Short description: Japanese video game developer and publisher
D3 Publisher Inc.
Native name
株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Dīsurī Paburisshā
Formerly
CM Japan Co., Ltd.
International Signal Co., Ltd.
D3 Publisher Co., Ltd.
Type
Subsidiary
Industry
Video game
Founded
February 5, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-05)
Headquarters
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan, North America
Key people
Toshihiro Nada (president)
Yuji Ito (executive chairman)
Products
Bullet Girls series
Earth Defense Force series
Omega Labyrinth series
Onechanbara series
Simple series
Net income
¥342.828 million (2020)
Total assets
¥3.783 billion (2020)
Number of employees
21 (2020)
Parent
Culture Publishers (1992-2006)
D3 Inc. (2006-2009)
Bandai Namco Holdings (2009-present)
Website
d3p.co.jp
D3 Publisher Inc.[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992.[1] The company is known for the Simple series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii U, Android, and iOS.
Contents
1History
2Published games
2.1America and Europe
2.2Japan
2.2.1Otome games
3See also
4Notes
5References
6External links
History
Between 2007 and 2014, D3 Publisher owned a North Carolina-based game development studio Vicious Cycle Software.[2][3] In 2009, Bandai Namco Holdings gained a controlling share of D3 and currently owns 95% of its stock.[4][5] After the bankruptcy of Midway Games, the company became the publisher of Cartoon Network games from 2009 until 2014, when American publisher Little Orbit took control. Both D3Publisher and Cartoon Network worked on games based on licenses such as Ben 10 and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi before that.[6]
In 2015, D3 Publisher announced that D3 Publisher of America Inc. would rebrand as D3 Go! and that it would no longer publish video games but focus on publishing mobile games, but D3 Publisher Inc. in Japan would remain the same.[7] D3 Go! is also expected to release some games from D3 Publisher Inc.[8]
On June 27, 2022, 505 Games announced that they have acquired the assets of D3 Go![9]
↑"Little Orbit Acquires Vicious Cycle Software" (Press release). Little Orbit. September 4, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015. The acquisition occurred in Spring of 2014...
↑Glasser, AJ (18 March 2009). "By The Way, Namco Bandai Owns (Most Of) D3". Univision Communications. https://kotaku.com/by-the-way-namco-bandai-owns-most-of-d3-5172623.
↑pm, David AdamsUpdated: 19 May 2012 8:21 amPosted: 9 Jun 2005 9:16 (9 June 2005) (in en), Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Tickles GBA - IGN, https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/09/hi-hi-puffy-amiyumi-tickles-gba, retrieved 2021-11-29
↑"D3Publisher of America rebrands as D3 Go!". 11 May 2015. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-05-11-d3publisher-of-america-rebrands-as-d3-go.
↑"How D3Publisher Became D3 Go!". 11 May 2015. https://d3go.com/how-d3publisher-became-d3go/.
↑"505 Games parent acquires D3 Go". 27 June 2022. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-06-27-505-games-parent-company-acquires-d3-go.
↑"どこかで見た“あのゲー“ムたちを棒人間で作ってみたけれど、果たしてあなたはクリアできるのか?" (in ja). https://www.d3p.co.jp/anoge/.