Garena
Singaporean digital entertainment platform
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| February 2024 | Free Fire achieved a peak of over 100 million daily active users. |
| 2023 | Garena announced plans to publish Undawn, an open-world zombie survival game, across Southeast Asia and began releasing Black Clover Mobile. |
| December 2023 | Announced plans to consolidate local Free Fire leagues under the FFWS brand starting in 2024 and partnered with the Esports World Cup (EWC) Foundation for Free Fire's inclusion in the inaugural EWC in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
| January 2023 | League of Legends transitioned to self-publishing starting from January 2023, ending Garena's publishing of the game. |
| September 2021 | Garena launched Free Fire Max globally, an enhanced version of Free Fire with improved graphics, customizable map, and exclusive content. |
| May 2021 | The Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore achieved a record 5.4 million concurrent viewers, marking the highest peak viewership for any esports match in history. |
| May 2021 | Free Fire reached over 150 million daily active users globally, marking a significant milestone for Garena's mobile gaming success. |
| January 2021 | Garena acquired Vancouver-based Phoenix Labs, developers of Dauntless, to expand its international game development capabilities. |
| 2020 | Conducted the Free Fire Continental Series (FFCS) across three regions: Americas, Asia, and EMEA. The Asia Series broke records with over 2.5 million peak concurrent viewers. |
| 2019 | Held the Free Fire World Series in Rio de Janeiro, which achieved a peak of more than 2 million concurrent viewers. |
| 2017 | Garena released Free Fire, a mobile battle royale game that would later become extremely popular in the mobile gaming market. |
| January 2015 | Launched the Iron Solari League, a monthly women's League of Legends tournament in the Philippines aimed at encouraging participation by under-represented groups. |
| November 2014 | Garena e-Sports Stadium opened in Neihu District, Taipei, to accommodate the League of Legends Masters Series for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. |
| January 4 2013 | Second season of Garena Premier League began, expanding to eight teams with the addition of new teams from Taiwan and Vietnam. |
| May 2012 | Garena launched the Garena Premier League (GPL), a six-month-long online professional League of Legends gaming league featuring six professional teams from Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Singapore. |
| 2010 | Garena began publishing League of Legends by Riot Games and Heroes of Newerth by Frostburn Studios in multiple Southeast Asian countries. |
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