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Team Silent
Team Silent was a development team within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (KCET), responsible for the first four games in the ''Silent Hill'' franchise by Konami released from 1999 to 2004. Later titles were developed by non-Japanese companies such as Climax Group, Climax Studios, Double Helix Games and Vatra Games. According to composer Akira Yamaoka, Team Silent consisted of staff members that had failed at other projects and originally intended to leave the company before the first ''Silent Hill'' game turned out to be a success. According to a ''Silent Hill: Homecoming'' artist, Team Silent was ultimately disbanded by Konami itself, because Konami wanted Western developers to make the games. KCET was Consolidation (business), merged into the parent company in April 2005. Key members of Team Silent include: *Keiichiro Toyama: Director of ''Silent Hill (video game), Silent Hill''. Left to join Japan Studio (Project Siren) in 1999 and created the ''Siren (video game), Siren'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division (business)
A division, sometimes called a business sector or business unit (segment), is one of the parts into which a business, organization or company is divided. Overview Divisions are distinct parts of a business. If these divisions are all part of the same company, then that company is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the divisions. In the banking industry, an example would be East West Bancorp and its primary subsidiary, East West Bank. Legal responsibility Subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities for the purposes of tax A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...ation, regulation and Legal liability, liability. For this reason, they differ from divisions, which are businesses fully integrated within the main company, and not legally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Siren
Japan Studio was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. A first-party studio for Sony Interactive Entertainment (formerly Sony Computer Entertainment), it was best known for the ''Ape Escape'', ''LocoRoco'', '' Patapon'', ''Gravity Rush'' and '' Knack'' series, the Team Ico games, ''Bloodborne'', ''The Legend of Dragoon'', and '' Astro's Playroom''. In April 2021, Japan Studio was reorganized and merged with Team Asobi and other SIE studios. History Japan Studio is based in Tokyo and was founded on 16 November 1993. It was formed shortly after the formation of the internal PlayStation division within Sony that included members from the Sony Corporation and the Sony Music Entertainment groups, with Japan Studio developing some of the initial games to be released on the first PlayStation console. According to Shuhei Yoshida, at the onset, the studio was run similar to Sony's music business, with lead external producers seeking out creative talent and help nurture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamasutra
''Game Developer'', known as ''Gamasutra'' until 2021, is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development. It is owned and operated by Informa and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine '' Game Developer''. Sections ''Game Developer'' has five main sections: #News: where daily news is posted #Features: where developers post-game postmortems and critical essays #Blogs: where users can post their thoughts and views on various topics #Jobs/Resume: where users can apply for open positions at various development studios #Contractors: where users can apply for contracted work. The articles can be filtered by either topic (All, Console/ PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/ Tablet, Independent, Serious) or category (Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Biz(Business)/Marketing). There are three additional sections: a store where books on game design may be purchased, an RSS section where users may subscribe to RSS feeds of each s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer-generated Imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the use of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, simulators, and visual effects in films, television programs, shorts, commercials, and videos. The images may be static (still images) or dynamic (moving images), in which case CGI is also called ''computer animation''. CGI may be two-dimensional (2D), although the term "CGI" is most commonly used to refer to the 3-D computer graphics used for creating characters, scenes and special effects in films and television, which is described as "CGI animation". The first feature film to make use of CGI was the 1973 film ''Westworld''. Other early films that incorporated CGI include ''Star Wars'' (1977), ''Tron'' (1982), '' Golgo 13: The Professional'' (1983), ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985) and ''Flight of the Navigator'' (1986). The first music video to use CGI was Dire Straits' award-winning " Money for Nothing" (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayoshi Sato
Takayoshi Sato (Japanese: 佐藤隆善, Hepburn: Satō Takayoshi) is a Japanese video game character designer, writer, and CGI director. Sato is best known as being a member of Team Silent from 1996 to 2003 and was responsible for creating the CGI cutscenes for ''Silent Hill'' and ''Silent Hill 2''. Biography Sato was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Sato began studying Art at Tama Art University in 1992 and in 1996 received his bachelor's degree in oil painting. Konami visited Tama Art University campus in 1996 and Sato took 3 art tests and had 5 interviews with them prior to successfully being hired. During his first year he worked on the team that ported the arcade cute 'em up Sexy Parodius to the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation. Sato described the experience as "hell", working 15 hour days 7 days per week. Sato began teaching himself how to 3D model and found many of his older colleagues at Konami frequently referring to him for assistance with this due to their lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition to the information produced by ''GameSpot'' staff, the site also allows users to write their own reviews, blogs, and post on the site's forums. It has been owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. In 2004, ''GameSpot'' won "Best Gaming Website" as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second ''Video Game Award Show'', and has won Webby Awards several times. The domain ''gamespot.com'' attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a Compete.com study. History In January 1996, Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein quit their positions at IDG and founded SpotMedia Communications. SpotMedia then launched ''GameSpot'' on May 1, 1996. Originally, ''GameSpot'' focused solely on personal computer games, so a sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grasshopper Manufacture
