Yuke's

Founded in 1993, Yuke's was named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi's high school nickname. The first two games that the company developed were the platform game Hermie Hopperhead and the pro wrestling game Toukon Retsuden.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/yukes-behind-the-scenes/1100-6139577/|title=Yukes Behind the Scenes|date=November 11, 2005|access-date=May 23, 2019|work=GameSpot|last=Ekberg|first=Brian}} The latter title was a best-seller in Japan.{{cite magazine|title=Buyers Beware|magazine=GamePro|issue=98 |publisher=IDG|date=November 1996|page=24}} Though Activision purchased the rights to publish the game in North America and began localization work, only the first game was localized, becoming Power Move Pro Wrestling with a different roster of wrestlers.

Beginning in 2000, Yuke's began to develop wrestling games for THQ based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). They were recommended to THQ by Aki, who had developed their own line of wrestling games.

From 2005 to 2012, Yuke's owned 54% of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the top professional wrestling promotion in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://uk.games.ign.com/objects/026/026882.html |title=Yuke's Media Creations |access-date=2010-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027024845/http://uk.games.ign.com/objects/026/026882.html |archive-date=October 27, 2009 |df=mdy }}. uk.games.ign.com[https://web.archive.org/web/20101110161439/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/7196/Yukes_Buys_Controlling_Share_of_New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling.php Yuke's Buys Controlling Share of New Japan Pro-Wrestling]. Gamasutra.com (November 15, 2005). Retrieved on May 10, 2014.{{cite web | url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_57601.shtml | title= NJPW News: New Japan sold to new owners, change-over taking effect February 1 | last=Caldwell | first=James | date= January 31, 2012 | access-date= January 31, 2012 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}}

In August 2019, then-series publisher 2K Games announced it had moved WWE game development to California-based studio Visual Concepts.{{cite web|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/2k-splits-with-veteran-wwe-studio-yukes/|title=2K splits with veteran WWE studio Yukes|date=August 6, 2019|work=Video Games Chronicle|last=Robinson|first=Andy}} Earlier that year, Yuke's had revealed its frustration over what it had been able to achieve with recent WWE 2K games and suggested that its relationship with publisher 2K Sports was partly responsible. Producer Hiromi Furuta revealed that Yuke's had established a new development team tasked with creating a rival wrestling IP, with the intention of reinvigorating its staff.{{cite web|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/wwe-2k-studio-creating-rival-wrestling-ip/|title=WWE 2K studio creating rival wrestling IP|date=May 13, 2019|work=Video Games Chronicle|last=Robinson|first=Andy}} On November 10, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced an upcoming console game developed by Yuke's, led by Def Jam Vendetta and WWF No Mercy director, Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita,;{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Ian |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Three All Elite Wrestling Games In Development |url=https://kotaku.com/three-all-elite-wrestling-games-in-development-1845637755 |access-date=November 10, 2020 |work=Kotaku}} this game would later go on to become AEW Fight Forever.

These are the list of games that the company developed.{{cite web |url=https://www.yukes.co.jp/en/service-en/games-en/works/ |title=Game RELEASES |website=YUKE'S Co., Ltd. |access-date=8 November 2017}}

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