Game Arts
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer and publisher}}{{Update|date=April 2025|reason=Intro is outdated}}{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Game Arts Co., Ltd.
| logo = Game Arts logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Public
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1985|3|2}}
| founder = Takeshi Miyaji
Yoichi Miyaji
| location = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
| industry = Video games
| revenue = {{JPY|4.56 billion|link=yes}} (2007)
| num_employees = 24
| parent = GungHo Online Entertainment
| key_people = Kazuki Morishita (President & CEO)
| products = Thexder series
Silpheed series
Alisia Dragoon
Lunar series
Gungriffon series
Grandia series
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| homepage = {{URL|www.gamearts.co.jp}}
| native_name = 株式会社ゲームアーツ
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu|
}}
{{Nihongo|Game Arts Co., Ltd.|株式会社ゲームアーツ|Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu}} is a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Originally established in 1985 as a computer software company, it expanded into producing for a number of game console and handheld systems.{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.co.jp/company/corp.html |title=Game Arts Product Information| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts|access-date=2007-09-19}} 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 Namco, Koei Tecmo, and Gung-Ho Online Entertainment, some of whom co-developed or produced games in cooperation with the company.{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.co.jp/company/corp.html|title=Game Arts Corporate Profile| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts|access-date=2007-09-19}}
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 vehicle simulation games. Some of its staff has helped in the preliminary development of Nintendo's Wii title Super Smash Bros. Brawl.{{Cite web| url= http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/ssbb/0/2|title=Iwata Asks: Super Smash Bros. Brawl| publisher=Nintendo|access-date=2015-06-08}}
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.{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.com/products/psn/psn_grandia.html| script-title=ja:グランディア (ゲームアーカイブス版) ゲームアーツ| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts| access-date=2009-04-22| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723125704/http://www.gamearts.com/products/psn-grandia.html| archive-date=July 23, 2012| df=mdy-all}}
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Games developed
| class="wikitable"
!Title !Platform !Publisher !Release Date | ||
| Thexder | MSX, PC-88 | Game Arts (Japan) Sierra Entertainment (US) |1985 (Japan) |
| Cuby Panic | PC-88 | Game Arts
|April 1985 (Japan) |
| Thexder | NES | SquareSoft
|December 18, 1985 (Japan) |
| Pete The Flying Cat 3 (1989) Arcade PC Sega Master System MSX | rowspan="2" | PC-88 | rowspan="2" | Game Arts (Japan) Sierra Entertainment (US) |1986 (Japan) |
| Zeliard
|1987 (Japan) | ||
| Solitaire Royale | rowspan="2" | MSX2, PC-88 | Game Arts
|June 3, 1988 (Japan) |
| Fire Hawk: Thexder – The Second Contact | Game Arts (Japan) Sierra Entertainment (US) |1989 (Japan) | |
| Faria: A World of Mystery and Danger | NES | Hi-Score Media Work (Japan) Nexoft (US) |July 21, 1989 (Japan) |
| Harakiri | PC-88 | rowspan="3" | Game Arts
|July 20, 1990 (Japan) |
| Gyuwamburaa (Gambler) Jiko Chuushinha | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
|December 14, 1990 (Japan) | |
| Tenka Fubu | Sega Mega-CD
|December 28, 1991 (Japan) | |
| Alisia Dragoon | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis | Game Arts (Japan) Sega (US & Europe) |April 24, 1992 (Japan) |
| Lunar: The Silver Star | rowspan="2" | Sega Mega-CD | Game Arts (Japan) Working Designs (US) |June 26, 1992 (Japan) |
| Gyuwamburaa (Gambler) Jiko Chuushinha 2 | Game Arts
|December 18, 1992 (Japan) | |
| Wonder MIDI | Wondermega | Victor
|December 25, 1992 (Japan) |
| Yumimi Mix | Sega Mega-CD | Game Arts
|January 29, 1993 (Japan) |
| J-League Champion Soccer | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis | Shogakukan
|February 26, 1993 (Japan) |
| Silpheed | Sega Mega-CD | Game Arts (Japan) Sega (US & Europe) |July 30, 1993 (Japan) |
| Jan'ou Touryumon | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis | Sega
|November 5, 1993 (Japan) |
| Urusei Yatsura: My Dear Friends | rowspan="2" | Sega Mega-CD | Game Arts
|April 15, 1994 (Japan) |
| Lunar: Eternal Blue | Game Arts (Japan) Working Designs (US) |December 21, 1994 (Japan) | |
| Thexder 95 | PC | Game Arts (Japan) Sierra Entertainment (US) |1995 (Japan) |
| Yumimi Mix Remix | Sega Saturn | rowspan="2" | Game Arts
|July 28, 1995 (Japan) |
| Lunar: Samposuru Gakuen (co-developed with Ehrgeiz) | Game Gear
|January 12, 1996 (Japan) | |
| Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict (Japan) Gungriffon (US & Europe) | rowspan="8" | Sega Saturn | Game Arts (Japan) Sega (US & Europe) |March 15, 1996 (Japan) |
| Lunar: Silver Star Story (co-developed with Japan Art Media) | Kadokawa Games
|October 1996 (Japan) | |
| Tokyo Mahjong Land | Game Arts
|October 18, 1996 (Japan) | |
| Daina Airan | Game Arts
