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GungHo Online Entertainment is a Japanese developer & publisher that is most well known for the action puzzle franchise Puzzle & Dragons. They also own a small number of developers including Game Arts, Grasshopper Manufacture and Acquire.

History[]

The company was founded as a joint venture between Softbank and onSale Inc. for online auction business in the United States. By 2002, they were moved into Japan and started working with the game industry, starting with hosting the servers for Ragnarok Online.

In 2004, they started codevelopment with projects with Game Arts. They formed an internal studio called GungHo Works in 2007. Later that year, they acquired the gaming properties from Interchannel.

In 2008, they acquired Gravity, the developer behind Ragnarok Online, bringing the property under GungHo's ownership. In 2013, they acquired Grasshopper Manufacture. In 2016, they convinced Softbank to sell most of its stake in GungHo, allowing the company to operate independently. Softbank is still the highest stake holder at 35%.

In 2021, GungHo divested of Grasshopper Manufacture to NetEase with some staff remaining for support as SUPERTRICK GAMES. In 2024, they sold Acquire to Kadokawa.

List of games[]

Nintendo DS[]

  • Otometeki Koi Kakumei ★ Love Revo!! DS (2008)
  • Nakamura Tōru Kanshū: Indo Shiki Keisan Drill DS (2008)
  • Sakana to Asobō! Aquazone DS — Kaisuigyo (2008)
  • 100 Kiri Golf DS (2008)
  • Hero's Saga Laevatein Tactics (2008)
  • Ragnarok DS (2008)
  • Minna de Jibun no Setsumeisho: B-Kata, A-Kata, AB-Kata, O-Kata (2008)
  • Ecolis: Aoi Umi to Ugoku Shima (2009)
  • Kariyazaki Shōgo Kanshū: Flower Arrangement DS (Canceled)

Nintendo 3DS[]

Nintendo Switch[]

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