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Japanese video game programmer

"Yukes" redirects hither. For the Canadian rugby actor, see Colin Yukes.

Yuke's Co. Ltd.

Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	26 Feb 1993; 29 years agone  (1993-02-26)
Founder	Yukinori Taniguchi
Headquarters	Osaka , Japan
Products	WWE 2K serial (2000–2018) [1]
Number of employees	192 (Jan 2021)
Website	www.yukes.co.jp/en/

Yuke'south Co. Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. It was established on 26 Feb 1993 by Yukinori Taniguchi. The company is best known for developing the WWE video game series, based on the professional wrestling promotion of the aforementioned name, until 2018.

History [edit]

Founded in 1993, Yuke'due south was named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi'due south high school nickname. The outset two games that the company adult were the platform game Hermie Hopperhead and the pro wrestling game Toukon Retsuden.^[2] The latter title was a all-time-seller in Nippon.^[3] Though Activision purchased the rights to publish the game in North America and began localization work,^[3] simply the first game was localized, becoming Power Movement Pro Wrestling with a different roster of wrestlers.

Get-go in 2000, Yuke'southward began to develop wrestling games for THQ based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). They were recommended to THQ past Aki, who had developed their own line of wrestling games.^[2]

From 2005 to 2012, Yuke's owned 54% of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the top professional person wrestling promotion in Japan.^{[4] [five] [6]}

In Baronial 2019, then-series publisher 2K Games announced it had moved WWE game development to California-based studio Visual Concepts.^[7] Earlier that year, Yuke's had revealed its frustration over what it had been able to reach with contempo WWE 2K games and suggested that its relationship with publisher 2K Sports was partly responsible. Producer Hiromi Furuta revealed that Yuke'southward had established a new development team tasked with creating a rival wrestling IP, with the intention of reinvigorating its staff.^[8] On Nov 10, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) appear an upcoming panel game developed past Yuke'southward, led by Def Jam Vendetta and WWF No Mercy director, Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita.^[9]

Games developed [edit]

These are the list of games that the company adult.^[10]

Year	Title	Publisher(s)	Platform(s)
1995	New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden	Tomy	PlayStation
1995	Hermie Hopperhead: Flake Panic	SCEI
1996	New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden 2	Tomy
1997	Ucchannanchan no Honō no Challenger: Denryū Iraira Bō	Hudson Soft	Nintendo 64
1998	New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Fighting Spirit Blazing Road Brave SPIRITS
1998	New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden 3	Tomy	PlayStation
1998	Soukaigi	SquareSoft
1998	Shin Japan Pro Wrestling: Fighting Spirit Blazing Guidance 2 - The Next Generation	Hudson	Nintendo 64
1999	Evil Zone	Titus Software	PlayStation
1999	Last Legion UX	Hudson	Nintendo 64
1999	New Japan Pro-Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden iv	Tomy	Dreamcast
1999	Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage	ASCII Corporation
2000	WWF SmackDown!	THQ	PlayStation
2000	WWF Imperial Rumble		Arcade, Dreamcast
2000	WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role		PlayStation
2000	The Pro Wrestling 2	D3 Publisher
2001	WWF SmackDown! Simply Bring Information technology	THQ	PlayStation 2
2002	EOE: Eve of Extinction	Eidos Interactive
2002	Edit Racing	D3 Publisher
2002	WWE WrestleMania X8	THQ	GameCube
2002	WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Oral fissure		PlayStation 2
2003	WWE WrestleMania XIX		GameCube
2003	WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain		PlayStation two
2004	Online Pro Wrestling	Yuke's
2004	WWE Twenty-four hour period of Reckoning	THQ	GameCube
2004	Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō	Sammy Corporation	PlayStation ii
2004	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw	THQ
2004	Rumble Roses	Konami
2005	D1 Grand Prix	Yuke's
2005	WWE Day of Reckoning 2	THQ	GameCube
2005	D1 G Prix 2005	Yuke'due south	PlayStation ii
2005	WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006	THQ	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
2005	Wrestle Kingdom	Yuke's	PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
2006	The Dog: Happy Life		PlayStation Portable
2006	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007	THQ	PlayStation two, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
2007	The Dog Island	Ubisoft	PlayStation two, Wii
2007	Wrestle Kingdom 2	Yuke's	PlayStation 2
2007	Go! Sports Ski	SCEI	PlayStation 3
2007	Neves	Atlus	Nintendo DS
2007	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008	THQ	PlayStation 2, PlayStation iii, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
2007	Soukou Kihei Votoms	Bandai Namco Entertainment	PlayStation ii
2008	Double D Dodgeball	Yuke's	Xbox 360
2008	Mobile Adapt Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters	Bandai Namco Entertainment	PlayStation two
2008	Neverland Card Battles	Idea Manufacturing plant	PlayStation Portable
2008	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009	THQ	PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
2009	WWE Legends of WrestleMania		PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS
2009	UFC 2009 Undisputed		PlayStation iii, Xbox 360
2009	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010		Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
2010	UFC Undisputed 2010		PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
2010	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011		PlayStation ii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
2011	Existent Steel	Yuke'south	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2011	WWE '12	THQ	PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
2012	UFC Undisputed 3		PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2012	WWE '13		PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
2013	Pacific Rim	Yuke'south	Xbox 360, PlayStation iii
2013	WWE 2K14	2K Sports	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2014	WWE 2K15		PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2015	WWE 2K16		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox 1
2016	WWE 2K17
2017	WWE 2K18		Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2018	WWE 2K19		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation iv, Xbox One
2019	Earth Defense force Force: Iron Rain	D3 Publisher	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
2020	Earth Defence Force: World Brothers		Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation four
2022	AEW Fight Forever	AEW Games	PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox I, Xbox Series Ten/S

References [edit]

1. ^ Andy Robinson. "2K splits with veteran WWE studio Yuke'southward". Video Games Chronicle . Retrieved 2019-08-06 .
2. ^ ^{a b} Ekberg, Brian (Nov 11, 2005). "Yukes Behind the Scenes". GameSpot . Retrieved May 23, 2019.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Buyers Beware". GamePro. No. 98. IDG. Nov 1996. p. 24.
4. ^ "Yuke's Media Creations". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-ten . . united kingdom.games.ign.com
5. ^ Yuke's Buys Controlling Share of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Gamasutra.com (November 15, 2005). Retrieved on May 10, 2014.
6. ^ Caldwell, James (January 31, 2012). "NJPW News: New Japan sold to new owners, modify-over taking event February 1". Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved January 31, 2012.
7. ^ Robinson, Andy (Baronial half-dozen, 2019). "2K splits with veteran WWE studio Yukes". Video Games Chronicle.
8. ^ Robinson, Andy (May xiii, 2019). "WWE 2K studio creating rival wrestling IP". Video Games Chronicle.
9. ^ Walker, Ian (November 10, 2020). "Three All Aristocracy Wrestling Games In Evolution". Kotaku . Retrieved November ten, 2020.
10. ^ "Yuke'due south Company Information". GameFAQs . Retrieved eight November 2017.

External links [edit]

• Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling:_Tohkon_Road_Brave_Spirits

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