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In 2017, Garena launched its first self-developed mobile game, Free Fire. Since its release, Free Fire has gained a substantial user base in Southeast Asia and Latin America and expanded its reach, being available in more than 130 countries. [18] As of February 2024, Free Fire has over 100 million daily active users worldwide. [7]
Established in 2009 by Forrest Li, Sea was initially founded as Garena, a game development and publishing company known for its Free Fire title. The company rebranded itself under the present-day Sea brand in May 2017 after securing funding worth US$550 million, although the Garena brand was retained for its digital entertainment arm.
Free Fire Max is an enhanced version of Free Fire that was released in 2021. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] It features improved High-Definition graphics , sound effects , and a 360-degree rotatable lobby. Players can use the same account to play both Free Fire Max and Free Fire , and in-game purchases, costumes, and items are synced between the two games. [ 70 ]
Garena Free Fire: 111 Dot Studio Garena: Android, iOS Third-person Yes Yes also known as Free Fire: Battlegrounds: October 11, 2017: Surviv.io: Justin Kim and Nick Clark Kongregate. Justin Kim and Nick Clark Kongregate Browser, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android, iOS Top Down: Yes Yes Heavily inspired by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
The Free Fire World Series 2023 (FFWS) was the fifth edition of Free Fire World Series, the annual international Garena Free Fire championship contested by the best teams across the world hosted by Garena.. [1] The tournament took place in November 2023. It was hosted in Bangkok, Thailand.
SuperData Research reported that the top four highest-grossing battle royale games of 2020 (PUBG Mobile, Garena Free Fire, Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite) generated more than $7 billion worldwide in combined digital revenue that year. [88] Fortnite grossed over $9 billion worldwide by 2019, [89] while PUBG Mobile grossed over $8 billion by ...
The Free Fire World Series (FFWS) is the annual professional Free Fire world championship tournament hosted by Garena. Teams compete for a total prize pool of US$2 million. [1] The 2021 edition of the event became world's most watched esports event by peak live viewer count at the time. [2]
Free Fire World Series 2020 had to be replaced with Free Fire Continental Series 2020 which was held to be on April 19. Free Fire Continental Series was held as 3 separate events for Asia, EMEA and Americas. The event was streamed live on YouTube and had 1.5 million peak live viewers. There was a prize pool of $300,000.