Wizet: Difference between revisions

From MapleWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{stub}}
{{advertisement}}
{{Infobox Korean company
| company_name = Wizet
| company_logo = [[Image:Wizet logo.png|250px]]
| company_type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = April 2001 <small>[http://www.wizet.net/hello/history/2003.html]</small>
| parent = [[Nexon]]
| location = [[Gangnam-gu]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| key_people =
| industry = [[Game development]]
| products = [[MapleStory]], [[QuizQuiz]], [[Heat Project]]
| revenue = 150 million USD per year
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| homepage = http://www.wizet.net
| hangul = 위젯
}}
'''Wizet''' is a game development studio located in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], and is popular for its hit game [[MapleStory]]. Wizet developed a [[Franchising|franchise]] system and expanded its services to Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, USA and Europe. Eventually, Wizet reached the global world after having finished developing key features of MapleStory.


[[image:wizet.JPG]]<br>
==History==
''Logo of the Wizet Corporation, Copyright 2006''


== Description ==
Wizet started as a small company with ideas to create yet another Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game. With the financial resources from their parent company [[Nexon]], Wizet was capable of developing and even selling merchandise of their popular game [[MapleStory]]. Finally, Wizet merged with Nexon.


==Franchise System==


'''Taken from the Website:'''
Wizet has developed a [[franchising|franchise]] system, similar to how [[McDonalds]] and [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]] are run, in order to massively distribute MapleStory to an international, multilingual community.


''Wizet Corporation is one of the leading development studios of online entertainment, and is proud to work with Nexon America to bring you MapleStory Global.''
*[http://jobnews.co.kr/jobdb/detailComInfo.asp?company_id=5BA2B63087C8734D947FFC76DDA45D94 Wizet Employee Count (Korean)]


''Wizet Corporation was founded in 2001 to paint the colors of imagination through the relentless and uncompromising pursuit for originality. This vision came to fruition with our flagship title, MapleStory, the world’s first 2D side-scrolling MMORPG.''
==External links==
*{{ko icon}} [http://www.wizet.net Wizet's Homepage]
*{{ja icon}} [http://www.wizet.com/japanese/index.html Wizet's Homepage]
*{{ko icon}} [http://www.maplestory.com MapleStory Homepage]


''MapleStory has won many distinctions for its successful combining of charming characters and immersive backgrounds with a visionary avatar customization system.''
[[Category:Video game companies]]
[[Category:Video game developers]]
[[Category:MapleStory]]
[[Category:Software companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Nexon Corporation]]


''Post its blockbuster domestic debut in the Republic of Korea, MapleStory continues to stamp its success in the international front with millions of gamers in local language versions throughout the world.''
[[es:Wizet]]
[[zh:Wizet]]
 
 
(Borrowed from Wikipedia by LucioGenju)

Revision as of 00:47, 18 September 2007

Template:Advertisement Template:Infobox Korean company Wizet is a game development studio located in Seoul, South Korea, and is popular for its hit game MapleStory. Wizet developed a franchise system and expanded its services to Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, USA and Europe. Eventually, Wizet reached the global world after having finished developing key features of MapleStory.

History

Wizet started as a small company with ideas to create yet another Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game. With the financial resources from their parent company Nexon, Wizet was capable of developing and even selling merchandise of their popular game MapleStory. Finally, Wizet merged with Nexon.

Franchise System

Wizet has developed a franchise system, similar to how McDonalds and Subway are run, in order to massively distribute MapleStory to an international, multilingual community.

External links

es:Wizet zh:Wizet


(Borrowed from Wikipedia by LucioGenju)