Aeria Games, formerly known as Aeria Games and Entertainment, was an

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. The corporate headquarters were located in

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. Aeria Games was a privately-owned organization by Aeria Games & Entertainment Inc, later a subsidiary of

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, and later of Gamigo, which operated an

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gaming portal for

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s. It focused on online games in multiple formats, client games, browser games, and mobile games. It published games for

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and

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. It closed down in 2023.

History

Aeria Games was founded in

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, as ''Aeria Games & Entertainment.'' Two years later they opened their first international office in

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, which later became the company's headquarters. On January 5, the company acquired

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, 2012. The company also merged with

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in late 2012. In February 2014, all its worldwide PC games business including its subsidiary Aeria Games Europe GmbH were sold to

. In May 2016, Aeria Games merged with Gamigo and let go 100 of their formerly 260 employees in Berlin. In February 2023, the gaming portal was closed down after its remaining games were transferred to other publishing companies. Its games were

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and used a

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system to generate revenue (in-game item malls and advertising).

Portal Closure

On December 20, 2022, Aeria Games announced the transfer of all its current games (Aura Kingdom, Grand Fantasia and Shaiya) to other publishers. The publishing company additionally released information that the Aeria Games portal would be closing down in February of 2023. Gamigo, the parent company of Aeria Games, subsequently confirmed on February 22, 2023, that the Aeria Games portal would be closing down on February 28, 2023.

Client Games published

* '' Echo of Soul'' – Fantasy MMO RPG * ''Ironsight'' – FPS – Developed by Wiple Games * ''Twin Saga'' – Anime MMO RPG * ''WolfTeam'' – Sci-Fi FPS

Browser games published (Aeria Browser)

* ''DDTank'' – Turn-based Action Game * ''Wartune'' – Browser Based MMORTS/RP

Mobile games published

* ''Goal 1'' – Football Manager * ''Heroes and Puzzles'' – Match 3 Mobile Game

Client games published via Aeria Ignite

* ''

Digimon Masters ''Digimon Masters'' (Korean (language), Korean: 디지몬 마스터즈) also known as ''Digimon Masters Online'' is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game, massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) with Microtr ...

'' – Anime MMORPG

Games no longer published by Aeria Games

* ''

Aura Kingdom ''Aura Kingdom'', also known as ''Fantasy Frontier Online'' () in Taiwan and Hong Kong and ''Innocent World'' in Japan, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game made by the Taiwanese game developer X-Legend. In Japan, it was original ...

'' – Anime-themed MMORPG * '' Age of Conan: Unchained'' – Fantasy MMORPG * ''

Alliance of Valiant Arms ''Alliance of Valiant Arms'' (abbreviated as A.V.A, , 简体中文：《战地之王》, 繁體中文：《戰地之王》) is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game, developed by now-defunct Red Duck, Inc. using Unreal Engine 3. ...

'' – Military FPS * ''Armygeddon'' – Turn-Based Strategy * ''

Battlefield Heroes ''Battlefield Heroes'' was a 2009 third-person shooter game initially developed by DICE, further developed by Easy Studios, and published by Electronic Arts for Windows. A free-to-play spinoff of the ''Battlefield'' series, ''Battlefield Hero ...

'' – Cartoon-styled TPS * ''Battles and Monsters'' – Fantasy CCG RPG * ''

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'' – Fantasy MMORPG * ''Call of Gods'' – Browser Based MMORTS * ''Chaos Heroes Online'' – MOBA * '' Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances'' – Browser Based MMORTS * ''Crystal Saga'' – Browser Based RPG * ''Dawn of Gods'' – Mobile Real Time Strategy * ''DK Online'' – Fantasy MMORPG * ''Dragomon Hunter'' – Anime MMORPG * ''Dragon Sky'' – Fantasy RPG * ''

Drakensang Online ''Drakensang Online'' is a freemium online role-playing video game developed and published by Bigpoint for Microsoft Windows and macOS. The title was in an open beta phase from August 2011 to July 2012. A retail version was released in Novembe ...

