Cross Gate

{{Short description|2001 video game}}

{{About||other uses of "Crossgate"|Crossgate (disambiguation)}}{{Expand Chinese|date=March 2025}}{{More citations needed|date=June 2007}}

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Cross Gate

| image = cgallcover.jpg

| caption = Cross Gate All in One edition Cover

| developer = Dwango

| publisher = Enix
Square Enix

| designer =

| composer = Kenji Ito

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|July 26, 2001{{cite web| author=Tsai, Andy | date=July 3, 2001 | title=Cross Gate Preview | url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/136/136694p1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020222012830/http://pc.ign.com/articles/136/136694p1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 22, 2002 | work=IGN.com | accessdate=2009-08-01}}}}

| genre = MMORPG

| platforms = Microsoft Windows

}}

{{Nihongo foot|Cross Gate|クロスゲート|Kurosu Gēto|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 2001 massively multiplayer online role-playing game, developed by Dwango and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix). It has been released in Japan, Taiwan, and Chinese Mainland since 2001.

On June 27, 2007, Square Enix announced that service of Cross Gate in Japan will be terminated on September 30, 2007.{{cite web |url=http://saru.square-enix.co.jp/crossgate/minfo/news819.html |title=重要なお知らせ |accessdate=2007-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630134414/http://saru.square-enix.co.jp/crossgate/minfo/news819.html |archivedate=2007-06-30 }} This will not affect the servers in Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Korea.

The sequel to the game, Concerto Gate, has finished its testing phase in Japan, but as of 2025 was not officially released.

While a modest success in Japan, the game had endured great popularity and a consistent following in Greater China. Square Enix of China licensed numerous mobile versions to Chinese and Taiwanese developers, including Cross Gate M in 2019, Cross Gate: New World in 2022 and Cross Gate: Rebirth in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-18 |title=《魔力寶貝：復興》創新可同時攜帶5隻寵物戰鬥，事前預約開跑送大禮包再抽3C獎品 |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E3%80%8A%E9%AD%94%E5%8A%9B%E5%AF%B6%E8%B2%9D%EF%BC%9A%E5%BE%A9%E8%88%88%E3%80%8B%E5%89%B5%E6%96%B0%E5%8F%AF%E5%90%8C%E6%99%82%E6%94%9C%E5%B8%B65%E9%9A%BB%E5%AF%B5%E7%89%A9%E6%88%B0%E9%AC%A5%EF%BC%8C%E4%BA%8B%E5%89%8D%E9%A0%90%E7%B4%84%E9%96%8B%E8%B7%91%E9%80%81%E5%A4%A7%E7%A6%AE%E5%8C%85%E5%86%8D%E6%8A%BD3c%E7%8D%8E%E5%93%81-180927164.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Yahoo News |language=zh-Hant-TW}} The former ceased operations in 2022, causing an outraged player to unsuccessfully sue publisher Gamania.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-12 |title=遊戲橘子《魔力寶貝M》營運3年結束！玩家砸35萬課金一場空怒告 |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2%E6%A9%98%E5%AD%90-%E9%AD%94%E5%8A%9B%E5%AF%B6%E8%B2%9Dm-%E7%87%9F%E9%81%8B3%E5%B9%B4%E7%B5%90%E6%9D%9F-%E7%8E%A9%E5%AE%B6%E7%A0%B835%E8%90%AC%E8%AA%B2%E9%87%91-%E5%A0%B4%E7%A9%BA%E6%80%92%E5%91%8A-025507326.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEOsS9EMosE7oZ5j9pLXIc8aiz6C5DKFwkSODM7maSAfFFGOqW6a0wV3pzWZbG9ZFMztOIWEcYRtsfneKyVAd3T4qszLsoW2XWl4uhQaanBYYk_E53UP5z4rugWDsL76C0ETQr6DnkoR6hkaQ1kdnavjJLsG0i4441E6ZJeqHp1u |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Yahoo News |language=zh-Hant-TW}}