was a Japanese video game development studio founded in June 1996 by Team Career, a team within the

Masaya Games is a video game brand. Masaya was initially established by Japanese entertainment company Nippon Computer Systems (NCS) in 1984 to take part in the video game market. The brand name was transferred to Extreme in November 2014. Video games PC-88 ...

, which was formed to develop ''

Langrisser is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game series created by Masaya Games. The main development team is Career Soft, first as Team Career within Masaya Games for the first three games and then as an independent studio for ''Langrisser IV'' ...

'' and ''

Langrisser II ''Langrisser II'' is a tactical role-playing game for the Sega Mega Drive console. It is the sequel to ''Langrisser'', and was never released outside Japan. ''Langrisser II'' was remade for the Super Famicom by Masaya as ''Der Langrisser'', whic ...

''. Career Soft continued to work with Masaya Games for the development of ''

Langrisser III ''Langrisser III'' is the sequel to ''Langrisser II'', released in a number of Asian countries but not in the West. It is the first 32-bit installment in the series. ''Langrisser III'' introduced a non-linear relationship system similar to datin ...

'', ''

Langrisser IV ''Langrisser IV''Some parts of the game feature "The Art of The Swords War" as a subtitle. is the sequel to ''Langrisser III'', and has never been released outside Japan. There is a fan-translated English patch available for the PlayStation ...

'' and '' Langrisser V''. In October 2001,

Atlus is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for video game series such as ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona'', ''Etrian Odyssey'' and ''Trau ...

acquired Career Soft and became the sole publisher of their games. As a subsidiary to Atlus, Career Soft was in charge of develop the spiritual successor to the ''Langrisser'' franchise, '' Growlanser''. In 2004, after the release of '' Growlanser IV'', the majority of Career Soft's staff was merged into the main development team of Atlus, where they have worked on the ''

Shin Megami Tensei ''Megami Tensei'', marketed internationally as ''Shin Megami Tensei'' (formerly ''Revelations''), is a Japanese media franchise created by Aya Nishitani, Kouji "Cozy" Okada, Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed and publishe ...

'' sub-series ''

Devil Survivor ''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor'' is a tactical role-playing game, tactical role-playing video game in the ''Megami Tensei'' series developed by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on January 15, 2009, and in North America on ...

''. Career Soft continued to exist as a label after

Index Holdings , formerly known as , is a Japanese corporate information and communications technology company owned by Sawada Holdings. "Index Corporation" was a corporate name used by three different Japanese companies, between 1997 and 2016, the last one be ...

dissolved Atlus into its video game business in October 2010. On 5 September 2013, as a brand, Career Soft was dissolved once

Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...

acquired

Index Corporation , formerly known as , is a Japanese corporate information and communications technology company owned by Sawada Holdings. "Index Corporation" was a corporate name used by three different Japanese companies, between 1997 and 2016, the last one be ...

and transferred all the target company's assets into Sega Dream Corporation. On the 18 February 2014, the assets of Career Soft were transferred to the video game development division of Sega Dream Corporation which was re-branded as Atlus.

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