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 Post subject: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:20 pm 
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A month after merging with WeMade Entertainment, online game developer and publisher Joymax (Silkroad Online) has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Korean outfit IO Entertainment.

Founded in 2001, IO Entertainment is best known for creating free-to-play MMORPGs such as Lost Saga, which debuted in 2009 and is currently available in Korea, North America, and Taiwan -- launches in Indonesia, Thailand, Europe, and Japan are forthcoming.

Joymax, also headquartered in Korea, expects "significant growth" in its revenues and game communities in 2011 with this purchase. It notes that IO Entertainment's titles are "globally profitable", and that Lost Saga grew its sales and concurrent users by 200 percent and 150 percent, respectively, in the past year.

The acquisition comes just a few weeks after Joymax revealed a merger with Seoul-based WeMade Entertainment, developer and operator of The Legend of Mir series. The two firms hoped their union would expand access to their portfolio of online games to even more markets around the world.

"Joymax is blazing new trails, with the recent merger with WeMade Entertainment, the recent partnership with the world's top FPS developer, Dragonfly, and now the acquisition of one of the most talented action-game development studios, we have a very bright future ahead for our global company and our community of players," says Joymax CEO Nam Cheol Kim.

Source http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3369 ... inment.php


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 Post subject: Re: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:08 pm 
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Those are some interesting news. Thanks for posting it :) At least Joymax is trying to gain growth in some way, that's good!

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 Post subject: Re: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:47 pm 
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ltsune wrote:
Horrible news, now Joymax is trying to gain money through other ways aswell, that's bad! :soosad:

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 Post subject: Re: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
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Gay2theMax got really lucky with SRO...and I mean real lucky. If they hope on managing any other title the same way they do with SRO they're in for a big surprise.

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just googled "lost saga"

lmao.

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 Post subject: Re: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:27 am 
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Extrme_G wrote:
Joymax, also headquartered in Korea, expects "significant growth" in its revenues and game communities in 2011 with this purchase. It notes that IO Entertainment's titles are "globally profitable", and that Lost Saga grew its sales and concurrent users by 200 percent and 150 percent, respectively, in the past year.


Meaning they went from 10 players to 12.

Shitty company buys equally as shitty company.

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.curve wrote:
Extrme_G wrote:
Joymax, also headquartered in Korea, expects "significant growth" in its revenues and game communities in 2011 with this purchase. It notes that IO Entertainment's titles are "globally profitable", and that Lost Saga grew its sales and concurrent users by 200 percent and 150 percent, respectively, in the past year.


Meaning they went from 10 players to 12.

Shitty company buys equally as shitty company.


Except one shitty company makes millions.

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 Post subject: Re: Joymax Buys Lost Saga Developer IO Entertainment
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ltsune wrote:
Horrible news, now Joymax is trying to gain money through other ways aswell, that's bad! :soosad:

Fixed!

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why do they buy cheap looking games lol.
i kinda feel bad for the people in that game. joymax gonna ruin another game :(

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