Akatsuki Games explains that the investments from these two major partners will help the studio strengthen its development capabilities and expand beyond the Japanese mobile market, where it has had several major successes with Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle at Bandai Namco and Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe at Square Enix. More recently, Akatsuki Games also released Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator from Koei Tecmo, which had a good launch, as we learn in the financial results of Yuki Totsuka and Shuhei Yamaguchi’s studio.
“ The Company will continue to establish relationships with the Sony Group and its affiliated companies to create new business opportunities, with the aim of cooperating in the expansion of overseas markets for mobile games, both those currently in the process of development and those that will be developed in the future, as well as to collaborate in the co-production and development of new intellectual properties and new content », We can read in the press release. Akatsuki Games also intends to strengthen its already established relationship with Koei Tecmo, particularly in the areas of live games.
Akatsuki Games is currently working on the action-RPG Tribe Nine, a new license in partnership with the creators of Danganronpa which debuted in the form of an animated series whose 12 episodes released in early 2022 are available on Crunchyroll. Under the Too Kyo Games license, the game will be released in 2024 on iOS and Android but also Steam. Another big title to enter development under the codename Project Y for release by 2026/2027.