company industry video game industry founded march 2 1985 ; 31 years ago 1985 03 02 headquarters tokyo japan key people yoichi miyaji president ceo products see release history for full listing revenue 4.56 billion 2007 number of employees 33 in 2013 parent gungho online entertainment website 1 game arts co. ltd. kabushiki gaisha g mu tsu is a japanese developer and publisher of video games located in tokyo . originally established in 1985 as a computer software company it expanded into producing for a number of game console and handheld systems . 1 its president and ceo in 2007 was yoichi miyaji at which time it was a member of the computer entertainment supplier s association of japan cesa . its major trading partners then included square enix bandai koei and gung ho online entertainment some of whom co developed or produced games in cooperation with the company . 2 the company has produced a number of games for several genres beginning with the action game thexder for personal computers in 1985 . a number of traditional and mahjong related games have also been produced for japanese audiences . in the western world game arts is best known as the producers of the lunar and grandia series of role playing video games as well as the gungriffon line of strategy games . some of its staff has helped in the preliminary development of nintendo s wii title super smash bros. brawl . 3 on april 22 2009 game arts released the playstation port of grandia in japan on the playstation network as a downloadable title in the psone classics range to celebrate an upcoming announcement for grandia online suggesting that they continue to provide for and support the title . 4 release history edit release date title platform publisher 1985 japan 1987 us thexder msx pc game arts japan sierra entertainment us april 1985 japan cuby panic pc game arts december 18 1985 japan thexder nes squaresoft 1986 japan 1988 us silpheed pc game arts japan sierra entertainment us 1987 japan 1990 us zeliard pc game arts japan sierra entertainment us june 3 1988 japan solitaire royale msx2 pc game arts 1989 japan 1990 us fire hawk thexder the second contact msx2 pc game arts japan sierra entertainment us july 21 1989 japan 1990 us faria a world of mystery and danger nes hi score media work japan nexoft us july 20 1990 japan harakiri pc game arts december 14 1990 japan gyuwamburaa gambler jiko chuushinha sega mega drive genesis game arts december 28 1991 japan tenka fubu sega mega cd game arts april 24 1992 japan april 23 1992 us 1992 europe alisia dragoon sega mega drive genesis game arts japan sega us & europe june 26 1992 japan december 1993 us lunar the silver star sega mega cd game arts japan working designs us december 18 1992 japan gyuwamburaa gambler jiko chuushinha 2 sega mega cd game arts january 29 1993 japan yumimi mix sega mega cd game arts february 26 1993 japan j league champion soccer sega mega drive genesis shogakukan july 30 1993 japan 1993 us 1993 europe silpheed sega mega cd game arts japan sega us & europe november 5 1993 japan jan ou touryumon sega mega drive genesis sega april 15 1994 japan urusei yatsura my dear friends sega mega cd game arts december 21 1994 japan september 1995 us lunar eternal blue sega mega cd game arts japan working designs us 1995 japan 1995 us thexder 95 pc game arts japan sierra entertainment us july 28 1995 japan yumimi mix remix sega saturn game arts january 12 1996 japan lunar samposuru gakuen co developed with ehrgeiz game gear game arts march 15 1996 japan 1996 us 1996 europe march 12 1998 japan saturn collection gungriffon the eurasian conflict japan gungriffon us gungriffon europe sega saturn game arts japan sega us & europe october 1996 japan lunar silver star story co developed with japan art media sega saturn kadokawa games october 18 1996 japan tokyo mahjong land sega saturn game arts december 27 1996 japan advanced release february 14 1997 japan daina airan sega saturn game arts july 1997 japan lunar silver star story complete with mpeg card co developed with japan art media and kadokawa games sega saturn entertainment software publishing october 1997 japan mah gakuen lunar co developed with kadokawa games sega saturn entertainment software publishing december 18 1997 japan november 26 1998 japan memorial package grandia sega saturn entertainment software publishing april 23 1998 japan gungriffon ii sega saturn entertainment software publishing may 28 1998 japan april 28 1999 japan playstation the best april 30 1999 us june 1 1999 us fan art edition february 6 2002 us limited re release lunar silver star story complete co developed with japan art media and kadokawa games playstation entertainment software publishing japan working designs us may 28 1998 japan grandia digital museum sega saturn entertainment software publishing july 1998 japan lunar 2 eternal blue co developed with japan art media and kadokawa games sega saturn entertainment software publishing 1998 