Spike (company)
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| Kabushiki gaisha | |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Fate | Merged with Chunsoft |
| Successor | Spike Chunsoft |
| Founded | October 18, 1991[1] |
| Defunct | April 1, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |
Spike (スパイク Supaiku) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment. 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: Please Deliver My Child[5]
- Crimson Tears
- Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei
- 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: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable ports)
Games published in Japan
- 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
- Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime (PSP version)
- Formation Soccer 2002
- Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4: Kami no Me to Akuma no Heso
- 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
- 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
- ↑ "History for Spike Co., Ltd.". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ 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) (Japanese)
- IGN's company profile