The free-to-play MMO action game World of Tanks was published in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in May of 2012. The thrilling PvP gameplay, convenient payment options, region specific localization and high-level customer support services enabled Wargaming to capture a solid share of the Southeast Asian market.
The recent launch of a Singapore-based server group has drastically improved the gaming environment for players in the region and spurred the growing popularity of World of Tanks.
“It’s been a pleasure to assist a world-class company like Wargaming,” said Stephane Panyasiri, CEO of SEA Gaming Pte Ltd. “The partnership allowed us to leverage powers of each other for the combined benefit and reach considerable results in less than a year’s time.”
“We’d like to thank our partners, SEA Gaming, for their assistance in establishing our presence in Southeast Asia,” said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. “We stand firmly on our feet now and are focused on maintaining sustainable long-term growth in the market.”
A high-quality gameplay experience and smart strategic marketing concept secured a loyal Wargaming community that now includes more than 700,000 tankmen. The impressive growth in Southeast Asia creates great opportunities for Wargaming and the company places high priority on increasing its presence within the region.
About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped more than 15 titles and employs over 1200 people across such key regions as North America, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Australia.
Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to mid-20th century warfare that will include the company’s flagship armored MMO World of Tanks launched in April 2011 and currently boasting 40 million players worldwide, the flight combat World of Warplanes, named one of the most anticipated MMOs for 2012 and the naval World of Warships scheduled for release in 2013.
In June 2012, Wargaming announced the Wargaming.net Service, the epicenter of a battle-centric gaming universe that will gather the series under a single portal — www.wargaming.net.
About SEA Gaming Pte Ltd.
Founded by online game industry veterans, SEA Gaming opened in 2011 to help developers and publishers bring their games to players in various regions of Southeast Asia. With Headquarters in Singapore and offices in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila, SEA Gaming offers a virtual publishing service with direct access to millions of gamers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The company’s customizable and scalable services include marketing and promotions, distribution, service operations, billing and customer support.
