Garena

digital entertainment platform

Garena is a game developer and publisher of games from Singapore.[1] It is part of the company Sea Ltd.[2]

Garena
  • Garena
Sea Ltd
Company typePublic
NYSESE
ISINUS81141R1005
IndustryVideo Games
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FounderForrest Li
HeadquartersSingapore[1]
Key people
Forrest Li (Founder)
Terry Zhao (President)
RevenueUS$550m financing-2009
OwnerSea Ltd Tencent 18%
Websitewww.garena.sg


The company makes games on Garena+ in many countries in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It has made many platforms for popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games likeLeague of Legends and Heroes of Newerth, the football (soccer) game FIFA Online 3, the first-person shooter game Point Blank, the mobile MOBA game Arena of Valor and the racing gameSpeed Drifters for people in the area.

In 2017, it made Free Fire. In May 2021, that game had over 150 million daily active users.[3]

Garena has platforms for many games like Defense of the Ancients and Age of Empires. It has also published games, like multiplayer online battle arena games League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, Free Fire, Call of Duty and Black Shot.

Garena-published games:

Title Genre Developer Year of launch Countries Remarks
BlackShot MMOFPS Vertigo Games 2009 Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines Changed as self-published (Vertigo Games via PapayaPlay[4])
Mstar Casual/Dance Nurien/Netmarble 2009 Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore Closed 26 August 2019
League of Legends MOBA Riot Games 2010 Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau, Thailand, Vietnam Changed as self-published (Riot Games Southeast Asia) ex. Taiwan/Hong Kong (via Taiwan Mobile) & Vietnam (via VNG Games); since January 2023[5][6]
Heroes of Newerth MOBA Frostburn Studios 2010 Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, CIS Closed on 20 June 2022
Duke of Mount Deer MMORPG Changyou.com 2011 Taiwan Closed 24 March 2014
Point Blank MMOFPS Zepetto 2012 Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia Closed 28 June 2017; later relaunch in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia (self-published)
Path of Exile ARPG Grinding Gear Games 2013 Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, CIS, Thailand Closed 2016 (CIS),[7] ?[source?] (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia)
Elsword MMORPG KOG Studios 2013 Philippines Closed 2 December 2015
Firefall Team Shooter/FPS Red 5 2014 Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines Closed
Lost Saga Casual/Fighting IO Entertainment 2015 Thailand, Taiwan Closed 3 December 2017
Thunder Strike Vertical Scroller sunmosh 2015 Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam Closed 6 October 2017
Alliance of Valiant Arms Team Shooter/FPS Red Duck Inc./NEOWIZ 2015 Singapore, Malaysia Closed 3 July 2018
Vindictus MMORPG devCAT/Nexon 2015 Thailand Closed 31 August 2018
Arena of Valor (Mobile Game) MOBA Tencent TiMi Studio 2016 Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan.
Free Fire (Mobile Game) Battle Royale Garena 2017 Global [8]
Blade & Soul MMORPG Team Bloodlust/NCSoft 2017 Thailand, Vietnam Closed 15 August 2023 (Vietnam)
FIFA Online 3 Sports/Soccer Electronic Arts 2018 Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam Closed and replaced by FIFA Online 4
Ring of Elysium Battle Royale Tencent Aurora Studio 2018 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Indonesia Closed 21 January 2022
TalesRunner Sports Rhaon/Smilegate 2018 Indonesia Closed
Onmyoji (Mobile Game) Visual Novel/Action NetEase Games 2018 Thailand Closed 3 April 2019
DD Tank (Mobile Game) Artillery MMOG.asia/Changyou.com 2018 Thailand [source?]
Rising Force Online MMORPGs CCR International Thailand [source?]
FIFA Online 4 Sports/Soccer Electronic Arts 2018 Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Call of Duty: Mobile (Mobile Game) Battle Royale/Multiplayer Activision/Tencent TiMi Studio 2019 Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines
Speed Drifters (Mobile Game) Racing Tencent TiMi Studio 2019 Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau
Contra: Return (Mobile Game) Run and Gun Shooter Tencent TiMi Studio/Konami 2019 Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
Fairy Tail: Forces Unite (Mobile Game) RPG Tencent Morefun Studios 2020 Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines [9]
Free Fire MAX (Mobile Game) Battle Royale Garena 2021 Global
Moonlight Blade M (Mobile Game) MMORPG Tencent Games 2021 Taiwan [10]
Blockman GO (Mobile Game) Sandbox Zhuhai Sandbox Network Co. Ltd. 2017 (relaunched in 2022) Global [11]
Black Clover M (Mobile Game) RPG Ilinix, inc 2022 Global [12]
Cái Thế Tranh Hùng (Mobile Game) Strategy, Role Playing Topjoy 2023 Vietnam
Need for Speed Mobile[a] (Mobile Game) Racing Electronic Arts/Tencent TiMi Studio 2024 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau
  1. known as Need for Speed: Assemble in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Garena Online Pvt Ltd". Bloomberg. April 29, 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. "Sea Limited Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results". sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. Obedkov, Evgeny (2021-08-17). "Mobile battle royale Free Fire surpasses 150 million peak daily active players". Game World Observer. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. "BlackShot Online - Southeast Asia". Papaya Play. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. Allsop, Ken (November 9, 2022). "League of Legends 'set free' by Riot Games publishing in SEA". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  6. Bernardo, Anna (November 9, 2022). "Riot Games to take back League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics publishing in SEA from Garena in 2023". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  7. Chris (August 2, 2016). "Concerns related to the Russian merge". pathofexile.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  8. "FORM 20-F". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. December 31, 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  9. Lai, Adrian (2020-12-31). "'Fairy Tail: Forces Unite!' Now Available in Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines". IGN Southeast Asia. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  10. "Sea Limited Reports Second Quarter 2021 Results". www.businesswire.com. 2021-08-17. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  11. "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  12. Stevens, Nathan (16 November 2022). "Garena to Publish Upcoming Black Clover RPG in Select Global Markets". Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

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