Game Arts

Game Arts Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社ゲームアーツ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu
Type	Public
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Yoichi Miyaji (President, CEO)
Revenue	¥4.56 billion (2007)
Number of employees	33 (2013)
Parent	GungHo Online Entertainment
Website	www.gamearts.co.jp

Game Arts Co., Ltd. (株式会社ゲームアーツ, Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games located in Tokyo. Originally established in 1985 as a computer software company, it expanded into producing for a number of game console and handheld systems.^[1] Its President and CEO in 2007 was Yoichi Miyaji at which time it was a member of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan (CESA). Its major trading partners then included Square Enix, Bandai, Koei, and Gung-Ho Online Entertainment, some of whom co-developed or produced games in cooperation with the company.^[2]

The company has produced a number of games for several genres, beginning with the action game Thexder for personal computers in 1985. A number of traditional and Mahjong-related games have also been produced for Japanese audiences. In the Western world, Game Arts is best known as the producers of the Lunar and Grandia series of role-playing video games, as well as the Gungriffon line of strategy games. Some of its staff has helped in the preliminary development of Nintendo's Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl.^[3]

On April 22, 2009, Game Arts released the PlayStation port of Grandia in Japan on the PlayStation Network as a downloadable title in the PSone Classics range, to celebrate an upcoming announcement for Grandia Online, suggesting that they continue to provide for and support the title.^[4]

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External links

• Official website