NCSoft is one of the leading global publishers of various MMORPGs. Originally specializing in one-time purchase games, NCSoft has been able to adapt to both subscription and free-to-play models, freely changing for what they feel is best for the livelihood of a game. Known for releasing various popular franchises, their current big hit is the ArenaNet developed Guild Wars franchise.

Official Site: us.ncsoft.com Company Size: Large (>3,000 Employees) Region(s): Global Year Founded: 1997 Phone Number: 512-225-6359 Email: [email protected]

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GamersFirst is the publishing and distribution branch of the company, K2 Network. Although K2 Network originally published games through its own name, it now only uses GamersFirst as a portal service website.

Official Site: gamersfirst.com Company Size: Medium (200+ Employees) Region(s): Global Year Founded: 2001 Phone Number: (770) 489-0196 Email: [email protected]

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Electronic Arts, Inc., also known as EA Games, is one of the largest video gaming companies in the world. EA develops, publishes, markets, and distributes games like very few other companies can. Originally founded in the early 80's, EA can boast significant influence throughout the gaming market, not only through the products that they release, but also through the ESRB, the content rating system that they helped found.

Official Site: ea.com Company Size: Large (9,000+ Employees) Region(s): Global Year Founded: 1982 Phone Number: (650) 628-1500 Email:

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GamesCampus is the publishing and distributing branch of game development company, OnNet USA. GamesCampus offers various games through their portal site and mainly uses a microtransaction-based business model and is known for their multi-genre games for players of all ages, all over the world.

Official Site: gamescampus.com Company Size: Small (< 50 Employees) Region(s): North America Year Founded: 2006 Phone Number: (408) 456-0119 Email: [email protected]

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S2 Games is an American game development and publishing company and one of the big names in the MOBA genre. Their games were originally distributed through third party platforms such as Desura and Steam, but is now handled solely by S2. They have published few games, with most of them centered around the Newerth universe that S2 has been developing since their very first release.

Official Site: S2games.com Company Size: Small (Around 75 Employees) Region(s): North America, Europe, Asia Year Founded: 2001 Phone Number: (269) 344-8020 Email: [email protected]

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Changyou is a Chinese based game developer and publisher, best known for their MMORPG TLBB. They have found great success in China, owning over a dozen MMORPGs. However, their efforts to expand west have floundered with almost all their games now being inaccessible outside their home country.

Official Site: Changyou.com Company Size: Large (Over 6,000 Employees) Region(s): North America, Asia Year Founded: 2003 Phone Number: 86 10 62 72 7777 Email: [email protected]

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Funcom is a Norwegian based development and publishing company that has been making games since 1993. Originally known for creating and porting games for the Sega console systems, Funcom shifted their focus to MMORPGs at the turn of the century. Known for publishing games frequently, Funcom usually does not go more than two years without a new release.

Official Site: Funcom.com Company Size: Medium (Around 300 Employees) Region(s): North America, Europe, Asia Year Founded: 1993 Phone Number: +47 22 92 59 00 Email:

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Joymax is a Korean developer and publisher best known for their huge hit, Silkroad Online. They are often praised for their unique twists on old conventions, such as the PvP system and character customization in Silkroad. Servicing over 200 countries, Joymax is a strong competitor in the world MMORPG market.

Official Site: Joymax.com Company Size: Large (Over 200 Employees) Region(s): North America, Europe, Asia Year Founded: 1997 Phone Number: (949) 502-4550 Email: [email protected]

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Turbine, Inc., previously known as Turbine Entertainment, is one of the leading North American games developers and publishers. They were one of the early pioneers of the MMORPG genre, and is still making big splashes currently. Their latest entry in the genre, The Lord of the Rings Online has met universal acclaim and commercial success.

Official Site: Turbine.com Company Size: Large (Over 300 Employees) Region(s): North America, Europe, Asia Year Founded: 1994 Phone Number: (781) 407-4223 Email: [email protected]

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Alaplaya is a smaller division of a larger German multimedia company, Hubert Burda Media. Alaplaya has published titles from well known game developers aimed primarily at European audiences. Despite that, their website and games are also offered in English so Americans often play on their servers. As of July, 2014 Alaplaya merged with Aeria Games Entertainment. Player accounts from Alaplaya will be moved to Aeria and Aeria will acquire most of Alaplaya's titles.

Official Site: Alaplaya.com Company Size: Small (Around 50 Employees) Region(s): North America, Europe Year Founded: 2003 Phone Number: +49-89-9250-3971 Email: [email protected]

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