- Cavia, inc.
cavia is a Japanese
video game developer . The company name is apparently anacronym for Computer Amusement Visualizer, although the company web site also claims it refers tocaviar . [ja icon [http://www.cavia.com/jp_web_data/index.html cavia inc ] ]The company was founded on 1 March 2000 and has its headquarters in
Tokyo, Japan . Its shareholders includeAmuse Capital ,Tokuma Shoten ,Tohokushinsha Film Corporation ,Nippon Television Network Corporation ,Tokyo FM Broadcasting,Mitsubishi Corporation , andHayao Nakayama .cavia usually develops games for already existing franchises, like "
Naruto ", "Dragon Ball Z ", "One Piece " or "Ghost in the Shell " for various publishers. The company also developed its own franchise with "Drakengard " and "Drakengard 2 ", which where published bySquare Enix . They have also developed "Bullet Witch " for Xbox 360 which was published byAQ Interactive in Japan and Atari in Europe and the US. AQ Interactive became cavia's main publisher in 2005. They are also responsible for the games ' for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and ' for the Wii.cavia is working on the
Xbox 360 action role-playing game , "Cry On ", under the supervision ofMistwalker .References
External links
*jp icon [http://www.cavia.com/index.html Official webpage]
* [http://games.ign.com/objects/567/567222.html IGN company page]
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