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Wargaming Public Co Ltd is an international game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Although its original Belarusian studio in Minsk remains an important hub and has been described as the heart of Wargaming,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Minsk Office )〕 the company operates across 16 offices and development centres. Primarily focused on TBS and RTS games, Wargaming switched to developing free-to-play online action games in 2009, and has since become one of the leaders in the market. The company's critical and commercial success came after the launch of its first online project, the military-themed team-based game ''World of Tanks''. Wargaming is now working on several follow-ups. == History == Wargaming was founded by Victor Kislyi in 1998 in Minsk, Belarus 〔''Joystiq Staff.'' (Hit List Q&A: Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi ). Joystiq.com January 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17〕 as a development studio creating multiplayer strategy games for PC. The company’s first project was ''DBA Online''—the digital version of a miniature tabletop rule set ''De Bellis Antiquitatis''—launched in 2000.Wargaming started working on its first full-scale commercial project—the sci-fi turn-based strategy game ''Massive Assault''—in March, 2002.〔''Scott Parrino.'' (Interview: Massive Assault In-Depth ). Wargamer.com August 2003. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 Over the course of five years, the company shipped five projects within the Massive Assault franchise.〔''Elisabeth Cardy.'' (How Wargaming.net launched itself to the top ). Joystiq.com September 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.4. Nicholas Yanes.〕 On November 16, 2007, Wargaming acquired the Minsk-based Arise studio.〔(Wargaming’s Sergey Burkatovskiy on World of Tanks and Working in the F2P MMO Market ). Gamesauce.org July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 In December 2008 the company released its first real-time strategy ''Operation “Bagration”''.〔(Wargaming history ). Wargaming.com Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 On April 16, 2009, Wargaming started working on real-time strategy ''Order of War'', which was published by Square Enix on September 18, 2009. On August 12, 2010, the company released its first online title ''World of Tanks''. It was released in North America and Europe the following year. On April 12, 2011, ''World of Tanks'' was released in North America and Europe. At E3 2011, Wargaming announced the follow-up to ''World of Tanks''—the flight combat online action game ''World of Warplanes''.〔''Joe Martin.''(World of Warplanes announced ). Bit-tech.net June 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 At Gamescom 2011, the company unveiled the third part of its military saga—the naval action online game ''World of Warships''.〔''Jim Rossingnol.''(Full Ahead: World of Battleships Announced ). Rockpapershotgun.com August 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 In October 2011, Wargaming announced the online collectible card MMO game ''World of Tanks: Generals.'' 2011 marked the beginning of active global expansion for Wargaming. On July 26, 2011, the company opened the European Business Operations Centre—Wargaming Europe—with headquarters in Paris, France and with a subsidiary office in Berlin, Germany.〔(Wargaming.net Expands to Europe ). Ign.com July 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 On August 3, 2011, the company created a direct presence in North America by opening an office in San-Francisco, USA. Throughout 2011, Wargaming joined strategic partnerships with Persha Studia, Lesta Studio and DAVA Consulting,〔(Wargaming.net and DAVA Join Forces ). Ign.com June 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 with each operating separate projects under Wargaming. On February 21, 2012, the Android version of ''World of Tanks Assistant''—the mobile application for ''World of Tanks''—went live in Europe and North America.〔''Justin Olivetti.''(World of Tanks iOS app rolls off the factory line ). Massively.joystiq.com February 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 In May 2012, Wargaming entered the Korean games market 〔''Craig Chapple.'' (Wargaming.net continues growth with Seoul office ). Develop-online.net May 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 by opening a subsidiary office in Seoul. In June 2012, Wargaming embarked on a rebranding initiative and announced the Wargaming.net Service 〔''Jef Reahard.'' (Wargaming.net to unify all its titles in a 'single MMO battle realm' ). Massively.joystiq.com June 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 that unites its games and services into a single battle universe.〔''Press Release posted by Curtis Szmania.'' (Wargaming.net announces a global battle portal ). Wargamer.com June 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 In June 2012, Wargaming had grown to 900 employees throughout the world. On August 7, 2012, Wargaming acquired Australian company BigWorld Technology 〔''Craig Chapple.'' (Wargaming.net acquires BigWorld for $45m ). Develop-online.net August 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕〔''Dean Takahashi.'' (Wargaming acquires BigWorld middleware firm for $45M (exclusive) ). Venturebeat.com August 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 which brought development of the middleware for its MMO projects in-house. In 2012, Wargaming's revenue was declared to be 217.9 million Euro, with net profit of 6.1 million Euro, declared in an annual report for the Cyprus Stock Exchange.〔(Strategies for playing at war: World of Tanks revenues have soared from €18m in 2011 to €218m last year ). Bambooinnovator.com June 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-16.〕 On January 29, 2013, Wargaming set sights on the console market by acquiring Day 1 Studios,〔''Ben Maxwell.'' (Wargaming acquires Fracture dev Day 1, opens Chicago studio ). Edge-online.com January 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕〔''Dave Tach.'' (Wargaming.net acquires FEAR 3 developer Day 1 Studios to form Wargaming West ). Polygon.com January 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 developer of the F.E.A.R. franchise. Renamed Wargaming West, the studios are currently developing World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition—the standalone console MMO game, based on the ''World of Tanks'' IP announced at E3 2013.〔''Charlie Hall.'' (World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition: Wargaming's phenomenon comes to the console ). Polygon.com June 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 On February 12, 2013, Wargaming announced its own eSports league,〔''Tori McGrath.'' (Wargaming.net League Announced for World of Tanks ). Gamebreaker.tv February 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 the Wargaming.net League. On February 14, 2013, the company acquired Gas Powered Games, the establishment behind the gaming classics Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. On March 26, 2013 Wargaming announced ''World of Tanks Blitz''〔''Laura Parker.'' (World of Tanks Blitz coming to smartphones and tablets ). Gamespot.com March 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕—the mobile MMO game centered around tank combat available on smartphones and tablets. On May 29, 2013, Wargaming branched into the Japanese games market by opening an office in Tokyo.〔(Wargaming expands with new Tokyo office ). Destructoid.com May 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 On July 22, 2013, the company bought ''Total Annihilation'' and ''Master of Orion'' IPs from the Atari bankruptcy proceedings.〔''Adam Solo.'' (Wargaming Takes Master of Orion, Stardock Gets Star Control ). Spacesector.com July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-17.〕 As of 2015, Wargaming owns a significant share of the Cypriot Hellenic Bank, and has shown interest in purchasing land property assets in Cyprus for investment purposes. Wargaming is currently the largest taxpayer within Cyprus.〔 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「Wargaming (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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