Shueisha has announced the establishing of Shueisha Games, a new subsidiary focused entirely on making and publishing new games.
Here’s a rundown on Shueisha Games and its key staff:
Key Staff
- Representative Director: Shinichi Hirono
- Company Directors: Masahiko Ibaraki, Motokazu Kitabatake, Yoshihisa Keiko, Masana Takahashi
- Executive Officer: Masami Yamamoto, Game Production Manager
- Executive Officer: Michiharu Mori, General Manager of Promotion and Business Administration
Discovery of Talented Independent Creators
Expansion of support business for Shueisha Game Creators CAMP
Shueisha Game Creators CAMP, a new business developed by Shueisha, will be further strengthened through operational support for Shueisha Games.
Shueisha has been at the forefront of the manga business, releasing a large number of manga to date. We are always looking for new talent and are continuously investing in the discovery of new talent.
Shueisha Game Creators CAMP was started with the idea that the know-how Shueisha has cultivated over many years in the manga industry to discover and support new creator talent could be applied to the support of individual and small group game creators who are full of talent.
In addition to game creators, we also support collaborations between creators and their children in various genres related to game development, such as manga artists, novelists, visual artists, illustrators, sound creators, and so on. We want to be a part of it.
The number of registered creators of Shueisha Game Creators CAMP, which will celebrate its first anniversary on April 20 this year, has exceeded 4,000, and the number of supported titles, including those yet to be announced, has surpassed 10 titles.
New Published Games
Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions
- Release date planned for summer 2022
- Genre: tactical action
- Release platforms: Nintendo Switch
Hatena no Tou: The Tower of Children
- Release date planned for summer 2022
- Genre: Survival roguelike adventure
- Release platforms: undecided
ONI (Tentative Title)
- Release date planned for 2022
- Genre: 3D action
- Release platforms: undecided
Ukiyo
- Release date planned for 2022 to early 2023
- Genre: Japanese-style cyberpunk adventure
- Release platforms: undecided
Creation of New Major Titles
- Major projects are underway.
Shueisha Games will plan new game projects in the form of collaborative development with major game companies. Several large-scale projects are already in progress, not only in terms of creative value by utilizing the talents of Shueisha’s popular authors and the knowledge of our editors, but also in terms of development funding.
A new game for smartphones
- Release date undecided
Character design is by a famous “Weekly Shonen Jump” author, and development is underway by a leading studio of a major overseas game company as a completely original story. The game will be developed globally with a focus on Japan and other Asian countries.
Multiplayer speed trick action
- Release date undecided/platform undecided
Co-published with a major Japanese company. Under development by a major Japanese developer. A new genre of multiplayer battle
Further details weren’t announced – for now you can visit the Shueisha Games official website here.
