FunPlus


FunPlus is a Beijing-based video game developer with six additional studios located elsewhere worldwide. The company is known for their popular mobile games, notably King of Avalon and Guns of Glory, and their investments in the esports industry.

History

FunPlus was founded in San Francisco, California in 2010 by Andy Zhong and Yitao Guan. Due to long-term costs of the Bay Area, the founders accepted venture capital from prominent Silicon Valley investors to move operations to DianDian in Beijing, China.
Over the next four years, DianDian released a number of social games on Facebook including Family Farm, Royal Story, and Happy Acres. In 2013 DianDian launched its first mobile game, Family Farm Seaside. FunPlus sold DianDian to Century Group for $1 billion USD in 2016 and is now known as Century Game.
KingsGroup, created by FunPlus in 2015, created King of Avalon. Guns of Glory, based on the engine used in King of Avalon, launched in 2017.

Esports

FunPlus has an esports division named FunPlus Esports that sponsors several esports teams and leagues around the world. FunPlus Esports founded FunPlus Phoenix, a professional esports organization with a League of Legends team competing in China's top league, and operates the Pacific Championship Series. During its run from mid-2018 to 2019, the League of Legends SEA Tour was operated by FunPlus Esports. In 2018 FunPlus Esports, in partnership with Chinese online game developer NetEase, launched the world's first global battle royale pro league, "Rules of Survival Global Series".

Executive team

Co-founders Andy Zhong and Yitao Guan are CEO and CTO of FunPlus respectively. The Chief Operating Officer is Chen Qi and the Chief Strategy Officer is Brett Krause.

Games

''King of Avalon''

King of Avalon: Dragon Warfare is a medieval-themed fantasy strategy game taking action in the Arthurian era, released in 2016.

''Guns of Glory''

Guns of Glory is a renaissance/steampunk-themed strategy game released in September 2017.

''State of Survival''

State of Survival is a zombie/post-apocalypse strategy game released in November 2019.

Other games