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    2023
    2021
    2020
    • 12

      Smilegate Megaport awarded
      70-miillion-dollar Export Tower
      for the 57th Trade Day

    • 12

      Hyukbin Kwon, founder of
      Smilegate won an
      Order of Cultural Merits
      for the first time
      in the game industry

    • 11

      Future Lab held 'Micro:bit
      Global Challenge 2021'
      jointly with BBC of the UK

    • 11

      Organized WCG,
      WCG 2020 CONNECTED

    • 11

      "Smilegate Foundation-Smilegate
      Megaport Smilegate Group's first IP,
      Epic Seven The donation campaign
      package sales from games
      donated to charities

    • 11

      Magical Atelier, a casual well-made mobile game, launched

    • 08

      Smilegate established 'Smilegate.AI,'
      an AI center specialized in
      the entertainment industry

    • 07

      Local corporation established
      in Barcelona, Spain

    • 07

      e-sports drama with 36 episodes, 'Crossfire' broadcast in China

    • 07

      Smilegate Group's management
      transitioned to 'Group IP
      management conference system'

    • 06

      Orange Farm expanded to
      Orange Planet by extending
      its brand and the areas of support

    • 02

      The provision contract of
      Crossfire film signed with
      Sony Pictures in the U.S.

    2019
    • 12

      Smilegate Foundation Orange
      Farm's Jeonju Center opened

    • 12

      Smilegate Megaport awarded
      50-miillion-dollar Export Tower
      for the 56th Trade Day

    • 11

      Smilegate Entertainment's
      Focus on You won the Next-Generation
      Game Content Award at
      the 2019 Korea Game Awards

    • 11

      Smilegate RPG's Lost Ark won
      the Grand Prize
      at the 2019 Korea Game Awards

    • 09

      Smilegate Foundation - Habitat for
      Humanity Korea jointly organized
      construction volunteer activities
      for the underpriviledged in Thailand

    • 09

      Smilegate Entertainment held the '2019 CFS Invitational Egypt'

    • 07

      WCG,
      'WCG 2019 Xi'an' organized

    • 03

      Smilegate Entertainment awarded
      the Strategy and Finance Minister
      Prize for the
      '53th Day of Taxpayers'

    • 03

      'Smiletory'
      an in-house daycare opened

    2018
    • 12

      Smilegate signed a publishing
      contract of Lost Ark
      with Mail.RU in Russia

    • 11

      Epic Seven won
      the Excellence Award
      at the 2018 Korea Game Awards

    • 11

      Smilegate Foundation won the
      Presidential Award in the Section
      of Game Industry Development
      at the 2018 Korea Content Awards

    • 11

      Lost Ark, PC MMORPG launched

    • 09

      Smilegate Foundation opened
      the 11th-13rd Global Hope School
      in Mongolia

    • 08

      Epic Seven, a mobile
      turn-based RPG launched

    • 07

      Smilegate Foundation opened
      a game developing firm's experiential
      hall at the Korea Job World

    • 04

      Smilegate Foundation signed
      an agreement on the establishment
      of the 11th-13rd Global Hope School
      in Mongolia

    • 01

      Smilegate Foundation signed
      a collaboration agreement on
      the expansion of creative
      learning environemnts for
      the future generations
      with MIT in the U.S.

    2017
    • 11

      The Musician, a mobile music
      performance app, won the
      Excellence Award
      at the Korea Game Awards

    • 11

      Smilegate Investment won
      the Prime Minister Prize
      at the 2017 Venture Startup Awards

    • 08

      Smilegate's
      Board of Directors formed

    • 05

      Smilegate Foundation held
      the Symposium on the Expression
      of Creativity in Children and
      Adolescents in collaboration
      with MIT Media Lab in the U.S.

