News: Cave Online

July 13, 2005, 03:05 PM

by brandon, via Cave Online -
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otb.jpgCave Online is a new Cave subsidiary formed in large (90%) part by Cave, with 5% interest from Cave/Cave Online CEO Kenichi Takano, 2.5% interest from Atlus' former director, now Cave Online COO Hideyuki Yokoyama, and the remaining 2.5% coming from Korean game maker Windysoft's director Kim Jon Rai. The curious connection between the three companies is shooters. Atlus was long a publisher of Psikyo's 90s titles, such as Sengoku Blade, while Windysoft has been porting Psikyo games to mobile phones and PS2 in Korea, also publishing Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne in that territory. Cave Online's presumed first title will be the tentatively named 'online tank battle', developed in conjunction with Windysoft, maker of GetAmped, a simlar tank game already available in Korea. The next games on the plate are Shin Megami Tensei Online, particularly interesting because Hideyuki Yokoyama was the executive producer on the original game for the super famicom, and a mysterious game called Tamiya Super Online, based on Tamiya's line of models. The game boasts model customization, user cooperation, and collaborative world creation. Thanks to Game Science for pointing this out.

Forgot to mention - in my sleuthing, I discovered that Cave owns a subsidiary called Beads Mania. Rather odd...but something we know a bit about.