HISTORY
THE GREAT EVOLUTION
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HISTORY
THE GREAT EVOLUTION
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THE GREAT EVOLUTION
12
CROSSFIRE was Selected as
an Official Event for
the Esports World Cup(EWC)
12
CROSSFIRE was Selected as
an Official Event for
the Esports World Cup(EWC)
12
CFS 2024 Grand Finals
Concluded Successfully
12
CFS 2024 Grand Finals
Concluded Successfully
12
SUPER CREATIVE Won Overseas
Expansion Merit Award at
2024 Korea Content Awards
12
Made Strategic Investment in
Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures
12
Made Strategic Investment in
Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures
11
LORDNINE Won
the Excellence Award
at 2024 Korea Game Awards
11
LORDNINE Won
the Excellence Award
at 2024 Korea Game Awards
11
Won The Good Game Environment
Creator at 2024 Korea Game Awards
11
Won The Good Game Environment
Creator at 2024 Korea Game Awards
09
Received Certificate of
Appreciation from the Korean Cultural Center
in Vietnam
09
Received Certificate of
Appreciation from the Korean Cultural Center
in Vietnam
07
Launched MMORPG
LORDNINE
07
Launched MMORPG
LORDNINE
05
CFS 2023 Grand Finals Won
Double Trophies at China's
Tiger Roar Awards
05
CFS 2023 Grand Finals Won
Double Trophies at China's
Tiger Roar Awards
05
Lanunched Smilegate
Future Lab Foundation
05
Lanunched Smilegate
Future Lab Foundation
01
Future Lab Successfully
Held a Conference with
Internationally Acclaimed
Scholars
01
Future Lab Successfully
Held a Conference with
Internationally Acclaimed
Scholars
12
Lost Ark Held
the Dear. Friends FESTA
12
Lost Ark Held
the Dear. Friends FESTA
12
CFS 2023
Grand Finals Concluded
Successfully
12
CFS 2023
Grand Finals Concluded
Successfully
12
Burning Beaver 2023
Concluded Successfully
12
Burning Beaver 2023
Concluded Successfully
11
Lost Ark Mobile,
Unveiled for the First Time
at G-STAR 2023
Unveiled Lost Ark Mobile
for the First Time at
G-STAR 2023
11
Lost Ark Mobile,
Unveiled for the First Time
at G-STAR 2023
Unveiled Lost Ark Mobile
for the First Time at
G-STAR 2023
11
CROSSFIRE: Sierra Squad
Won the Excellence Award at
2023 Korea Game Awards
11
CROSSFIRE: Sierra Squad
Won the Excellence Award at
2023 Korea Game Awards
10
Smilegate Foundation
Launched Korea’s First
Gamified Donation Platform
10
Smilegate Foundation
Launched Korea’s First
Gamified Donation Platform
10
Smilegate Foundation
Earned Perfect Store
in GuideStar Korea’s
B Corporation Assessment
10
Smilegate Foundation
Earned Perfect Store
in GuideStar Korea’s
B Corporation Assessment
09
Smilegate and Able Gamers
Signed an MOU
to Enhance Accessibility
for Gamers with Disability
09
Smilegate and Able Gamers
Signed an MOU
to Enhance Accessibility
for Gamers with Disability
08
Released New VR Title
CROSSFIRE: Sierra Squad
Worldwide
08
Released New VR Title
CROSSFIRE: Sierra Squad
Worldwide
08
Certified as ENT.
with Best Labor Management
Culture 2023
08
Certified as ENT.
with Best Labor Management
Culture 2023
07
Started OBT of Next-gen
Videotelephony platform
P.Pool
07
Started OBT of Next-gen
Videotelephony platform
P.Pool
06
Launched Epic Seven in China
06
Launched Epic Seven in China
05
Launched Mobile RPG
OUTERPLANE
Worldwide
05
Launched Mobile RPG
OUTERPLANE
Worldwide
04
Soft-Launched
Lost Ark
In China
03
Re-licensed as an
Independent Rating
Classification
Business Entity
01
Launched
D&I Council
01
Launched
D&I Council
12
Consolidated Its Affiliates:
Holdings, Megaport, Stove,
and MegaLab
12
Lost Ark, Epic Seven
Received CN Version Number
12
Organized Burning Beaver 2022
12
Organized Burning Beaver 2022
12
Became the First Game
Developer to Donate
13 Billion Won for the
Win-Win Cooperation Fund
12
Became the First Game
Developer to Donate
13 Billion Won for the
Win-Win Cooperation Fund
12
CFS 2022 Grand Finals
Concluded
Successfully
12
CFS 2022 Grand Finals
Concluded
Successfully
12
Smilegate Entertainment Awarded
the 700 Million Dollar
Export Tower
on the 59th Trade Day
09
Established
D&I Team
07
Smilegate Stove Became
an Independent Game Rating
Classification Entity
07
Smilegate Stove Became
an Independent Game Rating
Classification Entity
06
Marked its 20th
Anniversary
06
Marked its 20th
Anniversary
04
Virtual Artist YuA
Released First Single,
I Like That
04
Virtual Artist YuA
Released First Single,
I Like That
03
Lost Ark Surpassed
20 Million Players
Worldwide
03
Lost Ark Surpassed
20 Million Players
Worldwide
02
Launched
Lost Ark Globally
on Steam
02
Launched
Lost Ark Globally
