Arc Games (Gearbox Publishing SF, Perfect World Entertainment)
American video game publisher headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States, with Shanghai operations. Legal entity: Arc Games Inc. MULTI-STAGE REBRAND HISTORY: (1) Originally Perfect World Entertainment - NA publishing subsidiary of Chinese MMO giant Perfect World Co., Ltd., publishing Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Champions Online (Cryptic Studios titles) and the Torchlight series. (2) 2022: Embracer Group acquired Perfect World Entertainment's NA publishing business, absorbed it into Gearbox Publishing as Gearbox Publishing San Francisco. (3) April 2024: rebranded to Arc Games after Embracer sold Gearbox Software to Take-Two (Embracer retained the publishing entity). (4) November 2025: Embracer Group divested Arc Games and Cryptic Studios to Project Golden Arc for $30 million, ending Embracer ownership; Arc Games continues as publisher under the new owner. Major published titles: Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Torchlight series, Remnant series, Risk of Rain 2, Hyper Light Breaker. CRITICAL DISAMBIGUATION (rule 25): NOT Arc System Works (unrelated Japanese fighting-game company).
- Type: Publisher · Buyer
- Headquarters: United States
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, Porting services, QA and testing services, Game development and engineering, Audio design and production services, Art, assets and fonts production services
- Credited games in the group: 15
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Gunfire Games — Development, 7 shared credits, 2020–2024
- Panic Button — Game development and engineering, Porting services, 3 shared credits, 2015–2019
- Runic Games, Inc. — Development, Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2015–2019
- Keywords Studios Katowice — QA and testing services, 2 shared credits, 2023–2025
- WB Games — Audio design and production services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- The Audio Hive — Audio design and production services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- CGBot — Art, assets and fonts production services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- Abstraction — Development, Porting services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2024
- metricminds — Trailers, cinematics and cut-scenes Production services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- Snapshot Games — Development, 1 shared credits, 2025–2025
- Gearbox Publishing, LLC — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- BlitWorks (Larian Studios Spain) — Porting services, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
- Dekogon Studios — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- Keywords Studios — QA and testing services, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
- OMNOM! workshop — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
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Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/arc-games-gearbox-publishing-sf-perfect-world-entertainment