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Forrest Li and his friends founded Garena in Singapore and within a year expanded Garena's presence to Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines and the CIS. Most recently, Garena extended its reach to Thailand and Indonesia.
Garena started in 2007 as an Esports community. Through the experience, the founders was fascinated with the rapid evolution of online games. Inspired to build a great gaming company together, Forrest and his friends incorporated Garena in 2009 with their passion to bring the online gaming experience to a higher level.
Garena launched its flagship online game platform in 2010. Known as Garena+, the social platform is designed for online gamers to meet, chat and play games with each other. On Garena+, gamers are able to effortlessly discover and play games while connecting with other gamers. Garena+ provides gamers with the ability to track gameplay, view the achievements of their buddies through a centralized buddy list, connect with clans and groups of similar interests on games, and voice chat with many gamers simultaneously through public or private channels. Within one year time, the monthly active users on Garena+ surpassed the 1 million mark.
In addition to providing an esports playground for popular classics such as DotA and Age of Empire, Garena also introduced latest premium online games on Garena+, including the award-winning League of Legends and other premium game titles, such as the first-person shooting game Black Shot and real-time strategy game Heroes of Newerth.
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Company Coverage
Garena announce there will be four esports tournaments for Free Fire in 2020 with a collective prize pool of 2 million dollars
Free Fire developers Garena have released a self-composed rap song and music video ahead of an upcoming event
Garena Free Fire will have a one-day ranked event and add a new map to celebrate the New Year
Garena Free Fire exclusive interview: What does the future hold for 2019's most downloaded mobile game?
Garena Free Fire's latest update brings changes to speed up unlocking characters
Garena Free Fire's "High Tide" episode brings swashbuckling pirate fun to the battle royale megahit
Garena’s battle royale game Free Fire surpasses $1 billion of lifetime revenue
Garena Free Fire's Free Fire World Series 2019 comes to a head this weekend
Top Stories
Asia and MENA to reach 2 billion gamers by 2028 as revenue soars past $85 billion in 2023
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Events
Tribeca Games Festival 2024 | North America | Jun 5th |
Angles 24 Freeplay Conference | Australasia | Jun 6th |
Game Audio Symposium 2024 | Europe | Jun 7th |
Future Games Show 2024 | Jun 8th | |
Xbox Games Showcase / [Redacted] Direct | Jun 9th | |
PC Gaming Show 2024 | Jun 9th | |
Steam Next Fest: June 2024 Edition | Jun 10th | |
GamesForum Hamburg 2024 | Europe | Jun 11th |