Game developer Colopl announced on Monday that it has purchased all shares of multimedia company MAGES. from the company CHIYOMARU STUDIO, and MAGES. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Colopl.
Game director and developer Chiyomaru Shikura, representative director for both MAGES. and CHIYOMARU STUDIO, released a statement about the acquisition.
MAGES. consolidated its 5pb. brand for games and music into MAGES. Shikura’s 5pb. company merged with a number of companies under Kadokawa to form MAGES. in 2011.
CHIYOMARU STUDIO purchased all shares of MAGES. from Dwango, a subsidiary of Kadokawa and the previous parent company of MAGE, in July 2019.