Xseed Games is an American
video game
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company founded by former members of
Square Enix USA. It later became a subsidiary of the Japanese game company
Marvelous, providing the localization and publishing services for video games and related materials.
History
In 2007, AQ Interactive, Inc. announced the acquisition of Xseed Games, with share transfer before June. The deal was signed on April 24, and the share transfer was completed on June 26. Xseed Games joined the forces with
Marvelous Entertainment
(MMV) was a multinational corporation that produced animation, music, video games and television series. MMV is known for its involvement in the ''Story of Seasons'' series. They merged with AQ Interactive in 2011 and became Marvelous AQL; the ...
(MMV) to co-publish their games in
North America in 2008. At
E3 2008
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, MMV USA and Xseed Games distinguished the games that would be co-published under the agreement and the games that Xseed would publish separately.
In 2009 on April 1, AQ Interactive announced increasing its stake of Xseed Games from 55% to 90% on the day of announcement. On April 14, Xseed Games announced its partnership with
Japanese
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developer
Nihon Falcom
is a Japanese video game developer, best known for their '' Ys'', ''The Legend of Heroes'', and ''Trails'' series. The company was founded in March 1981, making them one of the oldest active video game companies. They are credited with pioneeri ...
over localizing and publishing ''
Ys Seven'', ''
Ys: The Oath in Felghana'', ''
Ys I & II Chronicles'', and the ''
Trails in the Sky'' trilogy for the
PlayStation Portable in North America.
Xseed Games published ''
Ys: The Oath in Felghana'' and ''
Ys Origin'' on the
Steam digital distribution platform in 2012 as their first release. In March 2013,
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 ...
's
Atlus Online Division online business unit was purchased by Marvelous AQL and transferred to Xseed. Later on April 6, Xseed Games announced its business name was changed to Marvelous USA, Inc.
In 2019, former Xseed localization producer Brittany Avery discovered that she was not credited for her work on the enhanced PlayStation 4 port of ''
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel'' after leaving the company the previous year. As a result, Xseed revealed their policy of not crediting staff members in games if they are no longer employed at the company at the time it releases. The practice, also done by some other companies in the industry, was widely criticized.
Games
Notes
References
External links
* {{officialwebsite, http://xseedgames.com/
2004 establishments in California
2007 mergers and acquisitions
American companies established in 2004
American subsidiaries of foreign companies
Companies based in Torrance, California
Marvelous (company)
Video game companies established in 2004
Video game companies of the United States
Video game localization
Video game publishers