Nex Entertainment

Nex Entertainment
ネクスエンタテインメント
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedSeptember 28, 1992[1]
Defunct2016[2]
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Key people
Masaru Osamu Aoyama (CEO)
Websitewww.nex-ent.co.jp/

Nex Entertainment (ネクスエンタテインメント, Nekusu Entateinmento), formerly known as GAU Entertainment and Nextech (ネクステック, Nekusutekku), was a Japanese video game developer originally established in 1992. It developed games for publishers on a contract basis. Its clients included Sega, Capcom, Namco, Takara, Taito, Atlus, and Square Enix.[1] Nex Entertainment was founded as GAU Entertainment and two years later the company merged into Nextech, which was bought by Sega in 1997.[1] Nex Entertainment emerged as a third-party developer in 2003.[1] NEX Entertainment's major shareholder, Fields announced on July 29, 2016 that it closed the company.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Nex Entertainment staff. "Nex Entertainment Company Profile". Nex-ent.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "フィールズ、ゲーム開発子会社ネクスエンタテインメントを解散…スマホゲームでは『殉職刑事』シリーズで知られる | gamebiz".