Recent History
On April 23, 2009, Red 5 Studios announced the closing of their Shanghai office.
In January 2010 Red 5 laid off about 30 people.
In March 2010 an announcement revealed that Chinese company The9 acquired majority shares in Red 5.
On September 8, 2010, Red 5 Studios revealed Firefall at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington.
In July 2011, Red 5 announced a collaboration with Orson Scott Card, author of the science fiction novel Ender's Game, as writer of the Firefall story as well as the creation of a manga novel co-written by his daughter Emily Janice Card and drawn by Joe Ng.
On September 30, 2011 it was announced that Red 5 Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of The9, would substitute Webzen for publishing in all of the countries worldwide other than the United States, Canada and European countries.
On October 21, 2011 Chinese company The9 established Red 5 Singapore to handle game operations in Asia.
In August, 2011 after PAX Prime, Red 5 began closed beta testing on Firefall and currently is in the closed beta at this moment.
Red 5 Studios also pulled support from 2012 E3 in protest of the ESA's support of SOPA and PIPA. Mark Kern instead created League for Gamers with the fifty thousand dollars intended to be spent on E3.
Red 5 Studios has also currently hired two cosplayers to play the part of two Firefall storyline characters, Typhon and Mourningstar, and both were shown off during SXSW 2012.
Red 5 announced it is to open a new 30-man office in Cork, Ireland, initially dedicated to European support and localization for the upcoming free-to-play shooter Firefall.
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