D3 Publisher

Japanese video game developer and publisher

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D3 Publisher Co., Ltd.

Company typeSubsidiaryIndustryVideo gameFoundedFebruary 5, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-05)HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Area served

Japan, North America

Key people

Toshihiro Nada
(president)
Yuji Ito
(executive chairman)

Products

Bullet Girls series
Earth Defense Force series
Omega Labyrinth series
Onechanbara series
Simple series

Net income

¥342.828 million (2020)Total assets

¥3.783 billion (2020)

Number of employees

21 (2020)Parent

Culture Publishers (1992-2006)
D3 Inc. (2006-2009)
Bandai Namco Holdings (2009-present)

Websited3p.co.jp

D3 Publisher Inc.^[a] is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992.^[1] The company is known for the Simple series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii U, Android, and iOS.

History

Between 2007 and 2014, D3 Publisher owned a North Carolina-based game development studio Vicious Cycle Software.^[2]^[3] In 2009, Bandai Namco Holdings gained a controlling share of D3 and currently owns 95% of its stock.^[4]^[5] After the bankruptcy of Midway Games, the company became the publisher of Cartoon Network games from 2009 until 2014, when American publisher Little Orbit took control. Both D3Publisher and Cartoon Network worked on games based on licenses such as Ben 10 and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi before that.^[6]

In 2015, D3 Publisher announced that D3 Publisher of America Inc. would rebrand as D3 Go! and that it would no longer publish video games but focus on publishing mobile games, but D3 Publisher Inc. in Japan would remain the same.^[7] D3 Go! is also expected to release some games from D3 Publisher Inc.^[8]

On June 27, 2022, 505 Games announced that they have acquired the assets of D3 Go!^[9]

Published games

America and Europe

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?! (DS, 3DS)
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! (PS3, X360, Wii U, 3DS)
The Adventures of Darwin (PS2)
Astro Boy: The Video Game (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
Bangai-O Spirits (DS)
Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury (XB360 (XBLA))
Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
Ben 10: Alien Force (Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, PS3, XB360)
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction (Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, PS3, XB360)
Ben 10: Galactic Racing (Wii, 3DS, DS, PS3, PS Vita, XB360)
Ben 10: Omniverse (video game) (Wii, 3DS, DS, PS3, XB360)
Beta Bloc (PSN, PSP, PS2)
Billiard (Switch)
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (DS)
Break 'Em All (DS)
Coraline (Wii, XB360, PS3, PS2, DS)
Cube (PSP)
Dark Sector (PS3, XB360, Windows)
Dead Head Fred (PSP)
Despicable Me: The Game (PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii)
Earth Defense Force 2017 (XB360)
Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable (PS Vita)
Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, XB360)
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4, Windows)
Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4, Windows)
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, XB360, Windows)
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (PS4, Windows)
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (PS3, XB360)
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century (DS)
Flushed Away (GC, DS, GBA, PS2)
G.I. Joe: War On Cobra (iOS, Android)
Gods Eater Burst (Published in North America) (PSP)
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped! (GBA)
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp (DS)
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (Wii, DS)
Kid Adventures: Sky Captain (Wii)
Kidz Bop Dance Party! The Video Game (Wii)
Madagascar 3: The Video Game (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, XB360)
Magic: The Gathering – Puzzle Quest (iOS, Android)
Marvel Puzzle Quest (iOS, Android, Windows)
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond (PS3 (PSN), XB360 (XBLA))
Naruto: Clash of Ninja series (GCN, Wii)
Naruto: Ninja Council series (GBA, DS)
OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (XB360)
OneChanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (Wii)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (PS2, PS3, PSP, DS, Wii, XB360, Windows, IP)
Puzzle Quest 2 (XB360, DS, Windows)
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix (DS, Windows, PS3, XB360)
Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land (3DS)
Rise of the Guardians (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, XB360)
Shaun the Sheep (DS)
Snowboard Racer 2 (PS2)
Tennis (Switch)
THE Bass Fishing (Switch)
The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U)
The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun (PS2, PSP, DS, Wii)
Turbo: Super Stunt Squad (PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, XB360)
Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut (DS)
Victorious: Taking the Lead (Wii, DS)
Victorious: Time to Shine (XB360)
White Knight Chronicles II (Published in North America) (PS3)
Work Time Fun (PSP)
YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! (Switch, Windows)^[10]
Zombie Virus (PS2) (Europe Only)

