Type Public Website changyou.com Founded 2003 | Traded as NASDAQ: CYOU Headquarters Beijing, China Parent organization Sohu | |
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Genre massively multiplayer online games Predecessor An online games unit of Sohu Stock price CYOU (NASDAQ) US$ 27.97 -0.55 (-1.93%)2 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-5 - Disclaimer Video games Dragon Oath, Zentia, Echo of Soul, Empire of Angels, Blade Wars | ||
Changyou.com ltd operates online games, primarily massively multiplayer online games, in China. Originally an internal division of Chinese Internet company Sohu, Changyou was spun off and went public in 2009. The company claims it was operating independently of Sohu as early as 2007.
Some of its games derive revenue from the sale of virtual goods, and many are licensed rather than developed in-house. Such deals have helped its roster of MMORPGs swell from two in 2009 to nearly a dozen as of 2014.
C. 2009, its most popular game may have been the MMO Tian Long Ba Bu (Chinese: 天龙八部), which translated means "Novel of Eight Demigods". Some games in its portfolio are available to play outside of China in countries including Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.
In 2011, the company purchased nearly 70% of a browser games maker, 7Road.