is a Japanese

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founded on June 2, 2006 as a subsidiary of

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. The company was formerly managed by Compile's former executive Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, most well known as the creator of the '' Madou Monogatari'' and ''

Puyo Puyo , previously known as ''Puyo Pop'' outside Japan, is a series of tile-matching video games created by Compile. Sega has owned the franchise since 1998, with games after 2001 being developed by Sonic Team. ''Puyo Puyo'' was created as a spin-of ...

'' series, before his retirement in December 2012. Compile Heart is primarily known for its ''

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'' and '' Record of Agarest War'' brands. As of 2010, the company managed to acquire a licensing deal with D4 Enterprise (the copyright holder of most property rights under Compile) to create new video games based on franchises from the defunct developer. This does not affect the rights to the ''Puyo Puyo'' series which D4 does not own and remains the property of

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Games

* CH Selection (Compile Heart Selection) is similar to "The Best" (JP) or "Greatest Hits" (US), but use specially for Compile Heart's games.

Projects

Compile Heart has announced a project titled ''Galapagos RPG'', that aims to create new RPGs with a Japanese style, aimed towards Japanese gamers. The first game from this project is a "Fantasy RPG" with a dark tone called '' Fairy Fencer F'' for the

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followed respectively by '' Omega Quintet'', '' Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force'', '' Death end re;Quest'', '' Dragon Star Varnir'', ''Arc of Alchemist'', and '' Death end re;Quest 2'' for the

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, ''Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord'', and ''Death end re;Quest: Code Z'' for the

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* {{Authority control Video game companies established in 2006 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 2006