Athena (game developer)

Athena
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJuly 1987; 37 years ago (1987-07)
Defunct11 December 2013 (2013-12-11)
FateBankruptcy, rights sold to Hamster Corporation
HeadquartersShinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Athena Co. Ltd. (株式会社アテナ, Kabushiki Gaisha Atena) was a Japanese video game developer, founded in July 1987.[1]

Due to the difficulties of recovering financially in the games market, in 2013, the Tokyo Court decided to start the company's bankruptcy process.[2][3] In September 2023, it was announced that Japanese publisher Hamster Corporation would acquire the rights to Athena's library of titles which were then released through the Arcade Archives lineup, with the first being Strike Gunner S.T.G.,[4] and the second being Daioh.

  1. ^ "ゲームソフト開発の「アテナ」が破産開始決定受け倒産 国内倒産 - 不景気.com". www.fukeiki.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Inc, Aetas. "麻雀ゲーム「極」やシューティングゲーム制作ソフト「デザエモン」で知られるアテナが破産". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "麻雀ソフト「極シリーズ」の (株)アテナ/破産開始決定 | JC-NET(ジェイシーネット)". n-seikei.jp. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "ハムスターがアテナの権利を取得、今後はアテナの名作を『アケアカ』シリーズなどで配信。第1弾として『ストライクガンナー S.T.G』が9月21日に配信決定 ~ ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". Famitsu. Retrieved 14 September 2021.