Spike Co., Ltd. (株式会社スパイク) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment.[3] Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series was acquired by Spike after Human ceased operations. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft.
History
Spike was founded in December 1989 as Mizuki Ltd. (有限会社みずき)[4] Its name was changed to Mizuki Co., Ltd. (株式会社みずき) on October 18, 1991[5] and then to Spike Co., Ltd. in April 1997.[6] Spike sold its book publishing business to Aspect in March 1999. Spike was acquired by Sammy in April 1999.[7]
Spike established a game development subsidiary named Vaill (ヴァイル株式会社) which consisted of former Human staff in November 1999, and it was eventually absorbed back into Spike in July 2001.[8][9] In 2005, Spike was bought by Dwango.[10]
In 2012, it merged with its sister company Chunsoft and became Spike Chunsoft.[11] Two games were in development at the time of the merger: Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure![12] and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
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References
- http://www.spike.co.jp/company/information.html spike.co.jp, retrieved August 28, 2023^
- http://www.spike.co.jp/company/company/data.html spike.co.jp, retrieved August 28, 2023^
- John Szczepaniak. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers S.M.G. Szczepaniak, 2015^
- Profile: History Spike^
- Profile Spike^
- https://www.spike-chunsoft.co.jp/company/outline/^
- https://www.sammy.co.jp/english/corporate/history.html^
- 有価証券報告書(2000-04-01 - 2001-03-31) retrieved 2015-09-03^
- Introduction^
- https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/japanese-firm-spike-acquired-by-dwango^
- https://www.oneprstudio.com/spike-chunsoft-lands-stateside-with-newly-formed-north-america-subsidiary/^
- Spencer. Spike's Upcoming RPG Is All About Making Babies Siliconera, October 25, 2011, retrieved 1 July 2012^