Asian Gaming & Virtual Reality Entities

A Hot Set features Asian-owned and operated gaming companies and studios.

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Gaming & virtual reality entities founded by people from within the global Asian diaspora.

Arsanesia: Arsanesia is an Indonesian mobile game development studio co-founded by Adam Ardisasmita.

Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. is a Japanese multinational video game publisher. It has international branches in North America and Europe. It is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, an entertainment conglomerate.

Bigscreen: Bigscreen is an American venture-backed virtual reality software company founded by Darshan Shankar.

Capcom: Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded by Kenzo Tsujimoto. It has international branches in East Asia, Europe, and North America.

Cemtrex, Inc: Cemtrex, Inc. is an American technology company founded by Ashwin Gobindram and Lucky Lance Gobindram that covers a wide range of sectors, including smart technology, virtual and augmented realities, advanced electronic systems, industrial solutions, and intelligent security systems.

Csharks Games: Csharks Games is an Indian video game company founded by Eldhose P. Mathew.

Enlight Software: Enlight Software is a Hong Kong developer and publisher of video games founded by Trevor Chan.

Game Freak: Game Freak is a Japanese video game developer founded by Satoshi Tajiri, Ken Sugimori, and Junichi Masuda.

Game Science: Game Science is a Chinese video game development and publishing company founded by Feng Ji and Yang Qi.

Kojima Productions: Kojima Productions is a Japanese video game development studio originally founded in 2005 by video game designer Hideo Kojima.

Konami: Konami is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company founded by Kagemasa Kozuki.

Kuro Games: Kuro Games is a Chinese video game development and publishing company founded by Guangzhou Kuro Technology Company Limited.

Intelligent Systems: Intelligent Systems is a Japanese video game developer founded by Tohru Narihiro.

LayaBox: LayaBox is a Chinese-developed freeware framework that includes a web-based game engine named LayaAir which targets mobile and web platforms as well as online publishing and digital distribution services founded by Xie ChengHong.

Level-5: Level-5 is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded by Akihiro Hino.

MiHoYo: MiHoYo is a Chinese video game development and publishing company founded by Cai Haoyu, Liu Wei, and Luo Yuhao.

Moonton: Moonton is a Chinese multinational video game developer and publisher owned by the Nuverse subsidiary of ByteDance founded by Justin Yuan.

NCSoft: NCSoft is a South Korean video game developer and publisher founded by Taek Jin Kim.

NetDragon Websoft: NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates massively multiplayer online games in addition to making mobile applications

Nexon: Nexon is a global Japanese video game publisher founded by Kim Jung-ju and Jake Song that specializes in online Virtual World games for PCs, consoles, and mobile.

Nintendo: Nintendo is a Japanese multinational video game company founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi. It develops video games and video game consoles.

Polyphony Digital: Polyphony Digital is an internal Japanese first-party video game development studio for PlayStation Studios founded by Kazunori Yamauchi.

Snail: Snail is a Chinese video game company and a Virtual Network Operator headquartered in Suzhou, China, which has branches of Snail Games and Snail Mobile founded by Shi Hai.

Sonic Team: Sonic Team is a Japanese video game developer founded by Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara and is a subsidiary of Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No. 2 division.

Sony Interactive Entertainment: Sony Interactive Entertainment is a multinational video game and digital entertainment company owned by the multinational conglomerate Sony.

Sondering Studio: Sondering Studio is a video game studio focused on developing narrative games with a focus on Asian American representation founded by Emily Pitcher.

Square Enix: Square Enix is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise, and entertainment conglomerate founded by Yosuke Matsuda.

TiMi Studio Group: TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a video game development studio group.

Treasure: Treasure is a Japanese video game developer founded by Masato Maegawa known for its action, platform, and shoot 'em up games.

Wevr: Wevr is an American interactive software studio cofounded by Scott Yara and Neville Spiteri which provides an interactive cloud platform enabling creators to easily collaborate, create, and share their projects.

Yoozoo Games: Yoozoo Games is a video game developer and publisher of browser and mobile games, primarily massively multiplayer online games (MMORPG).

ZQGame: ZQGame is a Chinese company that makes massively multiplayer online games as well as other browser games and mobile games founded by.

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