Yoozoo Games facts for kids

Yoozoo Games, also known as Youzu Interactive, is a company that creates and publishes video games. They make games for both web browsers and mobile phones. Many of their games are called massively multiplayer online games (MMORPGs), which means lots of players can play together online at the same time. Yoozoo Games shares its games with players in Asia, Europe, and North America.

The company was started in 2009 by a person named Lin Qi. In 2013, Yoozoo Games launched a platform called GTArcade to publish its games to players around the world. By 2014, the company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which is like a big marketplace where people can buy and sell parts of companies. Most of Yoozoo's games are made by their own teams. They earn money by selling special items inside their games. Their most popular game internationally is a browser-based MMORPG called League of Angels. This game started in China but was later made for a global audience. It came out in English-speaking countries in late 2013 and now has hundreds of game servers running. The main office for Yoozoo Games is in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.

History of Yoozoo Games

Lin Qi, who also went by Titan Lin, was a Chinese business person and the founder of Youzu Interactive. His company creates games for players in China and other countries. In 2014, another company called Susino Umbrella bought Youzu Interactive. Lin Qi owned a large number of shares in Youzu. Sadly, Lin Qi passed away in December 2020 at the age of 39.

In early 2013, Youzu Games HongKong Limited was started in Hong Kong. This part of the company focuses on making massively multiplayer games work well for players in North America and Europe. They also help run these games. In 2016, Youzu Games bought a German online game developer called Bigpoint. This purchase cost about $89.7 million.

Popular Video Games from Yoozoo

League of Angels Series

A promotion for League of Angels II at Gamescom 2016

League of Angels (often called LoA) is a popular MMORPG that Youzu Interactive released in December 2013. The game first came out in China in July 2013. The North American version followed a few months later in December of that year. In December 2014, League of Angels was recognized as one of the best new games on Facebook for that year.

League of Angels II (also known as League of Angels 2 or LoA2) is the follow-up game to the original League of Angels. It was released in 2016. The company announced the new game on March 15. A special test version, called a closed beta, ran from March 24 to 31 for 5,000 players. After that, an open beta began. The game officially launched in North America on April 8. Two weeks later, players received free gold in the game to encourage them to play. The game came out in Europe on May 19. On May 26, the first version with multiple languages (English, French, German, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese) was released. Later, on June 23, it also became available in Portuguese and Spanish.

Infinity Kingdom Strategy Game

Infinity Kingdom (or IK for short) is a freemium strategy video game for mobile phones. "Freemium" means it's free to download and play, but you can buy extra things inside the game. This game has a fun cartoon style. It was released on January 28, 2021, for both iOS (Apple devices) and Android phones. You can find the Android version on Google Play, Huawei Appgallery, and Samsung Galaxy Store. There's also a special file called an APK available on the Infinity Kingdom website. A version for computers was released on Steam on July 2, 2021.

Infinity Kingdom is available in many languages. These include English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. The company plans to add Korean, Japanese, Arabic, and Bengali translations in the future.

Other Games from Yoozoo

Yoozoo Games has published many other exciting games, including:

• Drakensang Online
• DarkOrbit
• Fire Raiders
• Knight's Fable – a browser-based MMORPG released in May 2014
• Magerealm – another browser-based MMORPG released in December 2015
• Legacy of Discord
• Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming

See also

In Spanish: Youzu Interactive para niños