Smilegate West is a leading publisher of free-to-play online games. Founded in 2006, Smilegate West’s mission is to become the number one online game publisher in North and South America.

Smilegate West currently publishes CROSSFIRE and Lost Saga in the Americas, U.K. and the MENA region through its proprietary gaming portal Z8Games. Based in Toronto, Canada, Smilegate West employs a staff of widely-talented and culturally diverse employees, headed by an experienced management team. In publishing CROSSFIRE, the world's largest first-person online shooter with more than 8 million concurrent users globally, Smilegate West continues to deliver the highest quality free-to-play gaming experience.

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History

Originally founded in 2006, G4Box began as Smilegate Entertainment’s North American publishing partner. In 2013 we officially joined the Smilegate family under the name Smilegate West.

In the last decade, we grew from a team of four into a team of over 80 talented individuals whose hard work has allowed the company to expand its efforts from North America to the Western Market as a whole and beyond.

Smilegate global network

Smilegate West is dedicated to providing its users with entertaining experiences and quality game services.

Our Games

Smilegate West is dedicated to providing its users with entertaining experiences and quality game services.

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Competitive Scene

Smilegate West looks to further grow the competitive scene of CROSSFIRE in its supported regions by increasing the number of live tournaments for users to participate in.

Live CROSSFIRE tournaments come in all different forms all around the world. Bigger CROSSFIRE tournaments have been found throughout various conference and Expos, such as the LVL UP Expo in Las Vegas or the Brasil Game Show in Brazil. More intimate tournaments have been held in select internet cafes found in Egypt and Turkey.

Brazil

CFS

MENA

Toronto

eSports

CROSSFIRE Brazil continues to lead the eSports scene in Brazil.

Smilegate West hosts a series of tournaments in major gaming expos such as the X5 Mega Arena (XMA), the Brazil Mega Arena (BRMA), and the Brazil Gaming League (BGL).

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eSports

Smilegate West supports the annual CROSSFIRE Stars Tournament.

As the biggest tournament series amongst all versions of the game, CFS brings together the very best in competitive CROSSFIRE during its National Finals, Invitational and Grand Finals events.

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eSports

Smilegate West has an extremely strong presence in the MENA region with Egypt as its focal point.

Our presence in the region extends to extensive billing & POS payment network reach across all local payment methods, strong partnerships with local media and E-Sports organizations, local marketing agencies & vendors and a loyal userbase stemming from CROSSFIRE’s dominant position in the region as the #1 free-to-play FPS game.

eSports

Toronto Event took place to celebrate CROSSFIRE 8th Anniversary Live, in Toronto.

Local players participate in our tournaments, raffles, and other CROSSFIRE activities to get their hands on all kinds of CROSSFIRE rewards and swag!

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Our Culture

Smilegate West celebrates the diversity amongst all its team members, with a variety of different countries, religions and ethnicities being represented in its office.

The multicultural nature of Smilegate West results in different views and experiences coming together in order to provide users with a quality experience.

Benefits

Smilegate West, Inc. offers competitive compensation, benefits, generous vacation time, casual work environment and an opportunity to learn and grow in a fast paced, challenging environment. Here are some benefit information provided for our employees.

Medical Insurance

Generous medical insurance including extended health care (e.g. drug, vision, dental, paramedical services etc.).

Vacation and Leaves

EXTRA 5 to 15 days of Paid Time Off(PTO) on top of Vacation for all employees and various Paid Time leave (Birth or adoption of a child, bereavement, jury duty etc.)

Lunch N Learn

Lunch N Learn session to aid our Employees in topics that best suit a variety of needs: health, money management, child care, permanent residency, etc.

Monthly Social

Monthly employee Birthday party, companywide games, BBQ party, Company Olympics etc

Team Lunch

Team Lunch to promote the growth of new ideas and relationships within the individual teams throughout the office.

Happy Hour

SGW Happy Hour event to give everyone an opportunity to take a break from the desk, kick back with colleagues and enjoy drink (either alcohol or non-alcohol).

"Don’t be hard and fast against the storm such as tree as you may broke, be flexible such as wheats in farms. Take your own strategy against the life storms!”

Arash

Manager of DevOps

"Every day a new challenge to face, understand, and overcome."

Michael

Associate Producer

"There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW!"

Berjis

Senior Graphic Designer

Career

We are currently looking for talented and passionate individuals to dive into our world of imagination.

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Here is how we make Smiles in the company.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

August, 2018

Toronto

#eat #drink #play

Holiday Party

December, 2017

Toronto

#christmas #happyNewYear

Defcon Paintball!!

August,2017

Toronto

We had the chance to visit the Paintball event at Defcon Paintball Toronto in Scarborough. During the game, the referee splits everyone into two groups. If you were hit three times, you were out of the game. It was extremely fun and competitive! We hope you guys had a great time too!!

Easter Egg Hunt

April,2017

Toronto

Easter is coming!!! I know most of you guys have been waiting for our annual Easter Egg Hunt Event since last year. If you missed nice gift last time, don’t miss out this chance as we have much more rewards ready for this year.

Social Hacking Session

July,2017

Toronto

You may not realize it, but you are a target for cyber criminal. Your computer, your mobile devices, your accounts and your information all have tremendous value.

15th Anniversary

June,2017

Toronto

On June 1st, the company held a Smilegate’s 15th Anniversary party. Our CEO have us a speech, sharing the company’s recent progress and plan.

Dave and Buster

May, 2017

Toronto

#eat #drink #play #watch

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