NEOWIZ (Korean: 네오위즈) is an online game publisher in South Korea, with its own soul-like RPG, Lies of P, publishing and servicing diverse games of various genres, from PC/Console to Mobile games.
History[]
NEOWIZ launched Pmang rather late compared to other leading game companies in Korea, such as NCSoft or Nexon. That was in August 2003, and in November the same year, the number of visitors was significant. The first game serviced was Special Force, for which the beta test began in February 2004. In 2006, it had a 12 percent market share with 11 million registered users.
In June 2004, the company started the beta test of the school action adventure game “Yogurting”, which in December was exported to the Japanese ‘Gungho Entertainment’. The following year, NEOWIZ entered into strategic partnership with over eight studios, including Thingsoft, which later developed Warlord and Perfect KO, and Pentavision, developer of Duel Gate and S4 League.
Both later became NEOWIZ's own development studios. Thingsoft left Neowiz Games in 2010 to become an independent online game development studio. In January 2006, Neowiz announced its entry into the Japanese game market and in February, it contracted with EA for the co-development and publishing of online games, thus marking the start of its international expansion.
Games Developed[]
- Tenvi - 2008
- Alliance of Valiant Arms - 2009
- Battlefield Online - 2010
- London 2012: The Official Video Game - 2012
- Bless Online - 2018
- Bless Unleashed - 2020
- Elyon - 2020
- Dandy Ace - 2021
- Skul: The Hero Slayer - 2021
- Lies of P - 2023
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