Rising Star Games
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Rising Star Games is a video game publishing company that was formed as a joint business venture between Scandinavian distributor Bergsala and Japanese developer Marvelous Interactive.[1] Its focus is to publish selected titles from its Japanese parent company's library for release in European and Australian markets.[2] The company is based in Luton in Bedfordshire, England. It has published 18 titles for the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 2.[3]
In late 2007, the company was surrounded with controversy over what appeared to be its decision to censor the European version of No More Heroes, though it was later revealed that the decision was made by its parent company and the developer Grasshopper Manufacture.[4]
Rising Star Games has recently announced that it will be publishing Harvest Moon: Magical Melody for Wii in Europe. The game will be released on 14th March 2008 [5]. The game was originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan in 2005, and then translated for release in the Americas in 2006, but was not released in Europe.
[edit] References
- ^ PRESS RELEASE: Atari And Rising Star Games Announce PAL Territories Deal. Eurogamer (2005-10-24). Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Rising Star Games: Corporate. Rising Star Games. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Rising Star Games: About us. Rising Star Games. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Parfitt, Ben (2007-12-12). Studio boss chose to censor Euro No More Heroes. MCVUK. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Harvest Moon Magical Melody - Out 14th March!. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
