![]() MiHoYo launched FlyMe2theMoon on 28 September 2011, on the App Store as an independent developer. This my first impression of Shanghai, very good. In fact, she knew that I was not a student here, but she did not chase me away. When I finished my art work and was about to return to Guangzhou to graduate, the day I walked out of the dormitory with my luggage, the supervisor took the initiative to say goodbye to me. When I went out or fetched water, I had to secretly avoid the dormitory supervisor. I stayed in Wei's dormitory for some time. Zhang recounted his experience of working at the team's dormitory: As the only artist on the team, he created every artwork for their early titles. The first character he was commissioned to design was Kiana Kaslana, the main character of FlyMe2theMoon. He was in the second half of his senior year when he met miHoYo's founders at his internship. At that time, Zhang was an undergraduate student at the Guangdong University of Technology, School of Art and Design, Department of Animation. No one had artistic ability, so Zhang Qinghua ( 张庆华), also known as CiCi, got contacted on Tencent social media. Each person had a desk against the wall, and a large table filled with comics and light novels sat at the center of the room. They moved from the dormitory to the office in December. 100 Qinzhou Road, with a term of six months and a CNY 100,000 interest-free loan from the Eaglet Program ( 雏鹰计划) of the Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates ( 上海市大学生科技创业基金会). miHoYo was awarded a 50-square-meter office, located at No. Later that year, Liu Wei, representing the group, participated in the New Entrepreneur Talents ( 新新创业达人) competition and won third place. In January 2011, the three students set up the miHoYo studio in the D32 university dormitory at their campus. Shanda Games later outsourced them to develop a mini-game called Bubble Hero ( 泡泡英雄). The team won a cash prize of CNY 30,000 provided by Shanda Games. Using an upgraded version of the engine, they developed a game called Legend of Saha ( 娑婆物语) for a Flash game development competition held during the second China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) in July of that year. Katsuragi Misato, a character from the Japanese franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion, inspired the name. ![]() In 2010, the team developed an isometric tile-based game engine called the "Misato Engine" or "Misato2D" using Adobe Flash Player. ![]() Their first project was an open-source literature community which won them scholarships worth CNY 200,000 at a competition. Before establishing the miHoYo name, the three have worked on projects together. MiHoYo began with three computer science students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University who shared an interest in technology and ACG (anime, comics, and games) culture: Cai "Hugh" Haoyu ( 蔡浩宇), Liu "Forrest" Wei ( 刘伟), and Luo Yuhao ( 罗宇皓). Hatsune Miku was picked because of her popularity among otakus. Due to "HoYo" already being registered, "mi" from the VOCALOID software Hatsune Miku was prepended to the name. The letters "H" and "Y" in miHoYo's name come from the names 2 of 3 founders, Cai Haoyu and Luo Yuhao, and the letter "O" was added based on the fact that names of famous companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft contain that letter. is the co-publisher of Tears of Themis, Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero. and the global subsidiary Cognosphere Pte., Ltd. MiHoYo also operates under the subsidiaries Shanghai miHoYo Yingtie Technology and Shanghai miHoYo Tianming Technology the former is the publisher of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, while the latter is the developer of Tears of Themis. Since then, miHoYo has been doing business globally under the brand and has operations in Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Seoul. ( trading as HoYoverse and stylized as COGNOSPHERE) based in Queenstown, Singapore. Another game that they have developed is Genshin Impact, an open-world action role-playing game, which is one of the highest-grossing mobile games of 2021.Īiming to expand its content production, technology research, and publications outside China, in February 2022, miHoYo launched its global publishing subsidiary Cognosphere Pte., Ltd. miHoYo also developed Tears of Themis, a free-to-play adventure game. The company is the creator of the Honkai series, which consists of several games, including Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai: Star Rail. ![]() In addition to games, the company has created various products such as animated series, novels, comics, music, and merchandise. ( Chinese: 米哈游 pinyin: Mǐhāyóu) is a Chinese video game development and publishing company. Shànghǎi Mǐhāyóu Wǎngluò Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī Shanghai miHoYo Network Technology Co., Ltd. ![]()
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