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Steins;Gate Developer Mages Acquired by Colopl

Today Tokyo-based publisher Colopl announced via press release that it has acquired all shares of popular developer Mages
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Published: Mar 30, 2020 03:37 am

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Today Tokyo-based publisher Colopl announced via press release that it has acquired all shares of popular developer Mages, mostly known for its visual novels.

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The acquisition was motivated by the will to combine Mages’ ability to create original IP to the popular IP already belonging to the Colopl group in order to further improve the group’s competitiveness in its mainstay mobile services business.

On top of games, Mages also works on music and events, and Colopl expects its business to continue to grow in the future.

As a result, Mages will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Colopl.

Just last summer, Mages had acquired its independence from its former parent company Dwango, and from the Kadokawa group through a management buyout by Chiyomaru Shikura’s Chiyomaru Studio.

The developer is indeed known for many popular IP, including the Science Adventure franchise with Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Child, and more.

Just recently it had announced Steins;Gate 0 Elite and a Hollywood live-action TV series based on the same IP.

Colopl is perhaps less known in the west due to its focus on mobile games like White Cat Project, Alice Gear Aegis, and many more.

The effect this new ownership will have on Mages’ beloved series remains to be seen. We’ll keep update on further development as soon as we hear something.

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Giuseppe Nelva
Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.
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