gPotato, is a free multiplayer game portal website operated regionally by subsidiaries of Japan based Gala Inc.

Gala Inc.

is a holding company based in Tokyo, Japan, that administers GALA Group, which is made up of subsidiary companies of Gala Inc. The group of companies embraces three types of business: MMORPG games, web design and data mining...

  gPotato game portals are in South Korea, Japan, North America, Europe and Brazil. Games hosted at gPotato range from traditional MMORPG

MMORPG

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

s to more accessible casual flash games/browser-based games, all of which are free-to-play

Free-to-play

Free-to-play refers to any video game that has the option of allowing its players to play without paying. The model was first popularly used in early massively multiplayer online games targeted towards casual gamers, before finding wider adoption among games released by major video game...

 so no annual/monthly payment is required; revenue is generated from a micropayment

Micropayment

A micropayment is a financial transaction involving a very small sum of money and usually one that occurs online. PayPal defines a micropayment as a transaction of less than 12 USD while Visa prefers transactions under 20 Australian dollars, and though micropayments were originally envisioned to...

 system. Games and their premium item shops can be accessed by the Group's regional gPotato portal sites.

gPotato games are aimed at a broad range of players. Gala Inc.'s corporate philosophy is to "connect people all over the world and by doing that, contribute to global peace." With this in mind, the games published on gPotato portals have no blood in them and are appropriate for a wide age group of players.

Serviced Languages

Portal	Languages	Company	Established
gPotato.com es.gPotato.com	English Spanish	Gala-Net Inc.	2005
gPotato.eu	English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Turkish	Gala Networks Europe Ltd.	2006
gPotato.jp	Japanese	Gala Japan Inc.	2008
gPotato.kr	Korean	Gala Lab Corp.	2010
gPotato.com.br	Portuguese	Gala-Net Brazil Ltd.	2010

gPotato Portals

The gPotato portal sites are serviced by Group companies of Gala Inc.

Gala Inc.

is a holding company based in Tokyo, Japan, that administers GALA Group, which is made up of subsidiary companies of Gala Inc. The group of companies embraces three types of business: MMORPG games, web design and data mining...

• gPotato.com and es.gPotato.com launched when Gala-Net Inc. (Sunnyvale, U.S.A.) opened as the North American Group company and online games publisher and launched gPotato.com. The company services the English and Spanish language markets.

• gPotato.eu launched when Gala Networks Europe Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) was founded by Gala-Net as a wholly owned Group company and online games publisher for the European market after launching gPotato.eu.

• gPotato.com.br launched when Gala-Net Brazil Ltd. (São Paulo, Brazil) was founded by Gala-Net as a wholly owned Group company to publishes games for the Portuguese language market.

• gPotato.jp launched when Gala Japan Inc. ガーラジャパン (Tokyo, Japan) was created to publish games in the Japanese market.

• gPotato.kr launched when Gala Lab Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) was created by the 2010 merger of former GALA Group companies Aeonsoft Inc. and nFlavor Corp.

Community

As of September 2011, the global gPotato community has over 20 million registered members playing on 18 games globally.
As with all free-to-play

Free-to-play

Free-to-play refers to any video game that has the option of allowing its players to play without paying. The model was first popularly used in early massively multiplayer online games targeted towards casual gamers, before finding wider adoption among games released by major video game...

 games or gaming communities, the number of registered users has to be differentiated from:

• Unique users; i.e. the number of persons actually registered as differentiated from the number of accounts (a same user can make several accounts, all counted as a "registered user").
• Active users (users returning regularly).
• Paying users (since all of gPotato's games are F2P, it's possible to play without paying anything).

There are no public numbers for unique, active, or paying users.

Portal Features

gPotato portals have a variety of features. Each gPotato portal is designed and maintained based on the cultural trends where that gPotato portal is serviced so the features vary on each gPotato portal site. In general, the portals offer:

• Profile page
• Achievements
• gPotato balance and fill-up

gPotato Currency

The virtual currency

Virtual currency

Virtual currency is used to purchase virtual goods within a variety of online communities; which include social networking websites, virtual worlds and online gaming sites....

 is called gPotatoes. The gPotatoes can be used to obtain virtual game items via a premium item shop. Other users normally would not have access to these items or would have to spend more time in-game to obtain them. gPotatoes can be purchased using credit cards, PayPal

PayPal

PayPal is an American-based global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders....

, charging through the mobile phone, through gPotato pre-paid cards or through earning free gPotatoes by taking online surveys. Payment methods differ from each gPotato portal based on the regional payment options available.

