InnoSpark Inc (

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development company founded in April 2012 by key members of the team who created ''Rule the Sky'', published by JCE. The company's debut game was '' Dragon Friends'', originally serviced by NHN. From February 27, 2015, InnoSpark started directly servicing ''Dragon Friends'' in

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and 175 other countries. It also released ''Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars''. In June 2015, InnoSpark raised $6.5 million in a Series B

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. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Keynote Ventures, SL Investment and Company K Partners. InnoSpark was expected to use the funding to continue developing games and enter the Chinese market. The company was absorbed into PUBG Labs after acquisition and closed down in November 2017.

Games

Dragon Friends: Green Witch (2013) is a social farming

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centered on breeding and collecting different cute

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s. It is currently available on

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, Android, Kindle,

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. Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (2014) (kor. 히어로스카이 ) is a strategic game somewhat similar to

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, but with an additional complex Hero System. It reached 3 000 000 downloads in 2015. It is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Facebook.

History

2016

* Publishing contract for "Trendy Town" signed on October 20.

2015

*July 8 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars re-opening service in Korea *June – $6.5m in a Series B funding round *March 19 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars Global Launching in 154 countries *February 27 – Starting Global Service of Dragon Friends

2014

*August 8 – Hero Sky (kor. 히어로스카이 ) launching in Korea (with

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)

2013

*December – Dragon Friends Awarded Best New Entry in Korean Apple Appstore 2013 *August 22 – Dragon Friends Launching (with NHN) *March – ₩2 billion investment.

2012

*June – partnership with NHN *April 19 – company foundation day.

References

Links

* {{Official website, innospark.com Mobile game companies Video game companies disestablished in 2017 Video game companies established in 2012 Companies based in Seoul Defunct video game companies of South Korea South Korean brands