is a Japanese video game developer founded on March 30, 1998 by Goichi Suda. They are well known for creating titles such as ''killer7'' and the '' No More Heroes'' series. History The company was founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Its founder, Goichi Suda, gave two reasons why he chose the name "''Grasshopper:''" The first being a reference to the song of the same name by UK band Ride, which he was listening to on repeat when forming the company. The second reason is that originally he wanted to use a Japanese word ''"battamon"'' as the company name. ''"Batta"'' means ''"grasshopper"'' and ''"mon"'' is ''"a thing"'' and when you put the words together, it means ''"copy or fake."'' However, he later changed his mind and stuck to Grasshopper instead. The word ''"Manufacture"'' was added in because his game company was about "building things." Headed by Suda, GhM were responsible for several original titles, ones that are also fraught with financial risk, but ult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Ito
Masahiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese councillor (''Rōjū'') *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese guitarist and composer *, Japanese baseball player *, American-Japanese wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician * actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game artist *, Japanese footballer *Masahiro Kamiya born 1963, Japanese actor *, Japanese murderer *Masahiro Kaneko (born 1991), Japanese footballer *Masahiro Kano (born 1977), Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese musician and composer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese watchmaker *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese film director *, Japanese fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Owaku
is a Horror fiction, horror anthology series, anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror, survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the series, ''Silent Hill (video game), Silent Hill'', ''Silent Hill 2'', ''Silent Hill 3'' and ''Silent Hill 4: The Room'', were developed by an internal group called Team Silent, a development staff within former Konami subsidiary Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The later six games, ''Silent Hill: Origins, Origins'', ''Silent Hill: Homecoming, Homecoming'', ''Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Shattered Memories'', ''Silent Hill: Downpour, Downpour'', ''Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Book of Memories'' and ''P.T. (video game), P.T.'' (a ''Silent Hills'' playable teaser), were developed by other, mostly Western developers. The ''Silent Hill'' franchise has expanded to include various print pieces, two feature films, and spin-off (media), spin-off video games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojima Productions
Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. is a Japanese Video game developer, video game development studio founded in 2015 by video game designer Hideo Kojima, creator of the ''Metal Gear'' series. It is the spiritual successor to a production team inside Konami also known as Kojima Productions. The team had around 100 employees, but grew to over 200 for ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''. After leaving Konami, Kojima founded an independent studio with a slightly altered Japanese name in Shinagawa. History Formation The production team was formed in April 2005, after Konami merged several subsidiaries including Kojima's group at Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. Kojima said the merger relieved him of business management and administrative burdens he had as KCEJ's vice president, and that as head of Kojima Productions he could focus on creating games. According to Kojima, while he now held a position on the Konami board, he still had to persuade staff to invest in his game i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Hill 3
''Silent Hill 3'' is a 2003 survival horror game developed by Team Silent, a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and published by Konami. The game was released from May to August, originally for the PlayStation 2. The third installment in the ''Silent Hill'' series and a direct sequel to the Silent Hill (video game), first ''Silent Hill'' game, it follows Heather Mason, Heather, a teenager who becomes entangled in the machinations of the town's cult, which seeks to revive a malevolent deity. A port for Microsoft Windows was released later in October, and a remastered High-definition video, high-definition version was released as part of the ''Silent Hill HD Collection'', for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012. Originally planned to be a rail shooter, as a result of the initially slow sales of ''Silent Hill 2'' in Japan, ''Silent Hill 3'' was developed almost simultaneously alongside another installment in the series, ''Silent Hill 4: The Room'' (2004). Among the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good-Feel
is a Japanese video game developer. Good-Feel started in Hyogo, Japan in 2005 and opened a production facility in Tokyo in the same year. Their main focus had been educational games for the Nintendo DS, which were released solely in Japan. The games, the first of which was released in 2007, consist of primers for young children (kindergarten and below) and English language training for kids and adults. In 2008, the company became the developer for the Wii game, '' Wario Land: Shake It!'', published by Nintendo, which marked Good-Feel's first entry into the home console market. History Good-Feel was founded by the former Konami employee, Etsunobu Ebisu, on October 3, 2005. He told Nintendo about the new company and asked if they could work on a game. Long-time Nintendo employee Takahiro Harada asked Ebisu if he would like to make a new '' Wario Land'' title, since Harada learned before the meeting that Ebisu was involved in the development of a Nintendo DS platform game he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
