Company:Perfect World Entertainment
| Type | Gaming |
|---|---|
| Industry | Game developer and publisher |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California , United States |
| Parent | Perfect World Games |
| Website | www |
Perfect World Entertainment (Arc Games)[1] is a Chinese-owned[2] and leading online publisher of live service games in North America and Europe. Founded in 2008, Perfect World Entertainment is known for creating and publishing titles based on well-known global entertainment franchises, such as Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons. The company’s popular live service MMO games, including Neverwinter, Star Trek Online and PWI, have cumulatively grossed over $500M in their lifetimes. Perfect World Entertainment also partners with third-party development studios, including Gunfire Games, developer of Remnant, and Unknown Worlds, developer of Subnautica, to help bring their games to market on a global scale. Perfect World Entertainment is a subsidiary of Perfect World Group, and is headquartered in Redwood City California .[3]
Perfect World Entertainment’s early growth consisted of bringing versions of popular Chinese games to an English language audience. The company continues to launch and operate games globally, including upcoming titles Magic: Legends and Torchlight III.
Perfect World employs around 500 people at their North American location in Redwood. They acquired sister companies, Runic Games and Cryptic Studios and helped in the releasing of popular games such as Torchlight and Torchlight II in recent years. Many of their games can be found on the popular PC gaming platform, Steam. In 2014 The company launched its own Steam-like service "ARC Games" for their own titles as well as their affiliates. Perfect World is publicly traded and they began trading on the Nasdaq (U.S. exchange) on July 26, 2007. Aside from their North American operations, Perfect World operates in China on its Wanmei.com platform as well in Japan under the C&C Media Co name. Unlike most MMO publishers, Perfect World actually develops most of the games they publish, which gives them the unique ability to control the entire development/patching of the titles.[4]
Games
Perfect World
- Legend of Martial Arts - 3D MMORPG[5]
- Heroes of Three Kingdoms - 3D MMORPG[6]
- Rusty Hearts - 3D MMORPG[7]
- Perfect World International - 3D MMORPG - September 2008
- Ether Saga Online - 3D MMORPG - March 2009
- Jade Dynasty - 3D MMORPG - June 2009
- Battle of the Immortals - 2.5D MMORPG - May 2010
- Forsaken World - 3D MMORPG - March 2011
- War of the Immortals - 2.5D MMORPG - December 2011
- Fortuna - MMORPG Browser game - July 2013
- Elemental Kingdoms - 2014
- Swordsman Online - 3D MMORPG - July 2014
- Livelock - Action, Adventure - August 2016
- Arena of Heroes - 3D MOBA
- Torchlight Mobile - Action RPG, Hack and slash
- Don't Even Think - 2019 - Battle Royale, Survival
Cryptic Studios
- Neverwinter Online - 3D MMORPG - April 2013
- Champions Online - 3D MMORPG - September 2009
- Star Trek Online - 3D MMORPG - February 2010
Runic Games
- Torchlight - 3D Hack and Slash Action RPG - October 2009
- Torchlight II - 3D Hack and Slash Action RPG - September 2012
- Hob - 3D Puzzle Action Adventure - September 2017
Echtra Games
- Torchlight III - 3D Hack and Slash Action MMORPG - 2020
Zombie Studios
- Blacklight - FPS - April 2012
Nival
- Prime World - MOBA - January 2015
Katauri Interactive
- Royal Quest - 3D MMORPG - May 2015
Motiga Games
Gunfire Games
- Remnant – 2019
References
- ↑ "Company Website". https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ↑ "Company Site". http://www.wanmei.com/en/intro.html. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ↑ "Company Website". https://www.perfectworld.com/about. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ↑ "MMO cataloging website". https://mmos.com/publishers/perfect-world-entertainment-arc-games. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405234050/http://www.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=342111. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405234050/http://www.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=342111. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://news.mmosite.com/content/2014-08-04/perfect_world_to_shut_down_rusty_hearts_on_september_15th.shtml.
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