D3 Publisher

D3 Publisher Inc.[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese developer and publisher founded on February 5, 1992.[1] The company is known for the Simple series of budget-priced video games. Their games have been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360, Wii U, Android and iOS.

D3 Publisher Inc.
Native name
株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー
Kabushiki-gaisha Dīsurī Paburisshā
Formerly
  • CM Japan Co., Ltd.
  • International Signal Co., Ltd.
  • D3 Publisher Co., Ltd.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo game
FoundedFebruary 5, 1992 (1992-02-05)
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Japan, North America
Key people
  • Toshihiro Nada
    (president)
  • Yuji Ito
    (executive chairman)
Products
¥342.828 million (2020)
Total assets¥3.783 billion (2020)
Number of employees
21 (2020)
Parent
DivisionsD3 Go!
Websited3p.co.jp

Between 2007 and 2014, D3 Publisher owned a North Carolina-based game development studio Vicious Cycle Software.[2][3] In 2009, Bandai Namco Holdings gained a controlling share of D3 and currently owns 95% of its stock.[4][5] After the bankruptcy of Midway Games, the company became the publisher of Cartoon Network games from 2009 until 2014, when American publisher Little Orbit took control.

In 2015, D3 Publisher announced that D3 Publisher of America Inc. would rebrand as D3 Go! and that it would no longer publish video games but focus on publishing mobile games, but D3 Publisher Inc. in Japan would remain the same. D3 Go! is also expected to release some games from D3 Publisher Inc.[6]

Published games

America and Europe

Japan

Otome games
  • Bakumatsu Renka (series) (PS2, PSP, NDS)
  • Dear My Sun!!: Musuko Ikusei Kyousoukyoku (PS2)
  • Forbidden Romance (series) (Android, iOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch)
  • Hoshizora no Comic Garden (NDS)
  • Houkago no Love Beat (PS2)
  • Kurayami no Hate de Kimi wo Matsu (NDS)
  • Last Escort (series) (PS2, PSP)
  • Little Anchor (PS2)
  • Mermaid Prism (PS2)
  • Ore no Shita de Agake (BL game) (PS2)
  • Reijou Tantei Office no Jikenbo (PS2)
  • Saikin Koi Shiteru? (NDS)
  • Signal (NDS)
  • Storm Lover (PSP)
  • Storm Lover: Natsukoi!! (PSP)
  • Suto*Mani: Strobe*Mania (PSP)
  • The Charming Empire (Android, iOS, Windows, PSV, Nintendo Switch)
  • Vampire Knight DS (NDS)
  • Vitamin X (PS2, NDS, PSP)
  • Vitamin Y (NDS)
  • Vitamin Z (PS2, PSP)
  • Vitamin X to Z (PSP)
  • Vitamin X: Detective B6 (PSP)
  • Nightshade/Hyakka Hyakurou (PSV, Windows, Nintendo Switch)

See also

Notes
  1. Japanese: 株式会社ディースリー・パブリッシャー, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha D3 Paburisshā

References
  1. "D3 Publisher Games". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. "D3 Publisher Acquires Vicious Cycle Software". Gamasutra. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  3. "Little Orbit Acquires Vicious Cycle Software" (Press release). Little Orbit. September 4, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015. The acquisition occurred in Spring of 2014...
  4. Randy Nelson. "Namco Bandai announces intent to purchase D3 Publisher". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  5. Glasser, AJ. "By The Way, Namco Bandai Owns (Most Of) D3". Kotaku. Univision Communications. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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