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Garena is a consumer Internet platform provider based in Asia, with 17 million monthly active users on the PC and 11 million on mobile. It was founded in Singapore in 2009 by Forrest Li and his friends. With the launch of its first product in 2010, Garena+, an online game and social platform for people to discover, download and play online games, Garena has become a leading platform provider for online entertainment and communication tools across Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Garena has partnerships with game developers including Riot Games and Electronic Arts. Garena exclusively distributes game titles on Garena+ in various countries across Southeast Asia and Taiwan, such as the multiplayer online battle arena games ''League of Legends'' and ''Heroes of Newerth'', the online soccer game ''FIFA Online 3'' and the first-person shooter games, ''Point Blank'' and ''Alliance of Valiant Arms''. Since its launch, Garena has experienced unprecedented growth in the region. In 2014, it was valued at $1 billion, and in March 2015, the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan invested in the company, driving its value up to $2.5 billion.〔http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisachanson/2015/03/27/garena-and-tencent-shine-a-light-on-southeast-asias-booming-digital-games-market/〕 ==History== In November 2011, Garena announced that it had publishing rights〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/garena-snags-exclusive--firefall--distribution-rights-for-us-23-million.html )〕 for the anticipated team-based shooter game, Firefall, in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Firefall claims to be the first team-shooter game and was awarded ''(Anticipated MMO of 2012 )'' in TenTonHammer’s Readers Choice contest. In December 2011, Garena announced their collaboration〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/9/60979.html )〕 with online games developer, Changyou, to publish and operate the popular 3D martial arts game, ''Duke of Mount Deer'', in Tai was founded in Singapore in 2009, when Forrest Li and his friends aspired to transform their passion for entrepreneurship into a great company. Forrest named the company "Garena," a portmanteau of the phrase "global arena", to convey his vision of connecting the world. In Nwan. The game is the first MMORPG game available through Garena+. The game combines a classic Chinese story with the latest 3D rendering technology and cinematic quality graphics. Duke of Mount Deer〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.pchome.com.tw/science/gamebase/20111223/index-13246257579938261005.html )〕 was created by several top online-gaming experts from China and South Korea and has gained much popularity in China. Also in December 2011, Garena released〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://gameaxis.com/league-of-legends-dominion-officially-launched-on-garena/ )〕 the "Dominion" game mode for Garena’s League of Legends players in Singapore and Malaysia. In November 2012, Garena was announced as a winner in the 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award and eventually the Red Herring Top 100 Global Award. In the same month, Garena was also ranked number 15 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.smemagazine.asia/index.php/top-news/singapore/1402-sme-magazine )〕 In 2014, the World Startup Report valued Garena as an 1 billion internet company 〔http://www.businessinsider.sg/singapores-tech-company-garena-valued-usd1-billion/#.VNwhl_mUcoc〕 and ranked it as the largest internet company in Singapore.〔http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/07/daily-chart-6〕 In March 2015, the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP), one of the largest pension funds in the world, invested in Garena, valuing the company at over USD 2.5 billion.〔http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3f6ba438-bfff-11e4-9708-00144feab7de.html#axzz3TBsGG8Rp〕 In August 2015, Garena announced that BlackShot Online will be shut down on midnight 1 September, being unable to renew the distribution license, as a result, all game distribution rights were returned to Vertigo Games, in which set up PlayOne Asia to handle the game distribution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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