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Hudson Soft

Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社ハドソン
Kabushiki gaisha Hadoson
JASDAQ: 4822 (2000–2011)
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMay 18, 1973 (1973-05-18)[1]
FoundersYuji Kudo
Hiroshi Kudo
DefunctMarch 1, 2012 (2012-03-01)
FateMerged into Konami Digital Entertainment[2]
HeadquartersMidtown Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Takahashi Meijin
Shinichi Nakamoto
Shigeki Fujiwara
Akira Sakuma
Kazuhiko Uehara (President 2011‒2012)
ProductsList of Hudson Soft games
TurboGrafx-16
TurboExpress
PC-FX
Total equityDecrease ¥300 million (2011)[3]
Owner
Number of employees
421 (2011)[5]

Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.[a] was a Japanese video game company known for releasing numerous titles across video game consoles, home computers, and mobile phones. Headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo, it also maintained an office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo.[6] Founded on May 18, 1973, Hudson initially focused on personal computer products before expanding into video game development, publishing, peripherals, and music production.

The company was best known for its series Bomberman, Adventure Island, Star Soldier, Bonk and Bloody Roar.[7] It also developed games for other publishers, most notably the Mario Party series for Nintendo. Hudson partnered with NEC to create the TurboGrafx-16, TurboExpress, and PC-FX consoles, aiming to compete with Nintendo, Sega, and SNK, while continuing to release games on other platforms as a third-party developer.

Hudson Soft became a publicly traded company in 2000. In 2005, Konami acquired a 55% controlling stake in Hudson, later purchasing the company outright on April 1, 2011.[4] On March 1, 2012, Hudson was merged into Konami Digital Entertainment.[8] Konami retains its game catalog and periodically re-releases Hudson’s classic titles.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Hudson Soft Company Information / Investors". www.hudson.co.jp. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Corporate History". Konami. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.hudson.co.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Konami acquiring Hudson". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "会社概要 | 会社情報 | 株式会社ハドソン". www.hudson.co.jp. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Corporate overview Archived 19 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine." Hudson Soft. Retrieved on July 12, 2010.
  7. ^ "List of Hudson Soft Co. Ltd. Developed Games". allgame.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "ハドソン 臨時報告書 （合併） 2012年01月17日提出". Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  9. ^ "ゲーム一覧 - 家庭用ゲーム - Wii – KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト". KONAMI コナミ製品・サービス情報サイト. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  10. ^ "PC Engine mini, PC Engine CoreGrafx mini, TurboGrafx-16 mini Official Website". Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.


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