'' – Action MMORPG * ''

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'' – Strategy / Browser * ''

Dream of Mirror Online ''Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO)'' is a free-to-play MMORPG game with story lines based on ancient Chinese mythology. It is the second online game of the '' Xuan-Yuan Sword'' series. The graphics are anime-style with various Chinese themes. This g ...

'' – Fantasy RPG * '' Dynasty Warriors Online'' – Action MMORPG * ''

Eden Eternal ''Eden Eternal'', also known as ''Finding Neverland Online'' (, or in Hong Kong), or —The Refined FNO in Japan, was a free to play anime styled massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by X-Legend and published internati ...

'' – Anime-themed MMORPG * ''Eden Eternal – Monster Arena'' – Fantasy RPG * ''F.E.A.R. Online'' – Horror FPS * ''

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'' – Browser Based MMORTS * ''Grand Fantasia'' – Anime-themed MMORPG * '' GunZ: The Duel'' – Third Person Shooter * ''

Heroes of Gaia ''Heroes of Gaia'' (), known in the separate European version as ''Castle of Heroes'', is a massively multiplayer online fantasy browser-based strategy game developed by the Chinese developer Snail Games and published in the United States by its ...

'' – Browser Based MMORTS * ''Immortalis'' – Fantasy CCG RPG * ''Kingdom Heroes'' – Fantasy RPG * ''Kitsu Saga'' – Fantasy RPG * ''Last Chaos'' – Fantasy RPG * ''

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'' – Fantasy RPG * Level R - * ''Lime Odyssey'' – Anime themed MMORP

* ''Lord of Ages'' – History-based Based MMORTS * ''

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'' – Browser Based MMORTS * ''Luminary:Rise of GoonZu'' – Fantasy RPG * ''Maestia'' – Fantasy MMORPG * ''Magimon'' – Fantasy CCG RPG * ''Metal Assault'' – Platform Shooter * ''

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'' – History-based MMORTS * ''Monster Paradise'' – Fantasy CCG RPG * '' Need for Speed: World'' – Action Driving * '' Perfect World'' – Fantasy MMORPG (Spanish Only) * ''Pi Story'' – Fantasy RPG * ''

Pirate Galaxy ''Pirate Galaxy'' is a free-to-play, massive multiplayer online game written in Java. Players can operate spaceships, explore a collection of planets, mine minerals, and fight other players and enemies in the planetary combat. The game features ...

'' – Sci-fi browser MMORPG * ''Pirate Maidens'' – Pirate CCG RPG * ''

Project Torque ''Project Torque'', also known as ''Level-R'' outside North America and ''HEAT Online'' for the 2010 North American version, is a multiplayer online racing game (MMORG) with partially chargeable content, or micro-transactions, originally develope ...

'' – Action Driving * ''Ragnarok Online 2'' – Fantasy MMORPG * ''Repulse'' (later republished as ''R.A.F.: Run and Fire'' on Steam Russia)- Sci-fi online FPS * ''

Runes of Magic Runes of Magic (RoM) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also kno ...

'' – Fantasy MMORPG (Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish) * ''S4 League'' – Anime FPS * ''Scarlet Blade'' – Sci-Fi/Fantasy MMORPG * '' Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine'' – Fantasy RPG * ''Soldier Front'' – MMOFPS Game (rebrand of Special Force) * ''Soldier Front 2'' – MMOFPS Game (rebrand of Special Force 2) * ''Star Supremacy'' – Sci-fi browser MMORTS * ''Stone Age 2'' – Fantasy RPG * '' Stronghold Kingdoms'' – Client Based MMORTS * ''Tuff Tanks'' – Turned-Based Artillery Shooter * '' Turf Battles'' – MMO PK (PVP) * '' Twelve Sky'' – Martial Arts RPG * '' Twelve Sky 2'' – Martial Arts RPG * Twin Saga - 2017

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.aeriagames.net/ Browser-based game websites Companies based in Santa Clara, California Companies based in Berlin German companies established in 2006 German companies disestablished in 2023 Video game companies established in 2006 Video game companies disestablished in 2023 Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game websites Defunct video game companies of Germany