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Aeria Games
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2006
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
Key people
Remco Westermann (CEO)[1]
ParentGamigo
WebsiteAeria Games

Aeria Games, formerly known as Aeria Games and Entertainment, was an online game publisher. The corporate headquarters were in Berlin, Germany.[2]

Aeria Games was a privately-owned organization by Aeria Games & Entertainment Inc, later a subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media,[3] and later of Gamigo, which operated an Internet gaming portal for massively multiplayer online games. It focused on online games in multiple formats, client games, browser games, and mobile games. It published games for North America, South America and Europe.

History

Aeria Games was founded in Santa Clara, California, as Aeria Games & Entertainment. Two years later they opened their first international office in Berlin, Germany, which later became the company's headquarters.[4] On January 5, the company acquired ijji, 2012.[5]

The company also merged with Gamepot in late 2012.[6]

In February 2014, all its worldwide PC games business including its subsidiary Aeria Games Europe GmbH were sold to ProSiebenSat.1 Media.[7] In May 2016, Aeria Games merged with Gamigo and let go 100 of their formerly 260 employees in Berlin.[8]

In February 2023, the gaming portal was closed down after its remaining games were transferred to other publishing companies.

Its games were free-to-play and used a micropayment system to generate revenue (in-game item malls and advertising).

Community

As of July 2012, after the acquisition of Ijji the community had over 40 million registered members.[9]

Portal Closure

On December 20, 2022, Aeria Games announced the transfer of all its current games (Aura Kingdom, Grand Fantasia and Shaiya) to other publishers. The publishing company additionally released information that the Aeria Games portal would be closing down in February of 2023.[10]

Gamigo, the parent company of Aeria Games, subsequently confirmed on February 22, 2023, that the Aeria Games portal would be closing down on February 28, 2023.[10]

Client Games published

Browser games published (Aeria Browser)

Mobile games published

Client games published via Aeria Ignite

Games no longer published by Aeria Games

References

  1. ^ "Aeria || Corporate Website". About.aeriagames.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  2. ^ "aeria games | Massively Overpowered". Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  3. ^ "ProSiebenSat.1 Group Acquires Aeria Games Europe". ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Aeria Games entlässt die Hälfte der Berliner Belegschaft". www.gruenderszene.de. 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  5. ^ "Aeria Games Acquires ijji Games in Conjunction With Investment Funding From NHN Corporation". www.businesswire.com. 2012-01-05. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
  6. ^ "Aeria Games and Gamepot Merge to Create a Global Force in Multi-Platform, Free-to-Play Gaming". www.finance.yahoo.com. 2012-12-17. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  7. ^ "Aeria Games Sells European Subsidiary to ProSiebenSat.1 Games". www.aeriagames.com. 2014-02-27. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  8. ^ "Aeria Games entlässt die Hälfte der Berliner Belegschaft". www.gruenderszene.de. 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  9. ^ "Exclusive: Aeria Takes Flight". [a]listdaily. 2012-07-24. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  10. ^ a b "Closure of the Aeria Games Portal & latest updates about the Transfer". aurakingdom.aeriagames.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ "Aeria Games List". WWGDB Games. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  13. ^ "EA and Aeria Games Team Up to Launch Battlefield Heroes on Aeria Games Network | Battlefield Heroes". Battlefieldheroes.aeriagames.com. 2011-09-21. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  14. ^ "Turf Battles shutting down June 18 2010". 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

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