Rising Star Games

Infobox Company
company_type = Private Limited Company Joint Venture
foundation = |foundation = 2004
company_name = Rising Star Games Ltd
company_
industry = Video Games Publisher
location = Luton-Bedfordshire, England
key_people = Martin Defries - COO [ [http://www.mmv.co.jp/company_e/enterprise.html Marvelous Entertainment - Enterprise Scope] ]
industry = Computer and video game industry
products = "No More Heroes"
"Harvest Moon DS"
""
"Bomberman Land Touch"
" Bubble Bobble Double Shot"
homepage = [http://www.risingstargames.com/ www.risingstargames.com]
parent = Bergsala
Marvelous Entertainment
owner = Marvelous Entertainment

Rising Star Games is a video game publishing company that was formed as a joint business venture between Scandinavian distributor Bergsala and Japanese developer Marvelous Entertainment. [cite web | title = PRESS RELEASE: Atari And Rising Star Games Announce PAL Territories Deal | publisher =Eurogamer | url =http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12464|date=2005-10-24 | accessdate = 2007-12-21 ] Its focus is to publish selected titles from its Japanese parent company's library for release in European and Australian markets. [cite web | title = Rising Star Games: Corporate | publisher = Rising Star Games | url =http://www.risingstargames.com/corporate.asp | accessdate = 2007-12-21 ] The company is based in Luton in Bedfordshire, England. So far the company has published over 30 titles for Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 2.

In late 2007, the company was surrounded with controversy over what appeared to be its decision to censor the European version of "No More Heroes", though it was later revealed that the decision was made by its parent company and the developer Grasshopper Manufacture. [cite web|last=Parfitt | first=Ben | title =Studio boss chose to censor Euro No More Heroes | publisher = MCVUK | url =http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29132/Devs-decided-to-censor-Euro-No-More-Heroes|date=2007-12-12 | accessdate = 2007-12-21 ]

On 14th March 2008, Rising Star Games released on Wii. The game was originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan in 2005, and then translated for release in the Americas in 2006, but this version was not released in Europe.

References

External links

* [http://www.risingstargames.com/ Rising Star Games official website]