WOW Entertainment
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| WOW Entertainment | ||
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| Founded: 2000-04-21[1] | ||
| Defunct: 2003-10-01[2] | ||
| Merged with: Overworks (2004) | ||
Headquarters:
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2000-04-21 2003-10-01
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WOW Entertainment (ワウ エンターテイメント) was a development company owned by Sega Corporation during 2000 to 2003.
WOW Entertainment is a continuation of Sega Software R&D Dept. 1[3], though as with other R&D divisions of Sega restructured around this time, it was classed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega as opposed to simply being a R&D division.
Not much has changed in terms of approach for the studio when it became WOW Entertainment. The studio provided a variety of different games to the arcades, as well as the Dreamcast. A very different venture for WOW was the attempt to rival Gran Turismo, with the Sega GT for Dreamcast and Sega GT 2002 for Xbox.
In October 2003, WOW Entertainment merged with Overworks to become Sega WOW (briefly "WOW Works")[2]. WOW Entertainment was itself briefly known by a different name from April 2000 until July, being WOW (株式会社ワウ).[4]
Softography
NAOMI
- Alien Front (2001)
- Inu no Osanpo (2001)
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Sports Jam (2000)
- Virtua Golf (2001)
- World Series Baseball (2001)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting (2001)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Typing (2002)
NAOMI 2
- Wild Riders (2001)
Chihiro
- The House of the Dead III (2002)
Triforce
Dreamcast
- Sega GT (2000)
- Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (2000)
- Sega Marine Fishing (2000)
- Sega Tetris (2000)
- Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (2000)
- Sports Jam (2001)
- Alien Front Online (2001)
- Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
- Candy Stripe: Minarai Tenshi (2001)
PlayStation 2
- Vampire Night (2001)
- Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu Taikenban (2003) (as Wow Entertainment)
- Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (2003)
GameCube
Xbox
- Sega GT 2002 (2002)
- Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
- The House of the Dead III (2002)
- Sega GT Online (2003)
Game Boy Advance
- Columns Crown (2001)
- The Pinball of the Dead (2002)
- Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002)
Windows PC
- The Typing of the Dead 2003 (2002)
- The Typing of the Dead 2004 (2003)
- The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat (2006)
i-mode 503i
- Pokke ni Tennis (2001)
- Soccer Eleven (2001)
- Pokke ni Tennis Doubles (2002)
J-Sky (50KB)
- Columns Jr. (2001)
- K-Typing of the Dead (2001)
- Super Tennis Mini (2002)
- Super Tennis (2002)
- Best Soccer (2002)
- Super Tennis Xmas Version (2002)
J-Sky (100KB)
- Future Drive (2002)
- Snobo Rider (2002)
Vodafone Live! (256KB)
- Super Real Tennis (2003)
Namco System 246
- Vampire Night (2001) (with Namco)
Chihiro
- The House of the Dead III (2002)
PC
- Sega Bass Fishing (2001)
- Sega GT (2001)
- Sega Marine Fishing (2002)
List of staff
- Hiroshi Ando
- Toshihiro Ando
- Masayuki Ao
- Toshihiro Fujimaki
- Tadashi Fujita
- Susumu Hirai
- Kazutaka Horie
- Masaharu Ijichi
- Kenichi Imaeda
- Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Hideyuki Katoh
- Ichiro Kawaoka
- Tetsuya Kawauchi
- Tatsuto Kumada
- Taku Makino
- Katsunori Matsui
- Masamoto Morita
- Rikiya Nakagawa
- Makito Nomiya
- Takashi Oda
- Takuya Ohashi
- Norihito Omoda
- Koji Ooto
- Katsu Oshida
- Eriko Sakurai
- Kazutomo Sanbongi
- Takao Seki
- Hideaki Sekiya
- Makoto Sugawara
- Nanae Suizu
- Yoshiharu Suzuki
- Masanori Takeuchi
- Haruyoshi Tomita
- Susumu Tsukagoshi
- Kazunari Tsukamoto
- Akira Watanabe
- Kumiko Yamada
- Makito Yokota
Magazine articles
- Main article: WOW Entertainment/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 1
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 94
- ↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/aboutWOW/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-07 05:52)
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