Nitroplus to be acquired by Cygames’ parent and resume work on games abandoned due to lack of resources 

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CyberAgent, the parent company of Cygames, announced the acquisition of game developer Nitroplus on June 26. The company bought over 72% of Nitroplus’ shares for 16.9 billion yen (over $104 million), making it a consolidated subsidiary (source: GameBiz). 

According to a notice from Nitroplus’ CEO Takaki “Digitarou” Kosaka, the company will retain its name, company culture and freedom in content creation. Kosaka will resume his position as CEO, and Gen Urobuchi, writer of Saya no Uta and the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, will remain as vice-president. 

A PR interview published by CyberAgent reveals that it was Nitroplus that first approached the company with an acquisition offer. By seeking capital cooperation with CyberAgent, Kosaka hopes to fortify Nitroplus’ management capabilities and focus on content creation. The CEO seems confident that the arrangement will help Nitroplus improve the quality of its games and pursue projects it had abandoned due to a lack of resources. In turn, CyberAgent has big expectations for Nitroplus’ IP creation potential.

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  1. Nitro+ is legendary they are as historically important as Alicesoft is in the world of VN’s. Saya No Uta is my absolute favorite and a classic with Gen Urobuchi as one of the greatest Japanese Writers of our time, as is the rest of their lineup with Tokyo Necro and some of their side projects with School Live and the recently released Revenger, they are a rarity and a contrast from the rest of the industry with their unique brand.

    I was worried about the acquisition and that Nitro+ would need to water themselves down which I would very much dislike. but seeing that this is more of needing resources to help expand overseas and the management stays the same. I see no problem with it as it is kind of a Nihon Falcom situation where they have a small studio but can only work on one project a year or two if they are lucky, so they have to be nimble or be acquired to have better resources. Nitro+ fell into the latter as it is a tough market right now with the economy. I can only hope everything stays as it is, and we get more Nitro+ titles in the future with much more creative freedom and not be forced to do generic works.