    • 04

      Tan: The Endless War,'
      a mascterpiece mobile FPS
      officially launched

    • 02

      A agreement on the
      'Strategic Collaboration
      on the Cultural Content Business'
      signed between Smilegate
      and CP of Thailand

    • 02

      A project to globalize CFPL
      in China begun jointly
      by Smilegate and Tencent

    2016
    • 12

      500-miillion-dollar Export Tower
      awarded for the 53th Trade Day

    • 08

      Lost Ark's first CBT conducted

    • 08

      Crossfire IP
      business vision announced

    • 07

      Orange Farm's
      first Global Center opened
      (Beijing)

    • 05

      CFEL (Crossfire Elite League)
      launched

    2015
    • 11

      Social Contribution Prize won
      at the 2015 Korea Game Awards

    • 09

      Crossfire awarded the Special Prize
      in the Global Section
      at the 2015 G-Rank Korea

    • 06

      Participated in
      2015 E3 for the first time

    • 06

      Stove, a mobile service platform,
      launched

    • 05

      Orange Farm Angel Club formed

    • 04

      Orange Farm's Sinchon Center
      opened

    • 04

      An agreement on game portal
      business and business transfers
      signed with Ntreev Soft

    2014
    • 12

      Smilegate-SundayToz
      donated fund to
      the Global School of Sarang

    • 11

      The business right of Tales Runner
      acquired from AfricaTV

    • 11

      Participated in G-star 2014 B2C
      for the first time

    • 08

      Subsidiaries of Gswing
      merged into Smilegate

    • 08

      Organge Farm's Busan Center
      opened

    • 06

      Smilegate announed a new CI

    • 03

      Smilegate acquired
      shares of SundayToz

    • 03

      Qurare: Magic Library,'
      a mobile card RPG released

    • 02

      Smilegate proclaimed its 2.0 era

    • 01

      Organge Farm' established to support startups and create a healthy startup environment

    2013
    • 12

      Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2013 WCG (3 consecutive years)

    • 12

      Crossfire's official service begun in Korea

    • 06

      Crossfire Stars launched

    • 06

      Crossfire's direct service via Tencent begun

    • 06

      Investment in 'Smile Fund,' a startup fund for youth contracted

    • 06

      A Hero's Dignity, a mobile RPG released

    • 05

      Devil Maker, a mobile card RPG, released

    2012
    • 12

      Crossfire awarded the Presidential Prize at the 2012 Korea Content Awards (Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism)

    • 12

      Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2012 WCG (2 consecutive years)

    • 10

      Selected as one of the Best 100 large companies that are employee-friendly

    • 09

      Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 4 million in China

    • 07

      Selected as the 51st Trader of the Month that Glorified Korea

    • 07

      Won the 2012 100-Billion Venture Award

    • 05

      Online MMORPG DK released

    • 01

      Crossfire won the 2011 Top 10 Online Game Award

    2011
    • 12

      Won the Award of Export Merit for the 49th Trade Day - Knowledge Economy Minister's Prize

    • 09

      Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 3 million in China

    • 07

      Won the Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister's Prize in the section of Digital Management Innovation

    • 03

      Crossfire entering South America (G4Box)

    • 03

      Crossfire selected as an official game for the 2011 World Cyber Games

    • 01

      Crossfire won the 2010 Top 10 Online Game Award

    2010
    • 10

      Crossfire selected as an official game for the World E-sports Masters

    • 03

      Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 1.8 million in China and recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records, China

    2009
    • 11

      Crossfire entering Russia (Mail.RU)

    • 10

      Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 100,000 in Vietnam

    • 06

      Crossfire entering Indonesia (PT.LYTP)

    • 04

      Crossfire entering the Philippines (LIVEPLEX)

    • 04

      Simultaneous access to Crossfire reached 1 million in China

    2008
    • 07

      Crossfire's standing service begun

    • 06

      Venture certified (The Small and Medium Business Administration)

    • 03

      Crossfire entering North America/UK (G4Box)

    • 01

      Crossfire entering Vietnam (VTC)

    2007
    • 12

      Crossfire entering Japan (Arario)

    • 07

      Crossfire entering China (Tencent)

    • 03

      Crossfire service begun in Korea

    2006
    • 12

      Selected as an Inno-biz firm (AA grade) by the Small and Medium Business Administration

    • 03

      Development of Crossfire, an online FPS game, begun

    2004
    • 12

      Signed a publishing contract with HeadShot Online (Yahoo Korea)

    2003
    • 07

      Selected as a promising exporter among small- and medium-sized firms

    • 05

      ETRI selected as an outstanding game for the IDC support project

    2002
    • 06

      Smilegate founded