Compile Heart

Compile Heart
Native name
株式会社コンパイルハート
Kabushiki gaisha Konpairu Hāto
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorCompile
Founded2 June 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06-02)
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
ParentIdea Factory
Websitewww.compileheart.com

Compile Heart (株式会社コンパイルハート, Kabushiki gaisha Konpairu Hāto) is a Japanese video game developer founded on June 2, 2006 as a subsidiary of Idea Factory. The company was formerly managed by Compile's former executive Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, most well known as the creator of the Madou Monogatari and Puyo Puyo series, before his retirement in December 2012. Compile Heart is primarily known for its Hyperdimension Neptunia and Record of Agarest War brands.

As of 2010, the company managed to acquire a licensing deal with D4 Enterprise (the copyright holder of most property rights under Compile) to create new video games based on franchises from the defunct developer.[1][2] This does not affect the rights to the Puyo Puyo series which D4 does not own and remains the property of Sega.[3]

  1. ^ "Compile Hearts Acquires Rights to Compile Properties". Andriasang. 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.d4e.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Compile". Sega Retro. 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2014-05-08.