japan 1999 korea lunar silver star story complete co developed with japan art media and kadokawa games pc entertainment software publishing may 27 1999 japan september 7 2000 japan kakukawa best december 15 2000 us lunar 2 eternal blue complete co developed with japan art media and kadokawa games playstation entertainment software publishing japan working designs us june 24 1999 japan september 30 1999 us march 30 2000 europe july 27 2000 japan playstation the best grandia playstation entertainment software publishing japan sony computer entertainment us ubisoft europe june 22 2000 japan gyuwamburaa gambler jiko chuushinha tokyo mahjong land playstation entertainment software publishing august 3 2000 japan december 6 2000 us february 23 2001 europe may 23 2002 japan drikore grandia ii dreamcast entertainment software publishing japan ubisoft us & europe august 10 2000 japan october 24 2000 us july 12 2002 europe august 1 2002 japan playstation 2 the best gungriffon blaze playstation 2 capcom japan working designs us swing entertainment europe september 21 2000 japan april 23 2001 us may 11 2001 europe july 19 2002 europe re release silpheed the lost planet co developed with treasure and tomy playstation 2 capcom japan working designs us swing entertainment europe december 22 2000 japan grandia parallel trippers co developed with hudson soft game boy color entertainment software publishing april 12 2001 japan december 10 2001 us lunar legend co developed with japan art media game boy advance media rings japan ubisoft us november 1 2001 japan chenwen no sangokushi playstation 2 entertainment software publishing february 21 2002 japan january 28 2002 us march 28 2002 europe grandia ii port by rocket studio playstation 2 enix corporation japan ubisoft us & europe january 31 2002 japan september 30 2002 us grandia xtreme playstation 2 enix corporation march 10 2002 us april 12 2002 europe grandia ii port by rocket studio pc ubisoft june 3 2002 north america june 27 2002 japan december 6 2002 europe bomberman generation gamecube majesco entertainment us hudson soft japan vivendi universal games europe december 16 2004 japan december 14 2004 us april 8 2005 europe gungriffon allied strike co developed with kama digital xbox tecmo august 25 2005 japan september 27 2005 us february 17 2006 europe lunar genesis japan & europe lunar dragon song us co developed with japan art media and rising star games nintendo ds marvelous entertainment japan ubisoft us atari europe august 4 2005 japan february 14 2006 us grandia iii playstation 2 square enix september 28 2006 japan june 29 2007 europe july 10 2007 us project sylpheed japan co developed with square enix and seta corporation xbox 360 microsoft corporation january 31 2008 japan march 9 2008 us june 27 2008 europe super smash bros. brawl co developed with sora ltd. and nintendo among others 2 wii nintendo april 22 2009 japan february 25 2010 us grandia co developed with entertainment software publishing playstation 3 d3publisher japan sony computer entertainment us september 22 2009 us september 25 2009 europe teenage mutant ninja turtles smash up 3 wii playstation 2 ubisoft october 27 2009 japan december 28 2009 us the magic obelisk 5 wii gungho online entertainment november 12 2009 japan march 2 2010 us lunar silver star harmony psp playstation network gungho online entertainment japan xseed games us february 2 2012 japan september 11 2012 us ragnarok odyssey ps vita playstation network gungho online entertainment japan xseed games us july 5 2012 japan dokuro ps vita playstation network gungho online entertainment august 24 2015 grandia ii anniversary edition pc gungho online entertainment references edit game arts product information in japanese . game arts . retrieved 2007 09 19 . game arts corporate profile in japanese . game arts . retrieved 2007 09 19 . iwata asks super smash bros. brawl . nintendo . retrieved 2015 06 08 . in japanese . game arts . retrieved 2009 04 22 . ishaan september 7 2009 . game arts casts its shadow on wiiware . siliconera.com . retrieved 2009 09 08 . external links edit official website v t e super smash bros. series games super smash bros. melee brawl 3ds and wii u developers hal laboratory sora ltd. masahiro sakurai game arts bandai namco games fan games project m super smash flash super smash bros. crusade super smash land community professional competition smashboards evolution championship series apex the smash brothers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title game arts & oldid 742425167 categories amusement companies of japancompanies established in 1985video game companies of japanvideo game development companiesvideo game publishershidden categories cs1 japanese language sources ja cs1 uses japanese language script ja use mdy dates from february 2016articles containing japanese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit 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