, formerly known as GAU Entertainment and , was a Japanese
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...
originally established in 1992. It developed games for other companies on a contract basis. Their clients included
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 ...
,
Capcom
is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
,
Namco,
Takara,
Taito,
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 ...
, and
Square Enix
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.
Nex Entertainment was founded as GAU Entertainment. Two years later, the company merged into Nextech, which was bought by Sega in 1997.
Nex Entertainment emerged as a third-party developer in 2003.
NEX Entertainment's major shareholder, Fields <2767> announced on July 29, 2016 that it closed the company.
Games
Arcade
*''Cobra the Arcade''
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Time Crisis 3''
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Time Crisis 4''
Dreamcast
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Dino Crisis''
*''Dream Studio''
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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica''
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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X''
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Shenmue''
*''Type X: Spiral Nightmare'' (canceled)
Game Boy Advance
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Shining Soul'' (co-developed with
Grasshopper Manufacture)
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Shining Soul II'' (co-developed with Grasshopper Manufacture)
GameCube
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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X''
Mega Drive/Genesis
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Crusader of Centy
''Crusader of Centy'' is an action-adventure game developed by Nextech for the Sega Genesis. The story centers on Corona, a boy who has just turned 14 years of age and must inherit his late father's sword to fight the monsters that threaten the hu ...
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*''Pro Striker Final Stage''
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Ranger X''
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YuYu Hakusho: Gaiden''
Nintendo DS
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Children of Mana''
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Lupin Sansei: Shijou Saidai no Zunousen''
Nintendo 3DS
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Crimson Shroud
''Crimson Shroud'' is a role-playing video game developed and published by Level-5 (company), Level-5, with assistance from Nex Entertainment. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.
Gameplay
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PlayStation 2
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Dynasty Tactics 2''
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Lupin III: Columbus no Isan wa Akenisomaru''
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Lupin III: Lupin ni wa Shi o, Zenigata ni wa Koi o''
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Resident Evil – Code: Veronica X''
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Resident Evil Survivor 2 Code: Veronica''
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Shining Tears
is an action role-playing game co-developed by Nextech and Amusement Vision and published by Sega in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 as a part of the '' Shining'' video game series. It tells the story of a mysterious boy named Xion.
An anime adap ...
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Shining Wind''
*''Shirachuu Tankenbu''
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Time Crisis 3''
PlayStation 3
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Bayonetta''
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Time Crisis 4''
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Time Crisis: Razing Storm''
PlayStation 4
*''Killing Bites'' (cancelled)
PlayStation Vita
*''Killing Bites'' (cancelled)
Sega Saturn
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Battle Arena Toshinden Remix''
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Battle Arena Toshinden U.R.A''
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Choro Q Park
is a 1998 racing video game developed by Nextech and published by Takara
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Cyber Speedway''
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D-Xhird
is a 3D weapons-based fighting game developed by Nextech and published by Takara, the same companies that created the ''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series, which the game is inspired from. The endings for the characters teased a sequel, but it ne ...
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Linkle Liver Story
is a 1996 Japanese video game developed by Nex Entertainment, Nextech and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn video game system. The game is an action-RPG where the player takes control of a fox girl named Kitsch.
Gameplay
''Linkle Liver S ...
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*''Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '98''
*''Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '98 Summer Action''
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Resident Evil''
Windows
*''Chi Q no Tomodachi''
*''Dark Eyes''
*''Dark Eyes 2000''
*''Dream Studio''
*''You will go out to the Pico-town!''
WonderSwan Color
*''Dark Eyes: BattleGate''
Xbox
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Shin Megami Tensei: Nine''
*''Touge R''
References
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Defunct video game companies of Japan
Video game companies established in 1992
Video game companies disestablished in 2016
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Japanese companies established in 1992
Japanese companies disestablished in 2016