Career Soft
Native name | |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Kyaria Sofuto |
Formerly | Team Career |
Company type | Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
Genre | Tactical role-playing |
Founded | June 1996 |
Defunct | September 5, 2013 |
Fate | Merged into Sega Dream Corporation |
Headquarters | Japan |
Key people | Shinjiro Takada Yoh Haduki |
Products |
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Parent | Atlus (2001-2010) Index Corporation (2010-2013) |
Career Soft (Japanese:
In October 2001, Atlus acquired Career Soft and became the sole publisher of their games.[1] As a subsidiary to Atlus, Career Soft was in charge of develop the spiritual successor to the Langrisser franchise, Growlanser. In 2004, after the release of Growlanser IV, the majority of Career Soft's staff was merged into the main development team of Atlus, where they have worked on the Shin Megami Tensei sub-series Devil Survivor. Career Soft continued to exist as a label after Index Holdings dissolved Atlus into its video game business in October 2010.[2]
On 5 September 2013, as a brand, Career Soft was dissolved once Sega acquired Index Corporation and transferred all the target company's assets into Sega Dream Corporation.[3] On the 18 February 2014, the assets of Career Soft were transferred to the video game development division of Sega Dream Corporation which was re-branded as Atlus.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Atlus Acquires Career Soft". 30 October 2001. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
- ^ "Atlus 'Dissolved' By Parent Company Index Holdings". Gamasutra. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ "Notice of Conclusion regarding Business Transfer Agreement of Index Corporation" (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. 18 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ "
連結 子会社 の分割 (新設 分割 )及 び商号 変更 に関 するお知 らせ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-29.