Thingsoft
Thingsoft was an online game development company in South Korea. Its headquarters is in Seoul, South Korea.
It was merged into Nexon by absorption in November 2022.
History
Thingsoft was originally established in 2005 with funding from Neowiz, a large South Korean online game publisher. Neowiz fully acquired Thingsoft in 2006 following the successful launch of Thingsoft's first commercial product, FIFA Online. The acquisition integrated Thingsoft into the Neowiz as an internal development studio. In 2007, Neowiz split into several smaller companies, and Thingsoft was officially changed to Neowiz Games Development Studio. Thingsoft was responsible for the development of several online games including FIFA Online, FIFA Online 2, the NBA Street Online series, Battlefield Online, Warlord, Xogu Pigu, Sashinmu, and Perfect KO. FIFA Online 2 proved especially successful in South Korea and garnered over 180,000 concurrent users in 2006 and over 220,000 concurrent users in 2010.In 2010, the founders of Thingsoft and core developers from FIFA Online 2 and Project GG left Neowiz Games to start a new independent online development company. The new company acquired the rights to the trademark and is once again known as Thingsoft.
On 27 August 2019, Nexon announced Thingsoft's Peria Chronicle was cancelled after 9 years of development, and Chung Sangwon had resigned from the president. The total cost of the game's development is estimated as. Afterwards, Thingsoft went into a state of closure with no real in-house development. In November 2022, Nexon dissolved the developer by absorption.