Japan

Abyss of the Sacrifice (PSP)
Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (DS)
Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Date Hen (DS)
Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Test Hen (DS)
Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury (XB360 (XBLA))
BioShock 2 (Published in Japan) (PS3, XB360)
Bullet Girls (PS Vita)
Bullet Girls 2 (PS Vita)
Chicken Little (PS2, GC, GBA) (Japan Only)
Dark Sector (PS3, XB360, Windows)
Dead Head Fred (PSP)
Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire (Wii)
Dream Club (XB360, PSP)
Dream Club Zero (XB360, PS Vita)
Dream Club GoGo (PS3)
Earth Defense Force (PS2)
Earth Defense Force 2 (PS2)
Earth Defense Force 2 Portable (PSP)
Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2 (PS Vita)
Earth Defense Force 3 (XB360)
Earth Defense Force 3 Portable (PS Vita)
Earth Defense Force 4 (PS3, XB360)
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4, Windows)
Earth Defense Force 5 (PS4)
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, XB360, Windows)
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain (PS4)
Earth Defense Force Tactics (PS2)
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (PS3, XB360)
Fuyu no Sonata DS (DS)
Machiing Maker (series) (PS2, PSP, DS, PS3, XB360)
Maglam Lord (PS4, Switch)
Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho (PS3, PS4)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Pachinko series) (PS2, DS, PSP)
Omega Labyrinth (PS Vita)
Onnanoko to Misshitsu ni Itara OO Shichau Kamo Shirenai. (3DS)
School Girl/Zombie Hunter (PS4)
Simple series (PS, PS2, PSP, PS3 (PSN), DC, GBA, DS, Wii, 3DS)
Snowboard Racer 2 (PS2)
Ten (PS2)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PS2 & DS) (Japan Only)
The OneChanbara series (PS2, PS4, XB360, Wii, Windows, PSP)
YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! (Switch, Windows)

Otome games

Bakumatsu Renka (series) (PS2, PSP, DS)
Dear My Sun!!: Musuko Ikusei Kyousoukyoku (PS2)
Forbidden Romance (series) (Android, iOS, Windows, Switch)
Hoshizora no Comic Garden (DS)
Houkago no Love Beat (PS2)
Kurayami no Hate de Kimi wo Matsu (DS)
Last Escort (series) (PS2, PSP)
Little Anchor (PS2)
Mermaid Prism (PS2)
Ore no Shita de Agake (BL game) (PS2)
Reijou Tantei Office Love Jikenbo (PS2)
Saikin Koi Shiteru? (DS)
Signal (DS)
Storm Lover (PSP)
Storm Lover: Natsukoi!! (PSP)
Suto*Mani: Strobe*Mania (PSP)
Teikoku Kaigun Koibojou ~Meiji Yokosuka Koushinkyoku~ (PSV)^[11]^[12]^[13]
The Charming Empire (Android, iOS, Windows, PSV, Switch)
Vampire Knight DS (DS)
Vitamin (video game series) (PS2, DS, PSP, 3DS, Vita)
Nightshade/Hyakka Hyakurou (PSV, Windows, Switch)

Notes

^ Japanese: 株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Dī Surī Paburissha

References

^ "D3 Publisher Games". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
^ "D3 Publisher Acquires Vicious Cycle Software". Gamasutra. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ "Little Orbit Acquires Vicious Cycle Software" (Press release). Little Orbit. September 4, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015. The acquisition occurred in Spring of 2014...
^ Randy Nelson. "Namco Bandai announces intent to purchase D3 Publisher". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ Glasser, AJ (18 March 2009). "By The Way, Namco Bandai Owns (Most Of) D3". Kotaku. Univision Communications. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
^ pm, David AdamsUpdated: 19 May 2012 8:21 amPosted: 9 Jun 2005 9:16 (9 June 2005), Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Tickles GBA - IGN, retrieved 2021-11-29{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "D3Publisher of America rebrands as D3 Go!". 11 May 2015.
^ "How D3Publisher Became D3 Go!". 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
^ "505 Games parent acquires D3 Go". 27 June 2022.
^ "どこかで見た"あのゲー"ムたちを棒人間で作ってみたけれど、果たしてあなたはクリアできるのか？". www.d3p.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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