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gPotato
Type of site
Video game portal
Available in10 languages
OwnerGala Inc.
URLwww.gpotato.jp
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Users21 million [1]
Copyright
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gPotato is a free multiplayer game portal website operated in Japan and South Korea by Gala Inc. and its subsidiaries, and formerly in North America and Europe by subsidiaries of South Korean-based Webzen. gPotato game portals are in South Korea and Japan. Games hosted at gPotato range from traditional MMORPGs to more accessible casual flash games/browser-based games, all of which are free-to-play so no annual/monthly payment is required; revenue is generated from a micropayment system. Games and their premium item shops can be accessed by the Group's regional gPotato portal sites.

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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.'[2] 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.

gPotato in North America and Europe was previously operated by Gala Inc. In February 2013, Gala-Net, Gala Networks Europe and Gala-Net Brazil were acquired by Webzen.[3] In May 2014 the European and North American gPotato Web sites were merged into the Webzen.com portal.

Serviced Languages[edit]

PortalLanguagesCompanyEstablished
gPotato.jpJapaneseGala Japan Inc.2006
gPotato.krKoreanGala Lab Corp.2010

gPotato Portals[edit]

The gPotato portal sites are serviced by Group companies of Gala Inc. in Japan and South Korea.

  • 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 language market. As of July 2013, Spanish game services have been discontinued. This portal was merged into Webzen.com and closed in May 2014.
  • 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. This portal was merged into Webzen.com and closed in May 2014.
  • 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. The games on this portal were shut down in July 2013.
  • 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.[4]

Community[edit]

In September 2011, the global gPotato community had over 20 million registered members[1][5] playing on 18 games globally.As with all free-to-play 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[edit]

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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[edit]

The virtual currency 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, 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.

Security[edit]

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On July 12, 2007, gPotato suffered a data breach in which more than 2 million users' account details were exposed.[6] At the time of the breach's discovery in 2016, the affected user accounts had since been migrated to the Webzen.com portal. The exposed data included dates of birth, email addresses, genders, IP addresses, names, passwords, physical addresses, security questions and answers, usernames, and website activity.

Games[edit]

Games Developed[edit]

TitleDeveloperGenreFirst Released
FlyffGala LabClient-based MMO2005
Street GearsGala LabClient-based MMO2007
RappelzGala LabClient-based MMO2006
Eternal BladeGala LabClient-based MMO2010

Games Formerly Licensed[edit]

TitleDeveloperGenreFirst Released
Space Cowboy OnlineMasangSoft2006[7]
Canaan OnlineXPEC Entertainment2008
Prius OnlineCJ Corporation2008
TalesRunnerRhaon Entertainment2008
Castle of HeroesSnail Game2009
DragonicaGravity Games2009
Luna OnlineEya Soft2009
AIKA OnlineJoyImpact2010
Vandia BreakerNamco Bandai2010
Allods OnlineNival2010
Iris OnlineEya Soft2010
KungFu Hero9wee2010
Terra MilitarisSnail Game2010
Age of WulinSnail GameOpen Beta July 2013

References[edit]

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  1. ^ ab'オンラインゲームポータルサイト「gPotato」累計会員数 2,000 万人突破'(PDF) (in Japanese). Gala Inc. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^'Company: Corporate Philosophy'. Gala Inc. Nov 2007. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  3. ^'More about gPotato & Webzen'. gPotato.eu. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  4. ^'Gala Lab history' (in Korean). Gala Lab Corp. June 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^'GALA Group to launch smartphone social game platform'(PDF). Gala Inc. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  6. ^'Have I Been Pwned: Pwned websites'. haveibeenpwned.com. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  7. ^'SPACE COWBOY'. Archived from the original on 2006-06-13. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

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