Kaga Create

KAGA CREATE CO., LTD.
加賀クリエイト株式会社

Industry	Interactive entertainment, graphic design, web page production, new source production, merchandise development, event promotion
Predecessor	Digital Gain Co.,Ltd.
Founded	1988-06-22 (Naxat), 1999-10-18 (Digital Gain)
Headquarters	Century Tower, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Tomoyasu Kato (President of directors)
Products	Alien Crush, Devil's Crush, Psychosis, Super Gomoku Narabe Renju
Employees	13 (as of 2008-03-31)
Parent	Kaga Electronics (100% stake)
Website	http://www.kaga-create.co.jp/

Kaga Create Co.,Ltd. is a Japan-based video game developing and publishing division of Kaga Electronics.

The company initially released games for the PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx in the USA). It later released titles for a wide array of gaming systems, including the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Dreamcast, the 3DO, the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the PC-FX. The Virtual Cameraman games for 3DO released in 1995 marked the decline of Naxat Soft after the TurboGrafx. The company's releases stopped around 2005, with recent games primarily being re-releases of TurboGrafx titles on the Wii.

History

Kaga's video game division was founded in 1988-06-22 under the name 'Naxat'. The company is named from backward spelling of Taxan, which is a brand owned by its parent company.

In 1998, the company was renamed to Kaga Tech Co.,Ltd, but the video games were still sold under the Naxat Soft brand.

In 1999-10-18, Digital Gain Co.,Ltd. was established, which was responsible for developing Naxat Soft titles.

In 2005-02-24, Kaga Electronics announced the merger of KAGA TECH CO., LTD. and KANTO AUTOMATION Co., Ltd., which would take effect on 2005-04-01. Under the terms of merger, the Amusement Machines Development Business of KAGA TECH CO., LTD. would be transferred to the Specific Industry Sales Headquarters of KAGA ELECTRONICS, the Entrust Business for Game Software Development to the Digital Media Lab., Inc. (100% subsidiary of Kaga Electronics), and the Game Software Development Business to the subsidiary DIGITAL GAIN CO., LTD.^[1]

In 2007-04-25, Kaga Electronics announced Digital Gain Co.,Ltd. would be renamed to Kaga Create Co., Ltd., which took effect on 2007-5-1.^[2] At the time of renaming, the company's business was expanded to graphic design, web page production, new source production, merchandise development, event promotion. It develops software for Pionesoft, Alchemist, Milestone Inc.

References

1. ^ Notice of Merger of Subsidiaries
2. ^ グループ会社「デジタル･ゲイン」の社名変更に関するお知らせ

External links

• Kaga Create page
• Moby Games: Naxat Soft
• GameFAQs
• Kaga Electronics profile on Kaga Create, English version
• List of Naxat Soft games
• List of Kaga Tech games