WeMade was founded on February 10, 2000, by the original "Legend of Mir" developers. They chose the name WeMade Entertainment to acknowledge a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by their Korean publishing partner Actoz against the Chinese game operator Shanda. Shanda had copied "Legend of Mir" under the name "The World of Legend", prompting the lawsuit. In choosing their company name, the developers were making the point that “We made "Legend of Mir"”. Shanda settled the lawsuit by acquiring Actoz and operating it as Shanda Korea.