The story
GMO Gamepot was founded in 2001 as Gamepot Co., Ltd. (株式会社ゲームポット, Kabushiki-gaisha Gēmupotto). It was acquired by Aeria in March 2003 and had its first success with an online golf game called Pangya in 2004. Gamepot opened an American publishing division, Gamepot USA, Inc., in Los Angeles in August 2008.
In 2006, Gamepot successfully launched Kunshu (The Monarch Online), Cabal Online, and La Tale. In 2008, Gamepot merged with Wizardry owner Aeria IPM. Also, Gamepot (USA) partnered with Square Enix in the English localization of Fantasy Earth Zero in 2010 and created Wizardry Online in 2013. Gamepot was acquired by GMO Internet in November 2013 and its name was changed to GMO Gamepot on January 1, 2014.
Alteil, a story-driven, Flash-based online collectible card game produced by Dex Entertainment and published by Media Blasters, is now managed by Gamepot.
GMO Gamepot closed on December 1, 2017 and was absorbed by GMO Internet.
From Wikipedia’s article on Gamepot, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4