was a Japanese

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and

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. Most of the staff were part of

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. Human's ''

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'' series was acquired by Spike after Human ceased operations. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to become

Spike Chunsoft is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video games, visual novels and adventure games. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd. and merged with Spike in 2012. It is owned by Dwango ...

History

Spike was founded in December 1989 as Its name was changed to on October 18, 1991 and then to Spike Co., Ltd. in April 1997. Spike sold its book publishing business to

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in March 1999, and Spike was acquired by

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in April. Spike established a game development subsidiary named Vaill (ヴァイル株式会社) which consisted of former

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staff in November 1999, and it was eventually absorbed back into Spike in July 2001. In 2005, Spike was bought by

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. In 2012, it merged with its sister company Chunsoft and became

. Two games were in development at the time of the merger: '' Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure!'' and '' Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair''.

Games

Published by Spike

Published by other publishers

Localized

References

External links

* *http://game.spike.co.jp/
IGN's company profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spike (Company) Spike Chunsoft Video game development companies Video game publishers Video game companies established in 1989 Video game companies disestablished in 2012 Defunct video game companies of Japan Former Kadokawa Corporation subsidiaries Japanese companies established in 1989 Japanese companies disestablished in 2012 2012 mergers and acquisitions