on Steam
02
Launched Next-Gen
Console FPS
CROSSFIRE X
02
Launched Next-Gen
Console FPS
CROSSFIRE X
01
'Created the Indie
Mobile Game Let's Meet
Our Ancestors Through
Creativity Support Program
12
LOST ARK’s Adventurer Festival
‘LOA ON WINTER’ Surpassed
1.7 Million Views in a Single Day
12
LOST ARK’s Adventurer Festival
‘LOA ON WINTER’ Surpassed
1.7 Million Views in a Single Day
12
Smilegate Megaport Received
100 Million Dollar Export
Tower Award
12
Successfully Concluded
CFS 2021 Grand Finals
Concluded
12
Successfully Concluded
CFS 2021 Grand Finals
Concluded
09
Orange Planet
Became an
Independent Foundation
08
Smilegate Futurelab
Established the
'Future Learning Collective' in
Partnership with the MIT Media Lab
07
Smilegate Foundation signed
an agreement to support vaccine
provision with International
Vaccine Institute
06
Lost Ark Entered the
North American and
European Markets,
Published by Amazon Games
06
The Esports TV Show
CROSSFIRE Aired in Korea
06
Unveiled Official
Mascot Character
Smile Pet
06
Unveiled Official
Mascot Character
Smile Pet
05
Conducted a Recruitment
Drive Targeting Experienced
Game Developers
04
Achieved KRW 1.073 Trillion
in Revenue, Marking the
Highest Since Its
Founding in 2002
03
Established Smilegate Realies
Joint Venture to Promote
IP-Based Cultural Business
Expansion
01
Smilegate Entertainment
Signed a Technical and
Esports MOU with Intel
for CF HD
12
Smilegate Megaport Received
the $70 Million Export
Tower Award on the 57th
Trade Day
12
Hyukbin Kwon, founder of
Smilegate won an
Order of Cultural Merits
for the first time
in the game industry
11
Future Lab held 'Micro:bit
Global Challenge 2021'
jointly with BBC of the UK
11
Organized WCG,
WCG 2020 CONNECTED
11
"Smilegate Foundation-Smilegate
Megaport Smilegate Group's first IP,
Epic Seven The donation campaign
package sales from games
donated to charities
11
Magical Atelier, a casual well-made mobile game, launched
11
Magical Atelier, a casual well-made mobile game, launched
08
Smilegate established 'Smilegate.AI,'
an AI center specialized in
the entertainment industry
07
Local corporation established
in Barcelona, Spain
07
e-sports drama with 36 episodes, 'Crossfire' broadcast in China
07
e-sports drama with 36 episodes, 'Crossfire' broadcast in China
07
Smilegate Group's management
transitioned to 'Group IP
management conference system'
06
Orange Farm expanded to
Orange Planet by extending
its brand and the areas of support
02
The provision contract of
Crossfire film signed with
Sony Pictures in the U.S.
02
The provision contract of
Crossfire film signed with
Sony Pictures in the U.S.
12
Smilegate Foundation Orange
Farm's Jeonju Center opened
12
Smilegate Megaport awarded
50-miillion-dollar Export Tower
for the 56th Trade Day
11
Smilegate Entertainment's
Focus on You won the Next-Generation
Game Content Award at
the 2019 Korea Game Awards
11
Smilegate Entertainment's
Focus on You won the Next-Generation
Game Content Award at
the 2019 Korea Game Awards
11
Smilegate RPG's Lost Ark won
the Grand Prize
at the 2019 Korea Game Awards
11
Smilegate RPG's Lost Ark won
the Grand Prize
at the 2019 Korea Game Awards
09
Smilegate Foundation - Habitat for
Humanity Korea jointly organized
construction volunteer activities
for the underpriviledged in Thailand
09
Smilegate Entertainment held the '2019 CFS Invitational Egypt'
07
WCG,
'WCG 2019 Xi'an' organized
07
WCG,
'WCG 2019 Xi'an' organized
03
Smilegate Entertainment awarded
the Strategy and Finance Minister
Prize for the
'53th Day of Taxpayers'
03
'Smiletory'
an in-house daycare opened
12
Smilegate signed a publishing
contract of Lost Ark
with Mail.RU in Russia
11
Epic Seven won
the Excellence Award
at the 2018 Korea Game Awards
11
Epic Seven won
the Excellence Award
at the 2018 Korea Game Awards
11
Smilegate Foundation won the
Presidential Award in the Section
of Game Industry Development
at the 2018 Korea Content Awards
11
Lost Ark, PC MMORPG launched
11
Lost Ark, PC MMORPG launched
09
Smilegate Foundation opened
the 11th-13rd Global Hope School
in Mongolia
08
Epic Seven, a mobile
turn-based RPG launched
08
Epic Seven, a mobile
turn-based RPG launched
07
Smilegate Foundation opened
a game developing firm's experiential
hall at the Korea Job World
04
Smilegate Foundation signed
an agreement on the establishment
of the 11th-13rd Global Hope School
in Mongolia
01
Smilegate Foundation signed
a collaboration agreement on
the expansion of creative
learning environemnts for
the future generations
with MIT in the U.S.
