The publisher once famed for the Harvest Moon games has rebuilt itself, with a new team working to new values in pursuit of new developer relationships. Richie Shoemaker sits down with Marvelous Europe’s Marc Melton and Sarah Burns for a recap, and to see where the story goes next
Read More »Games are for hoverflies too – thanks to Marvelous’ Story of Seasons and the Royal Zoological Society Scotland
Campaign to support wildlife conservation reached BBC news
Read More »Tencent buys 20 per cent of Japan’s Marvelous Inc – while Platinum Games spells out its Tencent arrangement
Marvelous has a solid lineup of titles which are very much aimed at its local market.
Read More »Marvelous delays Vita release Uppers due to low pre-orders
Japanese developer Marvelous has postponed the release of an upcoming Vita game because it is concerned there is not enough interest to make it financially viable. Siliconera reports that Uppers was due for release on April 21st, but producer Kenichiro Takaki has confirmed that pre-orders were so low the company …
Read More »Marvelous cans Inafune’s $3.8m 3DS game
Publisher pulls the plug on Kaio: King of Pirates following series of delays
Read More »Inafune’s Kaio: King of Pirates cancelled
Following a seemingly endless string of delays, Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s upcoming 3DS title Kaio: King of Pirates has been cancelled. Siliconera reports on publisher Marvelous’s press release, which states the company lost 461 million – or around $3.8m – on the project gone sour. Kaio was announced back …
Read More »Rune Factory 4’s European 3DS release is scrapped
MarvelousAQL has cancelled the planned European release of Rune Factory 4 in Europe. The 3DS game is already available in America and Japan but it is though that the bankruptcy and closure of the game’s developer Neverland in November 2013 is behind the decision. "We regret to inform you that …
Read More »PlayStation’s Kutaragi heads to Grasshopper owner Marvelous
Former Sony chairman and the man widely described as the ‘father of the PlayStation’, Ken Kutaragi, has been named as an external director at Japanese game publisher Marvelous. A report onNikkei(translated bySGCafe) claims that Kutaragi will be bringing his years of experience to help speed up developments in the company’s …
Read More »XSEED rebranded as Marvelous USA, acquires Atlas Online
XSEED, the US subsidiary of Japanese publisher Marvelous AQL, has rebranded as Marvelous USA. Founded in 2004 by a group of Square Enix vets and acquired by Marvelous in 2008, the new label will incorporate both the XSEED brand of PC, handheld, and console games as well as the Marvelous …
Read More »Marvelous launches indie dev support program
MarvDev to help developers with funding, game design, operations and marketing
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