Games Developed

Title	Developer	Genre	First Released	Portal
Flyff Flyff Flyff is a fantasy MMORPG by Korean development company Gala Lab .Flyff is a fairly typical party-oriented grinding game where no character can do everything, and efficient play requires working in groups to level up by killing monsters, or Masquerpets...	Gala Lab	Client-based MMO	2002	gPotato.com es.gPotato.com gPotato.eu gPotato.kr gPotato.com.br gPotato.jp
Street Gears	Gala Lab	Client-based MMO	2002	gPotato.eu
Rappelz Rappelz Rappelz is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The game is developed by the Korean company Gala Lab, formerly nFlavor, and published by the Californian company Gala-Net Inc. It is published in Europe by Gala Networks Europe in French, German, Italian, Polish and Turkish...	Gala Lab	Client-based MMO	2006	gPotato.com es.gPotato.com gPotato.eu gPotato.kr gPotato.com.br gPotato.jp
IL: Soulbringer	Gala Lab	Client-based MMO	2010	gPotato.jp gPotato.kr

Games Licensed

Title	Developer	Genre	First Released	Portal
ROSE Online ROSE Online ROSE Online, or Rush On Seven Episodes Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game previously published by Korean company Gravity Corporation and developed by its subsidiary, Triggersoft...	Triggersoft	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2005	gPotato.jp
Canaan Online Canaan Online Canaan Online or Pet Forest Online is a free-to-play, browser-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game by XPEC Entertainment. It was first released in China in 2008, and was launched in Europe by gPotato Europe in early 2010.Canaan requires no subscription fee to play...	XPEC Entertainment XPEC Entertainment XPEC Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher based in Taiwan. It was founded in 2000. XPEC has participated in the development of next-generation game titles.-Games developed:-Games published:-Games distributed:-External links:...	Browser-based MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2008	gPotato.eu
Prius Online Prius Online Prius Online is a Free-to-play 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game which revolves around a three character playing system. The 3C system consists of your main character, the Anima, and the Gigas...	CJ Corporation	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2008	gPotato.com
TalesRunner TalesRunner Tales Runner is a Massively multiplayer online game created by the South Korean company Rhaon Entertainment and published by Nowcom. It combines the genres of social, fantasy and racing games; players compete by running, jumping, dashing, skiing and climbing across different magical fairy tale...	Rhaon Entertainment	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2008	gPotato.com
Castle of Heroes Castle of Heroes Castle of Heroes is a massively multiplayer online fantasy browser-based strategy game developed by the Chinese developer Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd. and published in the United States by its U.S. publishing division, Snail Games USA...	Snail Game	Browser-based MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2009	gPotato.eu gPotato.kr gPotato.jp
Dragonica Dragonica Dragonica known in North America as Dragon Saga, is a free-to-play 3D side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Barunson Interactive. Development has been ongoing since March 2006. Operation of Dragonica is relegated to different publishers for their respective...	Gravity Games	Side-scrolling MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2009	gPotato.eu
Luna Online	Eya Soft	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2009	gPotato.com
AIKA Online AIKA Online AIKA Online is a free-to-play MMORPG published by two publishers, HanbitSoft and Gala Inc. In Aika’s fantasy world, the demon-like Zerecas have corrupted and enslaved all the creatures in the land with the motive to rid the world of all Humans. The Goddess Aika created the fairy-like Prans to ally...	JoyImpact	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.com
Vandia Breaker	Namco Bandai Namco Bandai , also known as the Bandai Namco Group, is a Japanese holding company formed from the merger of Namco and Bandai. It has interests in toys, video games and arcades, anime, and amusement parks. The new entity was founded on September 29, 2005...	Browser-based MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.jp
Allods Online Allods Online Allods Online is a free-to-play 3D fantasy MMORPG developed by Astrum Nival and published by Astrum Nival in Russia and Turkey, Gala-Net in North America, Cayenne Tech in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, Gala Networks Europe in Europe, and Level Up! Games in Brazil and the Philippines.The fourth in...	Nival Nival (company) Nival is a global video game developer and publisher of social strategy games with extensive experience in strategy game development and massively multiplayer online game publishing. Nival is headquartered in Moscow and was founded in 1996 by Russian games industry veteran Sergey Orlovskiy, who...	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.com gPotato.eu
Iris Online	Eya Soft	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.com gPotato.jp
KungFu Hero	9wee	Browser-based MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.kr
Terra Militaris Terra Militaris Terra Militaris is a massively multiplayer online browser-based strategy game developed by Chinese developer Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd. . It is published in the United States by its U.S. publishing division, Snail Games USA. Published in the Europe by gPotato Europe, the online game portal...	Snail Game	Browser-based MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2010	gPotato.eu
Age of Wulin	Snail Game	Client-based Game client A game client is a piece of software that connects to a game server. The server provides the connection and sends packets of information back to the game client. Many clients can be connected to the server at the same time, which will keep an overall view of the game world. Each game-client has...  MMO Massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...	2011	gPotato.eu