Com2uS (
Korean: 컴투스) is a South Korean mobile and
online game development/publishing company established in 1998.[1] Com2uS develops games for Android,
iOS, and other platforms.[2] The company's corporate offices are located in the
United States, Korea,
Japan, and
China.
In 2007, Com2uS was listed on
KOSDAQ.[3] On October 4, 2013,
Gamevil acquired a majority stake in Com2uS for a little over $65 million.[4][5]
Com2us launched Summoners War in 2014 and subsequently went on to earn more than $1 billion in revenue from the game in over three years.[6][7][8][9][10] The results sky-rocketed the stock price of the company to over 1.3 trillion won as of April 2019.
History
Com2uS Corporation was founded in 1998 by
Korea University students Jiyoung Park, Youngil Lee, and Yu Jin (Gin) Hyeon, who developed games for mobile devices.
On September 10, 2008, the mobile game division of
Disney (Disney Interactive) made a deal with Com2uS in which the latter would develop games for the former to publish and distribute in the United States. Disney Puzzle Family was the first game developed under the agreement, which was released later that month. The next title with Disney Interactive, Disney Game Parade, was released the following year.[11]
In 2008, Com2uS registered a trademark for the term "Tower Defense". Many developers who make tower defense games have changed their games because of this, including
Ninja Kiwi's games in the Bloons Tower Defense series.[12] During early 2010, some developers in
Apple's
App Store affected by this change had reported receiving messages asking them to change names of games, citing
trademark violation.[13][14]
On October 4, 2013,
Gamevil acquired 21.37% of Com2us for $65 million.[4]
On October 18, 2021, Com2uS announced that it had invested a total of 350 billion won ($295 million) in media and gaming companies that year.[16] Investments included acquiring 13.7% of Wysiwyg Studios in March, and an additional investment in August bringing its total stake in the company to 38.11%. Earlier in the year, In February 2021, Com2uS became the second-largest shareholder in
Devsisters with a total 14.88% stake. Com2uS also acquired 2.1% stake in
K bank, as well as investments into Allm, Grampus, Jungle Studios, Whynot Media, and Mediacan.
On November 30, 2021, Gamevil changed its corporate name to ‘Com2uS Holdings’ after 21 years in order to strengthen its holding role and increase cooperation with other affiliates in hopes of increasing its reach at a time of rapid global expansion.[17]
On March 28, 2022, Com2uS announced the acquisition of My Music Taste controlling a 58.5% stake in the company.[18]
The company launched its metaverse platform Com2Verse in July 2023, but began downsizing two months later after operating at a net loss.[19] In August, Com2uS partnered with Firefly Games,
The Sandbox, and Formless Capital to form MetaWorld Entertainment, a new venture that would focus on
Web3 experiences.[20] On November 1, 2022, Com2uS acquired a 4.2% stake in
SM Entertainment.[21] In January 2023, Com2uS began looking for employees to voluntarily resign.[22]
In January 2024, following an extended period of operating at a loss, the company began asking for voluntary resignations as it looked to cut "a two-digit number of people."[22]
The Walking Dead: All-Stars: A mobile idle survival
role-playing video game available both on
Android and
iOS.[31] It was released globally on August 31, 2022.[32] It features a vast array of characters and skills, as well as idle battle and collection systems.[33] In this game, players must strategically recruit survivors and collect resources through a variety of story-driven modes and in-game events to build and evolve their own sanctuary while fighting against zombies to survive.[34]