is a Japanese

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and

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founded on February 5, 1992. The company is known for the ''

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'' series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the

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, Android and

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History

Between 2007 and 2014, D3 Publisher owned a North Carolina-based game development studio Vicious Cycle Software. In 2009,

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gained a controlling share of D3 and currently owns 95% of its stock. After the bankruptcy of

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, the company became the publisher of

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games from 2009 until 2014, when American publisher Little Orbit took control. Both D3Publisher and

worked on games based on licenses such as ''

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'' and ''

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'' before that. 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

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s, but D3 Publisher Inc. in Japan would remain the same. D3 Go! is also expected to release some games from D3 Publisher Inc. On June 27, 2022,

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announced that they have acquired the assets of D3 Go!

Published games

America and Europe

*'' Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!'' (NDS, 3DS) *'' Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!'' (PS3, X360, Wii U, 3DS) *'' Astro Boy: The Video Game'' (

PS2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia o ...

NDS NDS may stand for: * Low German ( nl, Nedersaksisch, links=no, german: Niederdeutsche Sprache, links=no, ISO 639-2 language code: nds), a West Germanic language native to Northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands * Lower Saxony (german: Niedersa ...

, PSP) *'' Bangai-O Spirits'' (NDS) *'' Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury'' ( XB360 (

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)) *'' Ben 10: Protector of Earth'' (Wii, PS2, NDS, PSP) *'' Ben 10: Alien Force'' (Wii, PS2, PSP, NDS) *'' Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks'' (Wii, PS2, NDS, PSP, PS3, XB360) *'' Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction'' (Wii, PS2, NDS, PSP, PS3, XB360) *'' Ben 10: Galactic Racing'' (Wii,

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, NDS, PS3,

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, XB360) *'' Ben 10: Omniverse (video game)'' (Wii,

, NDS, PS3, XB360) *'' Beta Bloc'' (PSN, PSP, PS2) *'' Billiard'' (Nintendo Switch) *'' Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow'' (NDS) *'' Break 'Em All'' (NDS) *''

Coraline ''Coraline'' () is a dark fantasy horror children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing ''Coraline'' in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best ...

'' (Wii, XB360, PS3, PS2, NDS) *''

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'' (PSP) *'' Dark Sector'' (PS3, XB360, PC) *''

Dead Head Fred is an action-adventure video game for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by D3 Publisher. It was released in North America on August 28, 2007, and is powered by Vicious Cycle's proprietary Vicious Engin ...

'' (PSP) *'' Despicable Me: The Game'' (PS2, PSP, Wii, NDS) *'' Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire'' (Wii) *''

Earth Defense Force 2017 ''Earth Defense Force 2017'' is a third-person shooter developed by Sandlot, and published by D3 Publisher, for the Xbox 360. It is the follow-up to '' Global Defence Force'', and is the first game in the '' Earth Defense Force'' series (as well a ...

'' (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, PC) *'' Earth Defense Force 5'' (PS4, PC) *'' Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon'' (PS3, XB360, PC) *'' Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain'' (PS4, PC) *'' Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard'' (PS3, XB360) *'' Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century'' (NDS) *''

Flushed Away ''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan a ...

'' ( GCN, NDS,

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, 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'' (NDS) *'' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight'' (Wii, NDS) *'' Kid Adventures: Sky Captain'' (Wii) *'' Kidz Bop Dance Party! The Video Game'' (Wii) *'' Madagascar 3: The Video Game'' (PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii, XB360) *'' Magic: The Gathering – Puzzle Quest'' (iOS, Android) *''

Marvel Puzzle Quest ''Marvel Puzzle Quest'' is a video game released by D3 Publisher and Marvel Entertainment on October 3, 2013, and developed by Demiurge Studios. The fourth installment in the '' Puzzle Quest'' series, it is a free-to-play, match-three ''Bejeweled ...

'' (iOS, Android, PC) *'' Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond ''(PS3 (PSN), XB360 (XBLA)) *'' Naruto: Clash of Ninja series'' (GCN, Wii) *'' Naruto: Ninja Council series'' (GBA, NDS) *'' OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' (XB360) *'' OneChanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' (Wii) *'' Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords'' (PS2, PS3, PSP, NDS, Wii, XB360, PC, IP) *'' Puzzle Quest 2'' (XB360, NDS, PC) *'' Puzzle Quest: Galactrix'' (NDS, PC, PS3, XB360) *'' Regular Show: Mordecai and Rigby In 8-Bit Land'' (3DS) *''

Rise of the Guardians ''Rise of the Guardians'' is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy action-adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Ramsey (in his feature directorial debut ...

'' (PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii,

, XB360) *''

Shaun the Sheep ''Shaun the Sheep'' is a British stop-motion television series and a spin-off of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' franchise. The title character is Shaun (previously featured as the sheep named "Shaun" in the 1995 short film ''A Close Shave'' and t ...

'' (NDS) *''Snowboard Racer 2'' (PS2) *''Tennis'' (

) *'' THE Bass Fishing'' (Nintendo Switch) *'' The Croods: Prehistoric Party!'' (NDS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U) *'' The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun'' (PS2, PSP, NDS, Wii) *'' Turbo: Super Stunt Squad'' (PS3, NDS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, XB360) *''Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut'' (NDS) *''Victorious: Taking the Lead'' (Wii, NDS) *''Victorious: Time to Shine'' (XB360) *''

White Knight Chronicles II ''White Knight Chronicles II'' is a video game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan and Europe and by D3 Publisher in North America for the PlayStation 3. The game is a direct sequel to ''White Knight Chronicl ...

