Sanzaru Games, Inc. is an American video game development company that was founded in

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in 2006. Sanzaru also has a satellite studio based in

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called Kitazaru, as well as an office in

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. The company name is based on the

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(called sanzaru in Japan).

History

Their first game was Ninja Reflex, released on March 1, 2008, for PC,

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and

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. Their second game was a port of the

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developed

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game ''

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'', released on May 26, 2009, for

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. Their third game was a high definition remastered collection of the '' Sly Cooper'' games originally developed by

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for the

, titled '' The Sly Collection'' and released on November 9, 2010, for

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and

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. Their fourth game was '' Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident'', which they assisted in development with

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on, was released on June 27, 2011, for

. Their fifth game is '' Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time'', which was set to be released late 2012, but was delayed to February 2013. Their latest game was revealed as a remake of '' Spyro: Year of the Dragon'', which was included in the ''

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'' trilogy. On October 10, 2019, the company released '' Asgard's Wrath'', an epic AAA VR action adventure title on the Oculus Rift. It was critically praised by various media such as IGN, UploadVR and VRFocus. On February 25, 2020, the company was acquired by

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as part of its

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Games

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