Spike (company)
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Native name | [スパイク] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: jp (help) |
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| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha (Defunct) |
| Industry | Video games industry |
| Defunct | April 1, 2012 |
| Fate | Merged with Chunsoft |
| Successor | Spike Chunsoft |
| Headquarters | Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |
Spike Co. Ltd. (スパイク, Supaiku) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment.[1] Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series is owned by Spike. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft.
Subsidiaries
Vaill (ヴァイル株式会社): A development subsidiary established in October 1999, though eventually absorbed back into them.[2][3] Seemingly unrelated to the Vaill Corporation established in 2005.[4]
Games developed
- Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure![5]
- Crimson Tears
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
- Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
- Elvandia Story
- Escape from Bug Island (Necro-Nesia in Japan)
- Fire Pro Wrestling
- Michigan
- King of Colosseum
- King of Colosseum II
- LifeSigns: Surgical Unit
- Racingroovy (with Sammy Studios)
- Shinjyuku no Ōkami
- Twilight Syndrome: Kinjiratera Toshi Densetsu
- 428: Shibuya Scramble (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable ports)
- Yuuyami Doori Tankentai
Games published in Japan
- Astro Tripper
- BioShock
- Call of Duty 3
- Conflict: Denied Ops (Double Clutch in Japan)
- Colin McRae Rally (Colin McRae : The Rally in Japan)
- Dead Island
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Shiren the Wanderer (PSP version)
- Formation Soccer 2002
- Shiren the Wanderer 4
- Gachitora!: Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School
- Greed Corp
- Haze
- Homefront
- Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
- Kenka Bancho
- Kenka Bancho 2: Full Throttle
- Kenka Bancho 3: Zenkoku Seiha (Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble in North America)
- Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensō
- Kenka Bancho 5: Otoko no Rule
- Kenka Bancho 6: Soul and Blood
- MadWorld
- Metro 2033
- Midnight Club: Los Angeles
- Red Faction: Guerrilla
- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
- Samurai Western
- The Darkness
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary
- Tomb Raider: Underworld
- True Crime: New York City
- Urban Chaos: Riot Response
- Wanted: Weapons of Fate
- Way of the Samurai
- Way of the Samurai 2
- Way of the Samurai 3
- Way of the Samurai 4
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
References
- ^ Szczepaniak, John (2015). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. S.M.G. Szczepaniak. p. 266. ISBN 9780992926007. OCLC 890601504.
- ^ 有価証券報告書(2000-04-01 - 2001-03-31)
- ^ Introduction
- ^ http://www.vaill.jp/
- ^ Spencer (October 25, 2011). "Spike's Upcoming RPG Is All About Making Babies". Siliconera. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived March 12, 2012) Template:Ja icon
- [1]
- IGN's company profile
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