Thingsoft is an online game development company in South Korea. Its headquarter is located in Seoul, South Korea.

History

Thingsoft was originally established in 2005 with funding from Neowiz

Neowiz

- Company history :NEOWIZ is an internet and online game service company in South Korea founded in 1997. In 1998, NEOWIZ released the world’s first automatic internet access software, One Click, which helped users skip different settings for internet access through dial-ups...

, a large South Korean online game publisher. Neowiz

Neowiz

- Company history :NEOWIZ is an internet and online game service company in South Korea founded in 1997. In 1998, NEOWIZ released the world’s first automatic internet access software, One Click, which helped users skip different settings for internet access through dial-ups...

 fully acquired Thingsoft in 2006 following the successful launch of Thingsoft's first commercial product, FIFA Online. The acquisition integrated Thingsoft into the Neowiz

Neowiz

- Company history :NEOWIZ is an internet and online game service company in South Korea founded in 1997. In 1998, NEOWIZ released the world’s first automatic internet access software, One Click, which helped users skip different settings for internet access through dial-ups...

 as an internal development studio. In 2007, Neowiz

Neowiz

- Company history :NEOWIZ is an internet and online game service company in South Korea founded in 1997. In 1998, NEOWIZ released the world’s first automatic internet access software, One Click, which helped users skip different settings for internet access through dial-ups...

 split into several smaller companies, and Thingsoft was officially changed to Neowiz Games

Neowiz Games

Neowiz Games is an online game publisher in South Korea, with its own game portal, Pmang, publishing and servicing 41 diverse games of various genres, from sport to web board games....

 Development Studio. Thingsoft was responsible for the development of several online games including FIFA Online, FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2 is a free to play downloadable massively multiplayer online football game jointly developed by EA Singapore and Neowiz Games, published by Electronic Arts and is distributed and localized by numerous distributors around Asia...

, the NBA Street Online series, Battlefield Online

Battlefield Online

Battlefield Online is a free online first person shooter developed by Neowiz Games, Electronic Arts and EA Digital Illusions CE, and distributed by Neowiz Games. It is a remake of Battlefield 2. However, its game engine is not Battlefield 2's one, but Battlefield 2142's modified Refractor Engine...

, Warlord

Warlord

A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war...

, Xogu Pigu, Sashinmu, and Perfect KO. FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2 is a free to play downloadable massively multiplayer online football game jointly developed by EA Singapore and Neowiz Games, published by Electronic Arts and is distributed and localized by numerous distributors around Asia...

 proved especially successful in South Korea and garnered over 180,000 concurrent users in 2006 and over 220,000 concurrent users in 2010.

In 2010, the founders of Thingsoft and core developers from FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2 is a free to play downloadable massively multiplayer online football game jointly developed by EA Singapore and Neowiz Games, published by Electronic Arts and is distributed and localized by numerous distributors around Asia...

 and Project GG left Neowiz Games

Neowiz Games

Neowiz Games is an online game publisher in South Korea, with its own game portal, Pmang, publishing and servicing 41 diverse games of various genres, from sport to web board games....

 to start a new independent online development company. The new company acquired the rights to the trademark and is once again known as Thingsoft.

Studio One

Studio One consists of core members from the FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2

FIFA Online 2 is a free to play downloadable massively multiplayer online football game jointly developed by EA Singapore and Neowiz Games, published by Electronic Arts and is distributed and localized by numerous distributors around Asia...

 development team. Studio One focuses on developing casual online games and is currently developing social network game

Social network game

A social network game is a type of online game that is played through social networks, and typically features multiplayer and asynchronous gameplay mechanics. Social network games are most often implemented as browser games, but can also be implemented on other platforms such as mobile devices...

s. Studio One has developed its own online game engine capable of supporting both casual MMO games and social network game

Social network game

A social network game is a type of online game that is played through social networks, and typically features multiplayer and asynchronous gameplay mechanics. Social network games are most often implemented as browser games, but can also be implemented on other platforms such as mobile devices...

s.

Studio NT

Studio NT consists of core members from the Project GG development team. Studio NT is developing a new MMORPG

MMORPG

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....

utilizing their proprietary 3D engine using an enhanced animation system.