Climax Entertainment

For the British video game developer, see Climax Studios.
Climax Entertainment
Native name
株式会社クライマックス
Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
FoundedApril 1990[1]
Defunct2014-2015[1]
HeadquartersShinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Kan Naito
ProductsLandstalker series

Climax Entertainment[2] was a Japanese video game development company. It was a small company, with just 20 staff in 1996.[3] Climax got its start during the 16-bit era, primarily developing games for the Sega Genesis console. During the 32-bit era, some members of the team left to create Matrix Software.[4] Following the development of Dark Savior (1996), a group of staff members from the company's CGI division formed an independent company Climax Graphics, initially described as a "brother company".[5][6]

By 2014 to 2015, without any official announcement, Climax was closed due to financial issues.[7] Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower on the Nintendo 3DS was the last game to be developed by Climax.

  1. ^ a b "株式会社クライマックス：会社概要" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-04.
  2. ^ Japanese: 株式会社クライマックス, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Kuraimakkusu
  3. ^ "NG Alphas: Dark Savior". Next Generation. No. 23. Imagine Media. November 1996. p. 121.
  4. ^ GameSpy: Matrix Software (Japan) Company Profile
  5. ^ "An Audience with Shinya Nishigaki". Next Generation. No. 54. Imagine Media. June 1999. pp. 24–27.
  6. ^ "Blue Stinger – 1998 Developer Interview". Shmuplations. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "クライマックスの評判/社風/社員のクチコミ(全9件)【転職会議】" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-03.