Hangame

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Hangame

Homepage layout Homepage as of May 2010
Type of site	Online game portal
Available in	Korean, Japanese
Owner	NHN Corporation
URL	http://www.hangame.com, http://www.hange.jp
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Required
Launched	December 1999
Current status	Online
Content license	Copyrighted

Hangame (Korean: 한게임) (also known as Hange (Japanese: ハンゲ) and formerly known as NHN Hangame (Japanese: NHNハンゲーム) in Japan) is a popular South Korean online game portal operated by NHN Corporation. Launched in December 1999, Hangame offers casual, first-person shooter, MMORPGs, sports, and other genres. With over 20 million members and a peak concurrent user base of 290,000 in South Korea, it is the country's largest game portal.^[1] Hangame also has affiliates in Japan (NHN PlayArt). It also offers channeling and publishing services for many popular online games.