|December 27, 1996 (Japan) | |
| Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (with "MPEG" card) (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Kadokawa Games) | rowspan="4" | Entertainment Software Publishing
|July 1997 (Japan) | |
| Mahō Gakuen Lunar! (co-developed with Kadokawa Games) |October 1997 (Japan) | ||
| Grandia
|December 18, 1997 (Japan) | ||
| Gungriffon II
|April 23, 1998 (Japan) | ||
| Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Kadokawa Games) | PlayStation | Entertainment Software Publishing (Japan) Working Designs (US) |May 28, 1998 (Japan) |
| Grandia: Digital Museum | rowspan="2" | Sega Saturn | rowspan="3" | Entertainment Software Publishing
|May 28, 1998 (Japan) |
| Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Kadokawa Games) |July 1998 (Japan) | ||
| Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Kadokawa Games) | PC
|1998 (Japan) | |
| Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Kadokawa Games) | rowspan="3" | PlayStation | Entertainment Software Publishing (Japan) Working Designs (US) |May 27, 1999 (Japan) |
| Grandia | Entertainment Software Publishing (Japan) Sony Computer Entertainment (US) Ubisoft (Europe) |June 24, 1999 (Japan) | |
| Gyuwamburaa (Gambler) Jiko Chuushinha: Tokyo Mahjong Land | Entertainment Software Publishing
|June 22, 2000 (Japan) | |
| Grandia II | Dreamcast | Entertainment Software Publishing (Japan) Ubisoft (US & Europe) |August 3, 2000 (Japan) |
| Gungriffon Blaze | rowspan="2" | PlayStation 2 | Capcom (Japan) Working Designs (US) Swing! Entertainment (Europe) |August 10, 2000 (Japan) |
| Silpheed: The Lost Planet (co-developed with Treasure and Tomy) | Capcom (Japan) Working Designs (US) Swing! Entertainment (Europe) |September 21, 2000 (Japan) | |
| Grandia: Parallel Trippers (co-developed with Hudson Soft) | Game Boy Color | Entertainment Software Publishing
|December 22, 2000 (Japan) |
| Lunar Legend (co-developed with Japan Art Media) | Game Boy Advance | Media Rings (Japan) Ubisoft (US) |April 12, 2001 (Japan) |
| Chenwen no Sangokushi | rowspan="3" | PlayStation 2 | Entertainment Software Publishing
|November 1, 2001 (Japan) |
| Grandia II (port by Rocket Studio) | Enix Corporation (Japan) Ubisoft (US & Europe) |February 21, 2002 (Japan) | |
| Grandia Xtreme | Enix Corporation
|January 31, 2002 (Japan) | |
| Grandia II (port by Rocket Studio) | PC | Ubisoft
|March 10, 2002 (US) |
| Bomberman Generation | GameCube | Majesco Entertainment (US) Hudson Soft (Japan) Vivendi Universal Games (Europe) |June 3, 2002 (North America) |
| Gungriffon: Allied Strike (co-developed with Kama Digital) | Xbox | Tecmo
|December 16, 2004 (Japan) |
| Lunar Genesis (Japan & Europe) Lunar: Dragon Song (US) (co-developed with Japan Art Media and Rising Star Games) | Nintendo DS | Marvelous Entertainment (Japan) Ubisoft (US) Atari (Europe) |August 25, 2005 (Japan) |
| Grandia III | PlayStation 2 | Square Enix
|August 4, 2005 (Japan) |
| Project Sylpheed (Japan) (co-developed with Square Enix and Seta Corporation) | Xbox 360 | Square Enix (Japan) Microsoft Game Studios (US/EU)
|September 28, 2006 (Japan) |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl (co-developed with Sora Ltd., Nintendo, and other companies){{Cite web |last=Linde |first=Aaron |date=2008-02-22 |title=GDC 08: Masahiro Sakurai talks Brawl development |url=https://www.destructoid.com/gdc-08-masahiro-sakurai-talks-brawl-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125195910/https://www.destructoid.com/gdc-08-masahiro-sakurai-talks-brawl-development/ |archive-date=2025-01-25 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Destructoid |language=en-US}} | Wii | Nintendo
|January 31, 2008 (Japan) |
| Grandia (co-developed with Entertainment Software Publishing) | PlayStation 3 | D3Publisher (Japan) Sony Computer Entertainment (US) |April 22, 2009 (Japan) |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up [http://gonintendo.com/?p=66821] | Wii, PlayStation 2 | Ubisoft
|September 22, 2009 (US) |
| The Magic Obelisk{{Cite web| author=Ishaan | date=September 7, 2009 | title=Game Arts Casts Its Shadow on WiiWare | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/09/07/game-arts-casts-its-shadow-on-wiiware/ | work=Siliconera.com | access-date=2009-09-08}} | Wii | GungHo Online Entertainment
|October 27, 2009 (Japan) |
| Lunar: Silver Star Harmony | PSP, PlayStation Network | rowspan="2" | GungHo Online Entertainment (Japan) XSEED Games (US) |November 12, 2009 (Japan) |
| Ragnarok Odyssey | PS Vita, PlayStation Network
|February 2, 2012 (Japan) | |
| Dokuro | PS Vita, PlayStation Network | rowspan="2" | GungHo Online Entertainment
|July 5, 2012 (Japan) |
| Grandia II HD Remaster | Windows
|August 24, 2015 | |
| Grandia HD Collection
|GungHo Online Entertainment (US) |August 16, 2019 | ||
| Grandia HD Remaster
|Windows |GungHo Online Entertainment |October 15, 2019 |
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.gamearts.co.jp/en/}}
{{Grandia series}}
{{Lunar series}}
{{Super Smash Bros. series}}
Category:Amusement companies of Japan
Category:GungHo Online Entertainment
Category:Japanese companies established in 1985
Category:Software companies based in Tokyo
Category:Video game companies established in 1985
Category:Video game companies of Japan