'' (Published in North America) (PS3) *'' Work Time Fun'' (PSP) *'' Zombie Virus'' (PS2) (Europe Only)

Japan

*'' Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS'' (NDS) *'' Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Date Hen'' (NDS) *'' Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Test Hen'' (NDS) *'' Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury'' (XB360 (XBLA)) *''

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'' (Published in Japan) (PS3, XB360) *'' Bullet Girls'' (PS Vita) *'' Bullet Girls 2'' (PS Vita) *'' Dark Sector'' (PS3, XB360, PC) *''

'' (PSP) *'' Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire'' (Wii) *''

Dream Club is a dating sim video game developed by Tamsoft and published by D3 Publisher for the Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3. The game was released on August 27, 2009. Gameplay The player's goal of the game is to achieve a happy end ...

'' (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 ''Global Defence Force'' is a PlayStation 2 Third-person shooter, third-person shooter video game developed by Sandlot (company), Sandlot. The game was originally published as ''The Chikyū Bōeigun 2'' in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the ...

'' (PSP) *''

Earth Defense Force 2 Portable V2 ''Global Defence Force'' is a PlayStation 2 Third-person shooter, third-person shooter video game developed by Sandlot (company), Sandlot. The game was originally published as ''The Chikyū Bōeigun 2'' in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the ...

'' (PS Vita) *'' Earth Defense Force 3'' (XB360) *''

Earth Defense Force 3 Portable ''Earth Defense Force 2017'' is a third-person shooter developed by Sandlot (company), Sandlot, and published by D3 Publisher, for the Xbox 360. It is the follow-up to ''Global Defence Force'', and is the first game in the ''Earth Defense Force'' s ...

'' (PS Vita) *''

Earth Defense Force 4 ''Earth Defense Force 2025'' is a third-person shooter developed by Sandlot and published by D3 Publisher, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the follow-up to ''Earth Defense Force 2017''. A remastered version, titled was released for Play ...

'' (PS3, XB360) *'' Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair'' (PS4, PC) *'' Earth Defense Force 5'' (PS4) *'' Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon'' (PS3, XB360, PC) *'' Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain'' (PS4) *'' Earth Defense Force Tactics'' (PS2) *'' Fuyu no Sonata DS'' (NDS) *'' Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard'' (PS3, XB360) *'' Machiing Maker'' (series) (PS2, PSP, NDS, PS3, XB360) *''

Maglam Lord is a Japanese video game developer based in Gifu. It was founded in July 2010 by former Flight-Plan employees. In April 2015, Felistella and Idea Factory is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher founded by fo ...

'' (PS4, Nintendo Switch) *''

Abyss of the Sacrifice is a Japanese visual novel adventure game for the PlayStation Portable and by Intense and D3 Publisher. It was released on February 4, 2010. The game is described as a . An enhanced version of game for the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows wa ...

'' (PSP) *'' Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho'' (PS3, PS4) *''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...

'' (''

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'' series) (PS2, NDS, PSP) *'' Omega Labyrinth'' (PS Vita) *'' Onnanoko to Misshitsu ni Itara OO Shichau Kamo Shirenai.'' (3DS) *'' Ten'' (PS2) *''

The OneChanbara , initially defined , is a series of Action-adventure game, action-adventure Hack and slash, hack and slash video games originally developed by Tamsoft for D3 Publisher's Simple series, Simple 2000 series. The title is a portmanteau of the Japane ...

'' series (PS2, PS4, XB360, Wii, PC, PSP) *'' School Girl/Zombie Hunter'' (PS4) *''

'' series (PS, PS2, PSP, PS3 (PSN), DC, GBA, NDS, Wii, 3DS) * ''Snowboard Racer 2'' (PS2)

Otome games

*'' Bakumatsu Renka'' (series) (PS2, PSP, NDS) *'' Dear My Sun!!: Musuko Ikusei Kyousoukyoku'' (PS2) * '' Forbidden Romance'' (series) (Android, iOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch) *'' Hoshizora no Comic Garden'' (NDS) *'' Houkago no Love Beat'' (PS2) *'' Kurayami no Hate de Kimi wo Matsu'' (NDS) *''

Last Escort Last Escort is a series of host club-themed otome games by D3 Publisher for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. History The first title was announced at Tokyo Game Show 2005 with a list price of 5040 yen, scheduled for a winter 20 ...

'' (series) (PS2, PSP) *'' Little Anchor'' (PS2) *''

Mermaid Prism is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992. 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, Ninte ...

'' (PS2) *''

Ore no Shita de Agake is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992. 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, Ninten ...

'' (

BL game ''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created b ...

) (PS2) *'' Reijou Tantei Office Love Jikenbo'' (PS2) *'' Saikin Koi Shiteru?'' (NDS) *''

Signal In signal processing, a signal is a function that conveys information about a phenomenon. Any quantity that can vary over space or time can be used as a signal to share messages between observers. The '' IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing' ...

'' (NDS) *'' Storm Lover'' (PSP) *'' Storm Lover: Natsukoi!!'' (PSP) *'' Suto*Mani: Strobe*Mania'' (PSP) *'' Teikoku Kaigun Koibojou ~Meiji Yokosuka Koushinkyoku~'' (PSV) *'' The Charming Empire'' (Android, iOS, Windows, PSV, Nintendo Switch) *'' Vampire Knight DS'' (NDS) *''

Vitamin (video game series) Vitamin is a series of otome games developed by HuneX and published by D3 Publisher for PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita. The first title, ''VitaminX'', was released on March ...

'' (PS2, NDS, PSP, 3DS, Vita) *'' Nightshade/Hyakka Hyakurou'' (PSV, Windows, Nintendo Switch)

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