01
Smilegate Foundation signed
a collaboration agreement on
the expansion of creative
learning environemnts for
the future generations
with MIT in the U.S.
11
The Musician, a mobile music
performance app, won the
Excellence Award
at the Korea Game Awards
11
Smilegate Investment won
the Prime Minister Prize
at the 2017 Venture Startup Awards
08
Smilegate's
Board of Directors formed
05
Smilegate Foundation held
the Symposium on the Expression
of Creativity in Children and
Adolescents in collaboration
with MIT Media Lab in the U.S.
04
Tan: The Endless War,'
a mascterpiece mobile FPS
officially launched
04
Tan: The Endless War,'
a mascterpiece mobile FPS
officially launched
02
A agreement on the
'Strategic Collaboration
on the Cultural Content Business'
signed between Smilegate
and CP of Thailand
02
A project to globalize CFPL
in China begun jointly
by Smilegate and Tencent
02
A project to globalize CFPL
in China begun jointly
by Smilegate and Tencent
12
500-miillion-dollar Export Tower
awarded for the 53th Trade Day
08
Lost Ark's first CBT conducted
08
Lost Ark's first CBT conducted
08
Crossfire IP
business vision announced
08
Crossfire IP
business vision announced
07
Orange Farm's
first Global Center opened
(Beijing)
05
CFEL (Crossfire Elite League)
launched
11
Social Contribution Prize won
at the 2015 Korea Game Awards
09
Crossfire awarded the Special Prize
in the Global Section
at the 2015 G-Rank Korea
06
Participated in
2015 E3 for the first time
06
Participated in
2015 E3 for the first time
06
Stove, a mobile service platform,
launched
06
Stove, a mobile service platform,
launched
05
Orange Farm Angel Club formed
04
Orange Farm's Sinchon Center
opened
04
An agreement on game portal
business and business transfers
signed with Ntreev Soft
12
Smilegate-SundayToz
donated fund to
the Global School of Sarang
11
The business right of Tales Runner
acquired from AfricaTV
11
The business right of Tales Runner
acquired from AfricaTV
11
Participated in G-star 2014 B2C
for the first time
08
Subsidiaries of Gswing
merged into Smilegate
08
Organge Farm's Busan Center
opened
06
Smilegate announed a new CI
03
Smilegate acquired
shares of SundayToz
03
Qurare: Magic Library,'
a mobile card RPG released
02
Smilegate proclaimed its 2.0 era
01
Organge Farm' established to support startups and create a healthy startup environment
12
Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2013 WCG (3 consecutive years)
12
Crossfire's official service begun in Korea
06
Crossfire Stars launched
06
Crossfire's direct service via Tencent begun
06
Investment in 'Smile Fund,' a startup fund for youth contracted
06
A Hero's Dignity, a mobile RPG released
05
Devil Maker, a mobile card RPG, released
12
Crossfire awarded the Presidential Prize at the 2012 Korea Content Awards (Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism)
12
Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2012 WCG (2 consecutive years)
10
Selected as one of the Best 100 large companies that are employee-friendly
09
Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 4 million in China
07
Selected as the 51st Trader of the Month that Glorified Korea
07
Won the 2012 100-Billion Venture Award
05
Online MMORPG DK released
05
Online MMORPG DK released
01
Crossfire won the 2011 Top 10 Online Game Award
12
Won the Award of Export Merit for the 49th Trade Day - Knowledge Economy Minister's Prize
09
Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 3 million in China
07
Won the Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister's Prize in the section of Digital Management Innovation
03
Crossfire entering South America (G4Box)
03
Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2011 World Cyber Games
01
Crossfire won the 2010 Top 10 Online Game Award
01
Crossfire won the 2010 Top 10 Online Game Award
10
Crossfire selected as an official game for the World E-sports Masters
10
Crossfire selected as an official game for the World E-sports Masters
03
Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 1.8 million in China and recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, China
11
Crossfire entering Russia (Mail.RU)
10
Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 100,000 in Vietnam
06
Crossfire entering Indonesia (PT.LYTP)
04
Crossfire entering the Philippines (LIVEPLEX)
04
Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 1 million in China
07
Crossfire's standing service begun
06
Venture certified (The Small and Medium Business Administration)
03
Crossfire entering North America/UK (G4Box)
03
Crossfire entering North America/UK (G4Box)
01
Crossfire entering Vietnam (VTC)
12
Crossfire entering Japan (Arario)
07
Crossfire entering China (Tencent)
05
Crossfire service begun in Korea
12
Selected as an Inno-biz firm (AA grade) by the Small and Medium Business Administration
03
Development of Crossfire, an online FPS game, begun
12
Signed a publishing contract with HeadShot Online (Yahoo Korea)
07
Selected as a promising exporter among small- and medium-sized firms
05
ETRI selected as an outstanding game for the IDC support project
06
Smilegate founded
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