Aniplex announces the acquisition of Delightworks' game development business centered on "Fate / Grand Order" as a subsidiary

Aniplex announces the acquisition of Delightworks’ game development business centered on “Fate / Grand Order” as a subsidiary
December 15, 2021 18:280

Aniplex announces the acquisition of Delightworks’ game development business centered on “Fate / Grand Order” as a subsidiary
Aniplex announced that it has signed a share transfer agreement with Delightworks to acquire all the shares of the new company (name will be announced at a later date) that succeeded the game business of Delightworks through a company split.
The completion of this transaction is scheduled for next spring, subject to the effective establishment of the above-mentioned company split, the approval of the relevant authorities, and the acquisition of permission.
In line with this, the production committee for the smartphone app game “Fate / Grand Order” will be Aniplex, Notes Co., Ltd. (TYPE-MOON) and the new company, and Delightworks’ “Fate / Grand Order” development team will also be others. Will be transferred to the new company along with the game business of. Regarding “Fate / Grand Order,” which has been in its seventh year since the start of distribution in July 2015, it is said that it will further deepen cooperation with TYPE-MOON and the new company.
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■ Delightworks President and CEO Yoshinori Ono
We are confident that the completion of this transaction will give us more opportunities to take on the challenge of creating new games in the future, and will bring us unprecedented excitement and excitement.
With the corporate philosophy of Delightworks, “Let’s just create an interesting game,” we will continue to deliver happiness to people all over the world.
Together with the creators who are creating emotions with us and the creators who will meet new people, we have great hopes and dreams for being able to sail to a new frontier.
* The image is from the official website