UserJoy Technology, founded in Taiwan since 1995, is a company involved in video game development, publishing and maintenance. Userjoy Technology is based in Taipei, Taiwan. It develops gaming software for personal computers, with genres ranging from puzzle games, simulation games, strategy games, and role-playing games, among other types of games too. It also develops and distributes types of products and publications related to games. It sells products in Taiwan and also in other countries too. With its R&D studio and distribution company in Beijing and the publishing subsidiary, Userjoy Japan Co. Ltd., Userjoy joined the international gaming market as a content provider in Taiwan, China, North America, Europe, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
History
Just developers
Userjoy was founded in May 1995. UserJoy Technology develops games for the PC, mostly including MMORPGs. Its 2003 Fantasia Sango series received Gamestar Awards when it was released, and outside China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, was published by Nihon Falcom. UserJoy's Angel Love Online was published in Japan in 2006, followed by other countries. Its The Legend of Three Kingdoms Online was commercially launched in 2006, and then by Userjoy Japan in Japan on January 2008.
Publishing industry
In 2007, Userjoy went from being a game developer to also a game publisher, meaning that it began licensing games by other companies instead of just launching its own self-developed games. For example, it licensed Concerto Gate Online by Square Enix in China and other countries. In 2007, Userjoy jointly developed Angel Love OnlinePLAYSTATION 3 version with Q Entertainment Inc., to provide the first PS3 MMORPG. UserJoy's Field of Honor is a casual online game launched in January 2008. On April 18, 2008, Userjoy, or USERJOY, went public on the GreTai Securities Market under the stock symbol 3546. In 2009, most of its revenue came from its online game business, at around 98 percent. In Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion article put out by Forbes in 2011, this company ranked 13 in net income, 16 in operating income, 46 in sales, and 81 in market value. In 2009, it was the second top performer of stocks traded on the GreTai Securities Market. In 2011, it was one of the more profitable Taiwan stock. In 2011, UserJoy began producing the free-to-play MMO version of the Ninety-Nine Nights along with Q Entertainment.
Newer games
was first announced in June 2014 as a project combining UserJoy and Falcom to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Trails series. UserJoy Technology opened a preview site for the game in July 2014. Though UserJoy rose to fame mainly for PC MMORPGs such as Angel Love Online and The Legend of Three Kingdoms Online, and later began branching out into mobile games, the early press releases did not clarify the platform for Akatsuki. In November 2014, Falcom's president noted that Falcom was collaborating closely with UserJoy on the story, and praised the UserJoy Akatsuki development staff for their detailed knowledge of the Trails series. After a brief open beta test, service began on 31 August 2016. In 2016, UserJoy was one of the 230 studios working on PlayStation VR content.
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Awards
UserJoy was the winner of national awards from Taiwan GameStar from 2003 to recent years. In 1996, its Super Heroes games was named Best Domestic Strategy Game by Style Game Magazine and Best Domestic War Game by PC Gamer. Other awards for the game followed, including UserJoy getting the Gamestar Awards in 2005 for The Twin Heroes Online including Best Producer, Best Project, Best Art Design, Best Sound Effects, and Best Customer Service, out of eight total. Fantasia Sango 3 earned Userjoy the Excellent IT Application and Product of Game Industry award for 2007 from IT Month. Other Game Star awards have followed.
