Eyedentity Games

{{Short description|South Korean video game developer}}

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| name = Eyedentity Games

| type = Subsidiary of Shanda Games

| foundation = 2007

| parent = Shanda Games

| location = Seoul, South Korea

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| industry = Video game development

| products = Dragon Nest

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| homepage = https://www.eyedentitygames.com/

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Eyedentity Games, Inc. is a South Korean developer of online games founded in 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://ir.shandagames.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=505765 |title=Shanda Games LTD. - Shanda Games Limited to Acquire Eyedentity Games |access-date=2011-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050555/http://ir.shandagames.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=505765 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }} The studio's first game is the commercially successful fast-paced action MMORPG, Dragon Nest. Eyedentity Games was acquired by Chinese digital entertainment company Shanda Games in September 2010.

The studio also released a Diablo-like Chibi-Styled action MMORPG in 2012, titled Dungeon Strikers following Dragon Nest's success. The game is currently in Open-Beta in Korea and rights have sold to Game Flier for distribution in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Controversy

In April 2018, Eyedentity Games staff members were arrested for withholding overtime payment.{{Cite web | url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/labor/839690.html |title = 중국계 게임사, 초과수당 안주려 정부까지 속였다|date = 2018-04-09}}

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