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Kuju Entertainment Ltd (Kuju) is an international video game developer. Kuju was formed in 1998 in Shalford, Surrey, United Kingdom, after a management buyout of Simis from Eidos Interactive. Kuju has released over 120 titles across 14 different devices, and have a diverse portfolio of titles: ranging from Art Academy on the Nintendo DS, Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest for the Wii, and most recently, an Xbox One-only title, Powerstar Golf. Kuju has worked with the majority of top-tier publishers, including Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Activision, Warner Brothers and Sega. Kuju continues to develop for all major platforms and is currently developing numerous titles for next-generation consoles. The name "Kuju" originates from the initials of the founders’ first names: Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth. Jonathan was leafing through a Japanese dictionary when he found the numbers nine and ten – “ku” and “ju” – corresponding to the positions of “I” and “J” in the English alphabet. The combined result was Kuju. ==History== In 1998, Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth were running Simis, an in-house development studio owned by Eidos. In the same year, Ian and Jonathan led a management buyout of the studio from Eidos Interactive, forming Kuju Entertainment. Their first game was Tank Racer – a 3D action racer for PC, Playstation and Mobile. By 2001, Kuju was employing a team of 80 developers, in three separate offices around the UK in London, Surrey and Brighton. Their most notable project at the time was Microsoft Train Simulator, which went on to sell over 1 million units. To this day, the franchise continues to thrive. In 2002, Kuju floated on the Alternative Investments Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Shortly thereafter the company signed its first top-budget game with THQ based on the Games Workshop franchise – Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior. In the following years between 2002 and 2007, Kuju developed 55 titles, including 30 hit-selling SingStar games and the internationally-acclaimed Battalion Wars franchise. In 2007, Kuju Entertainment was acquired by a German media investment firm, Catalis SE. Soon after, Kuju Brighton was rebranded to Zoë Mode, and in 2008, Kuju London rebranded to Headstrong Games. In 2010, Kuju passed a record milestone, completing their 100th video game through Headstrong Games – a boxed, retail version of Art Academy for the Nintendo DS console. The award-winning edutainment franchise proved very popular, selling in excess of 3 million copies to date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kuju Entertainment - Art Academy )〕 In 2012 industry veterans Dominic Wheatley of Domark Software and Gary Bracey from Ocean Software were appointed as CEO and Commercial Director respectively. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kuju Entertainment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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