Company:Zengame Technology

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Zengame Technology
TypePublic
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FoundedJuly 2010
Key people
Ye Sheng (chairman, CEO)[1]
RevenueIncrease ¥742 million (2020)[2]
Increase ¥221 million (2020)[3]
Websitezen-game.com

Zengame Technology (simplified Chinese: 禅游科技; traditional Chinese: 禪遊科技; SEHKScript error: No such module "Leading zeros".&sc_lang=en Script error: No such module "Leading zeros".), short for Zengame Technology Holding Limited,[4] generally known as Zengame,[5] is a Shenzhen-based[6] mobile game developer[7] and operator[8] established in July 2010[9] by Zeng Liqing.[10] The company focuses on the development and operation of mobile games,[11] as well as operating games developed by third parties.[12] Its categories of games include card games, board games,[13] and other casual games,[14] all of which can be played free of charge.[15]

The main products of Zengame contain Fighting the Landlord,[16] Sichuan Mahjong and Fast Fish Catcher.[17] The firm officially landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 16 April, 2019[18] under the stock ticker symbol "2660",[19] raising HK$221 million.[20] As of the end of December 2019, it had a total of 720 million registered users[21] and an average of 48.538 million active users per month.[22]

History

Zengame was founded in July 2010, and it once received an equity participation from 37Games.[23] In 2017, its monthly active users (MAUs) for board and card games clocked 21.6 million.[24]

In May 2018, the company launched in-game information service.[25] As of December 31, the cumulative number of registered users under the games of Zengame reached approximately 443 million.[26]

On 16 April 2019, Zengame was listed on the HKSE,[27] with Guotai Junan as its sole sponsor.[28] In H2 2019, it started to develop overseas operations.[29]

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