Gamania

Gamania Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Gamania) is a PC online game and digital entertainment corporation with its headquarters located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the first Taiwanese online game brand to expand globally, with overseas branch offices publishing and developing digital entertainment contents in Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Gamania has over 10 million registered members around the world, built from Korean PC online games such as Lineage, MapleStory, Counter-Strike Online and KartRider. Its subsidiary development companies produce MMOGs such as Bright Shadow and Zodiac (Lucent Heart in Japan), which was awarded the Best New Game in 2008 by WebMoney Awards. Gamania's core business is currently PC online gaming, but it aims to diversify into other fields of digital entertainment. Its creative center has been producing multiple award-winning animation projects. An animation series co-produced with Cartoon Network, Hero: 108, launched in North America and Europe in 2010. As of 2012, Gamania has changed focus from overseas to the local market of South Korea, Taiwan and Japan and as such, closed down US/Europe Beanfun services.