Garena

Garena
  • Garena
Sea Ltd
Company typePublic
NYSE: SE
ISINUS81141R1005
IndustryVideo Games
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
FounderForrest Li
HeadquartersSingapore[1]
Key people
Forrest Li (Founder)
Terry Zhao (President)
RevenueUS$550m financing-2009
OwnerSea Ltd
Websitewww.garena.sg

Garena is a Singaporean game developer and publisher of free online games.[1] It is the digital entertainment arm of parent company Sea Ltd,[2] which formerly used Garena as the parent company name.[3]

The company distributes game titles on Garena+ in various countries across Southeast Asia and Taiwan, including the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth, the first-person shooter game Point Blank, the mobile MOBA game Arena of Valor and the mobile racing game Speed Drifters.[4] Garena also used to distribute the football simulation game EA Sports FC Online, until Garena and EA Sports decided to retire the game.[5]

In 2017, it released Free Fire, which had over 150 million daily active users globally by May 2021.[6] As of February 2024, Free Fire had 100 million active users.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Garena Online Pvt Ltd". Bloomberg. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Sea Limited Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results". sec.gov. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ "TechCrunch". Tech company Garena raises US$550m, rebrands as Sea. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Garena". www.garena.sg. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  5. ^ "[Frequently Asked Question]". www.facebook.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  6. ^ Obedkov, Evgeny (17 August 2021). "Mobile battle royale Free Fire surpasses 150 million peak daily active players". Game World Observer. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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