Gamigo AG
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gamigo AG, based in Hamburg, Germany
, is an online games publisher and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Springer AG
. It focuses on massively multiplayer online role-playing game
s, licensing games from developers for a North America
n and Europe
an audience.
Recently gamigo has also begun releasing self-produced MMORPGs in addition to continuing to license, sometimes fully, MMOs from third-party developers.
All current gamigo games are listed free to play and use a micropayment
system to generate revenue.
In 2008 Axel Springer acquired shares previously owned by bmp AG. In 2009 gamigo effectively became a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Springer.
In 2010, gamigo launched its first self-produced MMOG, Cultures Online, and announced that it had acquired all rights to Reakktor's Black Prophecy
.
In an effort to expand its market to North America, in 2010 gamigo founded gamigo Inc., which is based in New York City.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, is an online games publisher and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Springer AG
Axel Springer AG
Axel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about €2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland...
. It focuses on massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
s, licensing games from developers for a North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an audience.
Recently gamigo has also begun releasing self-produced MMORPGs in addition to continuing to license, sometimes fully, MMOs from third-party developers.
All current gamigo games are listed free to play and use a micropayment
Micropayment
A micropayment is a financial transaction involving a very small sum of money and usually one that occurs online. PayPal defines a micropayment as a transaction of less than 12 USD while Visa prefers transactions under 20 Australian dollars, and though micropayments were originally envisioned to...
system to generate revenue.
History
Originally founded in 2000 as an online gaming magazine, gamigo AG published its first online game in 2001. Its first game, "Die 4. Offenbarung", was the first MMOG to be localized for the German market.In 2008 Axel Springer acquired shares previously owned by bmp AG. In 2009 gamigo effectively became a wholly owned subsidiary of Axel Springer.
In 2010, gamigo launched its first self-produced MMOG, Cultures Online, and announced that it had acquired all rights to Reakktor's Black Prophecy
Black Prophecy
Black Prophecy is a 3D real-time combat space massively multiplayer online game by Reakktor Media GmbH, the creators of Neocron.Reakktor Media started the open beta test phase of the game on February 2011, and they have teamed up with German distributor gamigo AG to publish the game.Black Prophecy...
.
In an effort to expand its market to North America, in 2010 gamigo founded gamigo Inc., which is based in New York City.
Games
gamigo offers games in multiple languages and formats on their web portal. Due to licensing restrictions, some games may only be available in selected languages. Certain regions may also be subject to IP blocks for specified games.Client Games
- Last Chaos - fantasy MMORPG
- Fiesta OnlineFiesta OnlineFiesta is a free to play MMORPG, published by Ons On Soft in Korea, and hosted by Outspark for the North American English market as well as by gamigo AG for EU territories ....
- anime-themed MMORPG - Black ProphecyBlack ProphecyBlack Prophecy is a 3D real-time combat space massively multiplayer online game by Reakktor Media GmbH, the creators of Neocron.Reakktor Media started the open beta test phase of the game on February 2011, and they have teamed up with German distributor gamigo AG to publish the game.Black Prophecy...
- Golfstar
- Shot OnlineShot OnlineShot Online is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game which features character development and golf simulation. It is developed by the Seoul-based game developer OnNet Co. Ltd. , and published under their game portal website, GamesCampus...
- Martial Empires - martial arts MMORPG
- Loong: The Power of the Dragon
- King of Kings 3
- Level R - car racing MMORPG
- Heroes in the Sky
- The Witcher: Versus
- War of Angels
- Last Chaos
- Regnum OnlineRegnum OnlineRegnum Online is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by NGD Studios, a game development studio located in Argentina. This game is also known as "Realms Online" in America...
Browser Games
- Magic Campus - anime-themed MMORPG
- Cultures Online
- Pirate GalaxyPirate GalaxyPirate Galaxy is a Free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game written in Java in which players operate spaceships, explore various planets, mine minerals from orbit, fight other players and computer enemies in planetary combat...
- sci-fi browser MMORPG - Dungeon Empires
- Patrician Online
Upcoming Games
- OtherlandOtherlandOtherland is a science fiction tetralogy written by Tad Williams and published between 1996 and 2001. The story is set on Earth near the end of the 21st century, probably between 2082 and 2089 , in a world in which...
- virtual reality MMORPG - Grimlands - shooter MMORPG
- UFO Online
- Jagged Alliance Online
- Soul Master