JETRO @ GDC 2009

The following are the EIGHT companies that will participate in the JAPAN/JETRO booth at GDC & GC 2009:

• Acquire
• ARC SYSTEM WORKS
• Digital Works
• G CREST
• Landho
• RIZ Inc.
• VANGUARD

The following are TWO exhibitors participating in JETRO’s BIZMATCH at GDC 2009 only (They are still participating at GC but will conduct their own meeting arrangements through the GC web system):

• BAUHAUS ENTERTAINMENT
• Premium Agency

Click here to go back to the event's general information.

Acquire

For the past 10 years, Acquire has been one of the developers that have formed the backbone of Playstation and Playstation 2 development in Japan. Acquire still continues to create highly original titles for the Playstation 3, Xbox360, and PSP.

• Game Publishing
• Game Development
• Software Development
• Graphics for TV and Games

To view snapshots of Acquire's games, please click here ( 209 KB).

Back to Top

ARC SYSTEM WORKS

ARCSYSTEM WORKS is known particularly in action oriented games. Especially in the 2D fighting game genre, they consider themselves to be the leading company in the market. With a history of 20 years of game developing for leading publishers, starting at the 8 bit machines, they cover a wide area of OEM development, big or small, including a development for a major game publisher in U.S. that they are currently working on.

• Game planning/development
• Character design
• World design
• Game system design
• Marketing (in Japan)

To view snapshots of ARC SYSTEMS WORKS' games, please click here ( 2,721 KB).

Back to Top

BAUHAUS ENTERTAINMENT

BAUHAUS ENTERTAINMENT produces real-time or pre-rendered 2D and 3D computer graphic data for game products. They produce softwares for the following hardwares: Play Station 3 (6 softwares), X BOX 360 (2 softwares), Nintendo Wii (4 softwares), Nintendo DS (1 software), PSP (1 software). BAUHAUS ENTERTAINMENT’s services include planning for real-time 3D model graphics, including modeling and animating, and engineering core game systems.

• Game fields and stages
• Character models
• Real time demonstration
• Animation
• Story board
• Planning

For more information about BAUHAUS ENTERTAINMENT, please click here ( 1,491 KB).

Back to Top

Digital Works

Digital Works Entertainment, Inc. specializes in the development, creation and production of state-of-the-art computer games for mobile & TV Games. They have a lot of experience working for major game companies in Japan. We are licensed to develop Nintendo DS and Wii in Vietnam with their subsidiary company located there. They are looking forward to doing business with you as a developer and a publisher! They have developed mobile game contents (200 titles), consumer games (over 200 titles involved for all consumer games include PS3 and XBOX360).

• Development of Games for T.V. and Mobile Phones
• Creation of Games for T.V. and Mobile Phones
• Production of Games for T.V. and Mobile Phones

For more information about Digital Works, please click here ( 397 KB).

Back to Top

G CREST

As an Online Game service provider, GCREST, INC. provides the following services:

• Online game publishing
• Online game development for PC/mobile
• Online game portal site publishing
• Online game portal site development
• Development/sales of digital content

For more information about G CREST, please click here ( 2,427 KB).

Back to Top

Landho

Besides having an experience in developing Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, iPod/iPhone, and Japanese cell phone applications, Landho also provides production services for television and radio programs. Here are their services:

• Development of computer software
• General Planning (Directing, Producing, Level Design, Game Design, etc.)
• General Programming (Specializing in C, C++, C#, Java, Java Script, PHP, Perl, CGI, My SQL, Flash, Cocoa, Objective C, Ruby, Python, etc.)
• General Designing (2D Design, 3D Design (Specializing in 3DS Max, Maya, and Lightwave), Animation, Character Design, etc.）
• Production of television and radio programs
• Planning, Directing, Producing, Editing, and Overall Production

For more information about Landho, please click here ( 1,231 KB).
To view snapshots of Landho's games, please click here ( 1,407 KB).

Back to Top

Premium Agency

A Japanese developer who does multiplatform development?

That’s right. Premium Agency is your one-stop solution for game development, across any and all major gaming platforms. They have the experience, technology, and the artistic sense needed to turn a vision into a compelling reality, and they can do it in less time and at less cost than nearly any other developer out there.　Premium Agency makes its own middleware, and every title they make further builds on the capabilities of their development engines, Chidori and Aoi.

Chidori Engine:

• Simultaneous, streamlined multiplatform development
• Supports every major home and handheld platform

Aoi Engine:

• High-end shading, rendering, post-effects
• Supports PS3, Xbox 360, PC

They’ve developed titles such as Sony’s gardening simulation “Shiki-tei,” Gran Turismo 5 Designer Takamasa Shichisawa’s “Dress,” “Playstation Home Asia”, and Koei’s epic RPG “Zill O’ll Infinite Plus.”

The bottom line:
Your project, done right:

• Extensive experience, especially in the simulation, third person action, shooter, casual, and RPG genres.
• Development experience for NDS, Wii, PSP, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, XBLA.
• Native English-speaking staff eliminate language barrier
• Veteran directors and producers formerly of SCEJ, Konami, and Square Enix

Your project, on time:

• Stable, robust game engines greatly reduce cost and increase development speed
• Optimized dev process using proprietary debugging tools and augmented SVN
• Efficient and highly visible pipeline so you’ll never be kept guessing

Your project, within budget:

• Stable proprietary middleware means minimized technological risks
• Multiplatform engine means additional SKUs for minimal cost, developed in one place

To view snapshots of Premium Agency's games, please click here ( 1,501 KB).

Back to Top

RIZ Inc.

Besides planning and developing of computer/game software and creating computer graphic images, the following services are provided by RIZ Inc.:

• Programming
• Planning
• 3D Modeling
• 3D Animation
• 2D Design
• Level Design for Unreal
• Motion Capture

For more information about RIZ Inc., please click here ( 3,093 KB).

Back to Top

VANGUARD

VANGUARD is a console, mobile and PC online games development specialist. Here are some of the services they provide: simple and easy-to-play strategy game planning (Especially familiar with German-style board game), advanced server programming technologies and knowledge (in both PC and Mobile environment), self-progressing style online game (game is in progress even during the user logged off and the user can check the status later on). Through the research and use of different advanced web technologies such as Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR, etc, they also develop games that run on low spec PC. VANGUARD also has experience in different genres of game development including RPG, Action, Puzzle and Strategy, etc. Their most important work is the self-progressing online game The Gundam Network Operations Series, which was released since 2002 and is still in service, and is the longest-lived PC online game in Japan.

• Game Development
• Planning - Concept and Overall Design
• Development - Coding, Debug, Code Review and Game Balance Control
• Graphics - Concept, Sketches and CG Implementation
• PC Online Games Operations & Maintenance & Customer Support Service
• B2B development business (Namco Bandai Games, SEGA, etc. Japan's Largest Publishers)

For more information about VANGUARD, please click here ( 879 KB).

Back to Top

Click here to go back to the event's general information.