Q Entertainment

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name = Q Entertainment

type = Video game development studio
foundation = 2003
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Q Entertainment creates, produces, and publishes in digital entertainment content across multiple game consoles, PC broadband and mobile units. It was founded in 2003 by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, formerly of Sega (where he was best known for producing the Sega Dreamcast game Space Channel 5), and Shuji Utsumi, former founding member of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Senior VP of Sega Enterprise, and head of Disney (Buena Vista Games) Asia.

It is best known for their critically acclaimed music and luminary action puzzle game series Lumines, which was released worldwide in 2004/2005 for the PlayStation Portable system and has now developed into mobile (Lumines Mobile), Xbox Live Arcade (Lumines Live!) and PlayStation 2 (Lumines Plus) platforms. Q Entertainment’s line-up also includes the action puzzle title Meteos for the Nintendo DS and fantasy action title Ninety-Nine Nights for the Xbox 360.

Games released

*"Lumines" — (2004) (PlayStation Portable)
*"Meteos" — (2005) (Nintendo DS)
*"Every Extend Extra" (E3) — (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
*"Lumines Mobile" — (2006) (Mobile Phone)
*"Lumines Live!" — (2006) (Xbox Live Arcade)
*"Lumines II" — (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
*"Meteos Mobile" — (2006) (Mobile Phone)
*"Lumines Plus" — (2007) (PlayStation 2)
*" " — (2007) (Nintendo DS)
*"Every Extend Extra Extreme" (E4) — (2007) (Xbox Live Arcade)
*"Lumines" — (2007) (PC)
*"Rez HD" — (2008) (Xbox Live Arcade)

Games co-developed and released

*"Ninety-Nine Nights" (N3) — (2006) (Xbox 360)
*"Battle Stadium D.O.N" (Battle Stadium DragonBall Z ・ One Piece ・ Naruto) — (2006) (GameCube)
*"Battle Stadium D.O.N" (Battle Stadium DragonBall Z ・ One Piece ・ Naruto) — (2006) (PlayStation 2)
*"Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪" — (2006) (Nintendo DS)
*"Gunpey" — (2006) (Playstation Portable)

Games in development

*"Meteos Online " — (2007) (PC)
*"Angel Love Online " — (2007) (PC, PS3)
*"" — (2008) (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
*"Peggle" — (2008) (Nintendo DS)
*"Lumines SuperNova " — (2008) (PS3)
*"Ninety-Nine Nights II" (TBA) (Xbox 360)

Notes

Ninety-Nine Nights (N3) was co-developed by South Korean game studio Phantagram and published by Microsoft Games Studios.

The title "Battle Stadium D.O.N", was co-developed by Takara Tomy, Eighting Co.Ltd and published by Bandai Namco Games.

"Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪", was co-developed by Koto Laboratory, and published by Bandai Namco Games.

"Gunpey", was co-developed by Koto Laboratory, and published by Bandai Namco Games. Also known as: "Gunpey-R (Gunpey Rebirth)" (in Japan)

Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪ — (2006) (Nintendo DS) also known as: " " (in US)

External links

* [http://www.qentertainment.com/ Official Q Entertainment Site]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/q-entertainment-inc "Q Entertainment"] profile on MobyGames
* [http://q.1up.com/ Authoritative expose on Q Entertainment and their games at 1UP.com]
* [http://ps3.ign.com/articles/878/878282p1.html Rock Band: Japan Press Release]