(Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Atsuhiro Iwakami; hereinafter "Aniplex") announced today that on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, Aniplex Corporation (Head office: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and Chairman, CEO Akihito Shoji; Representative Director and President, COO Yoshinori Ono; hereinafter "Delightworks") will acquire all shares of the game business of Delightworks Corporation through a corporate split-off. (headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo; Kenji Shoji, Chairman and CEO; Yoshinori Ono, President and COO; hereinafter "Delightworks"), announced that it has concluded a share transfer agreement to acquire all shares of a new company (name to be announced later) that will take over Delightworks' game business through a corporate split.
Aniplex will make the game development business centered on "FGO" a subsidiary.
Fate/Grand Order 公式サイト Aniplex has concluded a share transfer agreement to transfer its game business, including the development team for the smartphone app game " Fate/Grand Order " ("FGO"), to a newly established company through a corporate split, and then to acquire all shares of the new company. The completion of this transaction is expected to be completed by the end of March 2012.
The transaction is scheduled to be completed next spring, subject to the effective completion of the aforementioned company split and the receipt of approval and permission from the relevant authorities.
Aniplex is "committed to working with the employees, creators, and related parties of the new company to achieve further growth of the new company and the development of the group's overall game business. " commented the company.
As a result, the "FGO" production committee will consist of Aniplex,Notes ( TYPE-MOON), and the new company, and the FGO development team at Delightworks will be transferred to the new company, along with other game businesses, including board games.
Delightworks will continue to operate its businesses except for the game business, which will be transferred to the new company.
Comment from Yoshinori Ono, President and COO of Delightworks
Fate/Grand Order 公式サイトI am confident that the completion of this transaction will provide us with more opportunities to take on the challenge of creating new games and deliver unprecedented excitement and excitement to our customers.
We will continue to create games that are purely fun, in line with the corporate philosophy of Delightworks, "Let's create games that are purely fun. We hope to continue to deliver happiness to people around the world, along with our desire to "just create genuinely fun games.
I am filled with great hopes and dreams to be able to set sail on a new frontier together with the creators who are currently creating excitement with us, and with the creators we will meet in the future.
Aniplex is the distributor of "FateProject," including FGO, and this deal seems to be made with a view to the further development of "FateProject.
As FGO enters its seventh year since its distribution in July 2015, the main story has reached its climax, and the game is expected to gain momentum during the year-end and New Year's holidays, with stage events and New Year's Eve special programs scheduled to take place in the regions.
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