It is based on the HBO television series Game of Thrones and is licensed by Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment. The game was announced in August 2018,during Gamescom and was released by Yoozoo in March 2019,originally as a browser game. The Steam version was released in November 2019,and the mobile port was released in July 2020.
League of Legends:Wild Rift is a multiplayer online battle arena mobile game developed and published by Riot Games for Android and iOS. The free-to-play game is a modified version of the PC game League of Legends.
Lin Qi (1981–2020) was a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Yoozoo Games.
