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Hoolai Games is a Chinese mid-core social Web and mobile game development company and game publisher founded in 2008 by its CEO Qiao Wanli and President Jian Huang. Hoolai’s portfolio of games including its flagship game, Hoolai Three Kingdoms, can be found in game platforms including the iOS App Store,〔("Chinese developer Hoolai on how half its iOS revenue got eaten by virtual currency scams last fall" ). ''Inside Mobile Apps''.〕 Google Play, Facebook, Renren, and Tencent’s Qzone. Hoolai Games is headquartered in Beijing, and employs more than 700 people with offices in Shanghai, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Taipei, and Silicon Valley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/hoolai )〕 == History == In December 2008, Hoolai Games was founded by its CEO Qiao Wanli and President Jian Huang. Hoolai Games’ earliest social games, Hoolai Hotel (胡莱旅馆) and Love Thief (偷心贼), saw a moderate degree success. Hoolai Games reportedly sold Hoolai Hotel for several million yuan to an Internet company.〔 In 2010, the proceeds of the acquisition was used to fund a 30-person team in Beijing and the development of Hoolai Three Kingdoms (胡来三国). In 2011, Hoolai Three Kingdoms was officially launched in China as a Web game on Tencent’s Qzone social gaming platform. After releasing the Facebook version, which among the top Facebook apps shortly after the game’s launch, Hoolai’s iOS version of Hoolai Three Kingdoms released later that year and became the Apple App Store Rewind’s 2011 #1 Grossing iOS game in China.〔("Mobile gaming booms in China" ). ''CNC News'', Beijing〕 Hoolai Games subsequently entered into a partnership with game publisher GREE, Inc., and Hoolai Three Kingdoms was released in Japan and Korea. According to an interview with Wanli in 2012, Hoolai Three Kingdoms was generating RMB 1 million per day in revenue for Hoolai Games.〔 With a top-performing game in the Chinese social and mobile gaming market,〔("Fraud Scare in App Store as Chinese Game Charges for Massive In-App Purchases" ). Steven Millward ''Games in Asia'', December 21, 2011〕 Jian announced in 2011 that Hoolai Games had raised $20 million in series B financing lead by venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and Bertelsmann AG. Hoolai has since expanded its portfolio of mid-core social and mobile games to include the turn-based strategy, role-playing, and casino gaming games such as Checkmate (将军), War of Immortals (斩仙), and Hoolai Poker (胡莱德州扑克). In 2011, Hoolai Games and some of its customers were victims of a large credit card fraud scheme, which reduced th company's profits,〔 and resulted in some customers being charged for software they didn't download.〔("iTunes users accuse Hoolai Games of App Store scamming as Chinese language game storms UK top grossing chart" ). ''Pocket Gamer'', December 20th, 2011 - By Keith Andrew〕 In 2014, Hoolai Games is partly owned by TenCent Holdings.〔("Tencent's Profit Is Likely to Sprint Higher " ). ''Wall Street Journal'', By Wayne Ma in Beijing and Eva Dou in Taipei Aug. 12, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hoolai Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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