MAIET Entertainment was a South Korean video game developer, best known for creating the third-person shooter game GunZ: The Duel in 2004. They also developed GunZ 2 in 2011 and adapted it into English in 2013.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Seoul , South Korea |
| Products | GunZ: The Duel[1] AceSaga[2] |
| Website | www.maietentertainment.com |
Etymology
editAccording to the official site, MAIET is 'TEAM' spelled backwards with the letter 'I' added in, standing for 'innovation'.[3]
History
editThe company started out as a small group of five researchers which eventually grew into a company.[3] In 2015 MAIET was dissolved, giving gaming rights to Masangsoft Inc.(마상소프트)[4][5][6] The founder and CEO, Venister, went off to work on several different ventures including a new gaming studio named Onion Crew.[5]
Products
editGunZ: The Duel has servers in Korea, and has all evolved from the original International server in many ways, such as having "cash items". MAIET's first developed video game was the aerial strategy game AceSaga, which was terminated.[7]
References
edit- ^ "MAIET entertainment, Inc. - TEAM Innovative". Archived from the original on 2007-04-09.
- ^ "MAIET entertainment, Inc. - TEAM Innovative". Archived from the original on 2007-03-15.
- ^ a b MAIET entertainment, Inc. - TEAM Innovative Archived 2007-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MAIET Closing Notice Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Venister's Work History". onioncrew.com. September 27, 2024.
- ^ "GunZ 2 Company Change Notice". store.steampowered.com. September 4, 2015.
- ^ MAIET entertainment, Inc.- TEAM Innovative Archived 2007-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
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