FunPlus

FunPlus is a video game developer with six additional studios located elsewhere worldwide. The company is known for their mobile games, notably King of Avalon and Guns of Glory, and their investments in the esports industry.[2]

FunPlus
Native name
趣加
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2010 (2010)
Headquarters
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Andy Zhong (CEO)
  • Yitao Guan (CTO)
[1]
Products
Number of employees
1,000+[2] (2019)
Websitewww.funplus.com

History

FunPlus was founded as a global game company with studios in Asia and US in 2010 by Andy Zhong and Yitao Guan. FunPlus was able to successfully secure two rounds of funding from several prominent Silicon Valley VC investors to support the growth of its DianDian game studio.

Over the following four years, DianDian released a number of successful social games on Facebook including Family Farm, Royal Story, and Happy Acres. In 2013 DianDian launched its first mobile game, Family Farm Seaside. In 2016, FunPlus sold DianDian to the Century Group, a listed company on the Shenzhen stock exchange for $1 billion, after which the game studio was renamed Century Game.

After the sale of DianDian studio, FunPlus gradually transitioned its focus to investing into other game studios globally and exploring new game related projects.

Esports

FunPlus has an esports division named FunPlus Esports that sponsors several esports teams and leagues around the world. FunPlus Esports founded FunPlus Phoenix, a professional esports organization with a League of Legends team competing in China's top league (the LPL), and operates the Pacific Championship Series. During its run from mid-2018 to 2019, the League of Legends SEA Tour was operated by FunPlus Esports.[3] In 2018 FunPlus Esports, in partnership with Chinese online game developer NetEase, launched the world's first global battle royale pro league, "Rules of Survival Global Series".

Games

King of Avalon

King of Avalon: Dragon Warfare is a medieval-themed fantasy strategy game taking action in the Arthurian era, released in 2016. It is similar in both theme and gameplay to Game of War: Fire Age. By mid-April 2019, total revenue value rose to over $721 million, close to doubling within just eight months.[2][4]

Guns of Glory

Guns of Glory is a renaissance/steampunk-themed strategy game similar to King of Avalon, released in September 2017. By April 2019, the total revenue was over $510 million.[2]

Other games
  • Z Day: Hearts of Heroes, a post-apocalyptic strategy game, based on King of Avalon.

References
  1. Sherr, Ian (19 August 2014). "FunPlus strikes nearly $1B deal to sell a game subsidiary to a Chinese company". CNET. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. Takahashi, Dean (22 April 2019). "2 Funplus mobile games have generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue". VentureBeat. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  3. Hayward, Andrew (11 March 2019). "FunPlus Named League of Legends South East Asia Tour Operator". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. "King of Avalon - Bom tấn chiến thuật thời gian thực 'rực lửa' Mobile". gamek.vn (in Vietnamese). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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