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Leyou Group is a game development and distribution company that pioneers a multiplayer online game free model. The company is a developer and publisher of PC and home console video games around the globe, and also a market leader in the niche of free-to-play online multiplayer games. It owns several game development studios across the world, including the globally renowned Digital Extremes and Splash Damage, and has around 600 full-time employees. Leyou is running several free-to-play multiplayer games. Warframe, one of its flagship products, is self-created and published by Digital Extremes. The game has constantly maintained a top ten ranking among all games on Steam, and ranks third in the free-to-play category, behind only Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. Leyou is focused on developing new free-to-play online multiplayer games and maintains a strong pipeline, including The Amazing Eternals, Transformers Online, Civilization Online, and other unannounced projects. Its product strategy is to focus on the development of high-quality PC and home console video games, driven by a free-to-play business model. Leyou will further expand its internal developing and publishing teams and build synergies within existing studios and functions, continue to look for opportunities to acquire additional world-class game studios to further increase the company’s development capabilities, and work closely with various business partners, including renowned IP owners, to expand our ability to develop and publish world-class videogames. Headquartered in Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, Leyou was founded by Alex Xu in 2011.
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