Gala Inc.

K. K. Gala (Japanese株式会社 ガーラ, Eng. Gala Inc.) is a holding company with its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, and manages the gala group, which is composed of subsidiaries of Gala Inc.. The Group operates in three business segments: MMORPG, web design and data mining. For the company's own portal gPotato are by Gala Lab Corp.. Games developed. Gala Lab is a subsidiary, which emerged from the fusion of Aeonsoft and Nflavor and based in Seoul, South Korea. The Gala Group focuses on developing MMORPGs and distribute licensed games worldwide. In order to respond better to local needs, subsidiaries in the EU, the USA, Brazil, Japan and South Korea were established.

The games of Gala are free-to -play, which means there are no monthly subscription fees. Instead, revenue is generated through micro payments. The games are available on the localized portal pages by gPotato. In addition to online games, which constitute the main branch, located Gala operated even in other business areas around the Internet. The core business of Gala Web lies in the field of web design; Gala Buzz offers services related to data mining and risk monitoring.

• 2.1 Publishing
• 2.2 Game Development
• 2.3 Web Design
• 2.4 Data Mining

• 4.1 Developed Games
• 4.2 Licensed Games
• 4.3 Announcements Games

History

Early Years

Gala Inc. was founded in September 1993 by Satoru Kikugawa, with the aim to build an IT company that links the people around the world together. During his student days at the Keio University Kikugawa was an avid organizer of events, which often places anmietete in Roppongi and there brought together students. He called these events "Gala". Given the rapid spread of the Internet in the 1990s and inspired by the students events founded Kikugawa Gala, together with the intention of people online.

The first business model was the creation of websites. One of the first websites created by Gala was the site for All Japan Pro Wrestling in 1996. The original approach was free to create the page and divide revenue from ads. Gala Inc. also taught a Forum on Web sites to express their opinion by the users. In February 2000 Gala took over the company RIS Inc., which was subsequently renamed Gala Web. Since then, gala functions, Inc. as the company headquarters, during gala Web continues the business with website development for corporate customers in Japan. The former business model of Gala Inc. ultimately passed into the business model of games of Gala, where the games are free and sales are generated through micropayments.

Globalization

In November 2005, Gala -Net has been in Sunnyvale, California, opened as the North American branch and publisher of online games. October 2006 Gala Networks Europe, was founded as a subsidiary of the Gala -Net in Dublin, Ireland.

Also in 2006, the Gala Group, the development studios Aeonsoft and Nflavor joined. The main title of Aeonsoft was Flyff while Nflavor brought the MMO Rappelz with in the group. The studios were then in July 2010 Gala Lab Corp.. united.

In December 2007, the Department of Research Buzz by Gala Inc. was spun off into a separate subsidiary Gala Buzz. The responsibilities of this company are data mining, mining e- Research and buzz for corporate clients.

In May 2011 Gala announced Inc., to prepare for the Market Entry into Smartphone Games. Another subsidiary will be established for this task pane. In addition, another branch was opened in Seoul in 2011, which takes care of the technical matters of the Group.

Subsidiaries

Publishing

• Gala -Net Inc. ( Sunnyvale, USA) - In August 2005, Gala -Net was as North American branch. The company covers the support from in English and Spanish. Better Business Bureau According to the total of 20 complaints were filed in the 36 months to June 8, 2010. The current rating is BBB Games are on a scale from A to F.: Iris Online, AIKA Online, Allods Online, Luna Online, Tales Runner, Rappelz, Prius Online and Flyff, which is also offered in Spanish.

• Gala Networks Europe (Dublin, Ireland) - Gala Networks Europe was established in October 2006 as a 100 % subsidiary of Gala -Net. The company operates the gPotato portal in Europe. Through the portal, the Games Flyff, Rappelz, Dragonica, Allods Online, Castle of Heroes, Terra Militaris, offered Age of Wulin and Canaan Online. Due to the company the languages ​​German, French, English, Italian, Polish and Turkish are covered.

• Gala -Net Brazil Ltd.. (São Paulo, Brazil) - Gala -Net Brazil was established as a subsidiary of Gala -Net in April 2010 to offer the games from gPotato on the Portuguese speaking market. So far the games Flyff, Rappelz and Iris Online are available.

• Gala Japan Inc.ガーラ ジャパン(Tokyo, Japan) - Gala Japan is the publisher for de Japanese market, was established in April 2007. The translated in Japanese games are Iris Online, Flyff, Rappelz and.

• Gala Lab Corp.. (Seoul, South Korea) - Gala Lab was created in 2010 from the merger of Aeonsoft Inc. and Nflavor Corp., which belonged previously to the Gala Group.. The combined company offers games for the Korean market. In addition, the company develops games for the Gala Group and its distribution partners.

Game development

• Gala Lab Corp.. (Seoul, South Korea) - Gala Lab was created in 2010 from the merger of Aeonsoft Inc. and Nflavor Corp., which belonged previously to the Gala Group.. Aeonsoft was founded in Seoul, Korea, in 2002 and developed Flyff - Fly for Fun; Nflavor was founded in 2003 in Seoul, Korea, and has the title Rappelz, Street Gears, and IL: Soul Bringer developed.

Web Design

• Gala Web Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) - Web Gala Inc. was previously known as RIS Inc. and was adopted in February 2000 by Gala Inc.. Gala Web is a provider of websites and community systems, including:

Data Mining

• Gala Buzz Inc. ( Tokyo, Japan) - Gala Buzz Inc. provides services in the field of data mining and data analysis to corporate customers. The company was founded in December 2007, after the buzz- research department was outsourced as a separate company. Among the services offered include:

Game portal

For the distribution of their own games Gala uses the games portal gPotato. Users can download free games and play. The gPotato portal was first launched in November 2006 in the U.S. and has become one of the main assets of the Gala Group. Currently, five branch offices operate their own gPotato portal:

Games

Developed Games

Licensed Games

Announcements to Play

On November 28, 2013 gPotato announced the German version of Age of Wulin for early 2014.

On 22 January 2014, announced, German version of Age of Wulin gPotato has gone live.

Awards

• 2008 Gala took Inc. # 12 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Japan.
• 2008 Gala took place Inc. 135 in the Deloitte Fast 500 for the Asia - Pacific region.
• 2008 Gala took Inc. ranked 24th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Japan.
• 2010 Gala took Inc. No. 41 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for Japan.
• 2010 was Satoru Kikugawa, GALA Group CEO and Gala Inc. CEO, in the finals for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Japan region.

Insider -trading incident

2006 had three gala Inc. employees pay penalties because they had purchased shares, with the insider knowledge that Gala had concluded an agreement with Dentsu. Group CEO Mr. Kikugawa publicly apologized for the insider -trading incident. Gala also issued a press release that appropriate measures have been taken to prevent insider trading effectively in the future.