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GMO Gamepot, Inc. (GMOゲームポット株式会社, GMO Gēmupotto Kabushiki-gaisha) was one of Japan's leading game publishers of massively multiplayer online games and mobile games.[2]
History
GMO Gamepot was founded in 2001 as Gamepot Co., Ltd. (株式会社ゲームポット, Kabushiki-gaisha Gēmupotto). It was acquired by Aeria in March 2003 and had its first success with an online golf game called Pangya in 2004.[2] Gamepot opened an American publishing division, Gamepot USA, Inc., in Los Angeles in August 2008.[3]
In 2006, Gamepot successfully launched Kunshu (The Monarch Online), Cabal Online, and La Tale.[2] In 2008, Gamepot merged with Wizardry owner Aeria IPM.[4] Also, Gamepot (USA) partnered with Square Enix in the English localization of Fantasy Earth Zero[3] in 2010 and created Wizardry Online[5] in 2013. Gamepot was acquired by GMO Internet in November 2013 and its name was changed to GMO Gamepot on January 1, 2014.
