YOOZOO Games is a video game developer and publisher of browser and mobile games, primarily massively multiplayer online games, in Asia, Europe and North America. The company was founded in 2009 by Lin Qi, created GTArcade and started publishing its titles overseas in 2013, and was listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange in 2014. Many of its games obtain revenue from the sale of virtual goods and the majority are developed in-house. Its most popular international game is a browser-based MMORPG titled League of Angels. This game began as a stand-alone game for the Chinese market but later was adapted for a growing international market. The game was released in English-speaking countries in late 2013 and now has over 300 servers in operation. Lin Qi, also known as Titan Lin, is a Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Youzu Interactive. The company, which produces games both for its home and overseas markets, was acquired by Susino Umbrella in an all-stock deal in 2014. Lin Qi currently owns approximately 100.9 million shares in Youzu, which were last valued at $2.2 billion, according to Wealth-X. Youzu Games HongKong Limited, created in early 2013 in Hong Kong, focuses on localizing and operating massively multiplayer games in North America and Europe. In 2016, YOOZOO Games bought German online game developer Bigpoint for $89.7 million.
Video games
''League of Angels''
League of Angels is an MMORPG released in December 2013 by Youzu Interactive. LoA's China release took place in July 2013, with the North American version following shortly in December that year. League of Angels was chosen as one of the best new games on Facebook in December 2014 for that year following the release of the 'Pulsating Boobs' update. League of Angels II is the 2016 sequel to the 2013 game. Its impending release was announced March 15, and a 5,000-player closed beta ran from March 24 to 31, then replaced with an open beta. It launched April 8 in North America, and 2 weeks later there was a free gold giveaway to promote playing. The game's European release occurred May 19. The game's first multi-language release was released May 26, then Portuguese and Spanish on June 23.
