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duckroll · May 13, 2015

http://www.tdb.co.jp/tosan/syosai/4047.html

Both Imageepoch and its affiliate Smile Online Game has been declared bankrupt. Imageepoch has a debt of 1.1 billion yen (~11 million dollars) owed to 43 creditors, while Smile Online Game has a debt of 3 million yen (~30k dollars) owed to 5 creditors.

Crimsonclaw111 · May 13, 2015

Did they ever find the CEO or has he gone into hiding?

Takao · May 13, 2015

JRPG is dead

LiK · May 13, 2015

Tizoc · May 13, 2015

Ayo they made that Black Rock Shooter game for PSP, hope this won't mean it'd get delisted >_>;

Only bad game I know from them was Time and Eternity, I'm guessing there'll be a similar situation to like what happened to Atlus a few years ago?

Man God · May 13, 2015

Takao said:
JRPG is dead

Waited for this post. Did not take long.

Parakeetman · May 13, 2015

Yep writing was most def on the wall. This just finalizes it.

Edge_Maverick · May 13, 2015

JRPG savior is no more.

Welp.

alfredofroylan · May 13, 2015

B... but my Luminus Arc? Wasn't there a Vita version announced a few weeks ago?

-Horizon- · May 13, 2015

Sad to hear.

Crimsonclaw111 said:
Did they ever find the CEO or has he gone into hiding?

I've been wondering this too. Where is he?

Dimitri LH · May 13, 2015

Oh no...D=

koopas · May 13, 2015

Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

astrogamer · May 13, 2015

alfredofroylan said:
B... but my Luminus Arc? Wasn't there a Vita version announced a few weeks ago?

I think it's been over a year since it was announced and it was always being done by someone else, I can't remember if it was internally at Marvelous or some outside studio but imageepoch was never involved with Luminous Arc Infinity

LiK · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

ask RyougaSaotome

Se_7_eN · May 13, 2015

alfredofroylan said:
B... but my Luminus Arc? Wasn't there a Vita version announced a few weeks ago?

Few months ago, sadly I don't think we will be seeing it.

Sucks to see them go, they will be missed in the JRPG genre.

HawthorneKitty · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

As a Mamiko Noto fan, it was that bad.

Astarte · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

Fuck that game, what a great use of time

Takao · May 13, 2015

alfredofroylan said:
B... but my Luminus Arc? Wasn't there a Vita version announced a few weeks ago?

That's developed by a different studio called Felistella.

Tizoc said:
Ayo they made that Black Rock Shooter game for PSP, hope this won't mean it'd get delisted >_>;

already been delisted in japan
buy now in the west or forever hold your hirai bucks

crinale · May 13, 2015

Rumor says that CEO is missing indeed and nowhere to be found..

sörine · May 13, 2015

Se_7_eN said:
Few months ago, sadly I don't think we will be seeing it.

It's being made by a different developer.

-Horizon- · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

Haven't played it myself but I've heard bad things about it from people I know.

Busaiku · May 13, 2015

The Luminous Arc game is not from ImageEpoch.
Stella Glow was also bought by Sega.

alfredofroylan · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

Wasn't that bad.. but it wasn't good either

Busaiku said:
The Luminous Arc game is not from ImageEpoch.
Stella Glow was also bought by Sega.

Good to know.

duckroll · May 13, 2015

Some other interesting details in the article:

In 2011 they made 1.751 billion yen (~17.5 million) in annual income, but by 2013, their annual income had fallen to 410 million yen (~4.1 million), and they were already in debt because of game development costs and missing sales targets. The situation did not improve and they ceased operations in November 2014.

Terrell · May 13, 2015

I wonder if there's anything worth paying for to salvage in the remains.

SatoAilDarko · May 13, 2015

Any quick Black Rock Shooter impressions?

ShinRPGamer · May 13, 2015

Sucks to hear but unsurprising. The writing has been on the wall since the CEO went missing.

Takao said:
already been delisted in japan
buy now in the west or forever hold your hirai bucks

I would if I could purchase it in Canada. Seriously why didn't the game get released here?

ezekial45 · May 13, 2015

What a shame. I enjoyed Arc Rise Fantasia.

Flarin · May 13, 2015

koopas said:
Was Time and Eternity really that bad? I never played it but the art style looked really cool

This video is all you need to watch about that game: https://youtu.be/ze5xQjDKr4s

Tizoc · May 13, 2015

Takao said:
That's developed by a different studio called Felistella.

already been delisted in japan
buy now in the west or forever hold your hirai bucks

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, please still be up in 3 hours time >_<
What other games have they put up on US/EU PSN?
At work and am unable to access the webstores =X

Se_7_eN · May 13, 2015

sörine;163752193 said:
It's being made by a different developer.

Thanks for clearing this up, hopefully we get it soon.

zeopower6 · May 13, 2015

Jesus x_x

Soulflarz · May 13, 2015

Reminder to self that I bought time and eternity why

cj_iwakura · May 13, 2015

SatoAilDarko said:
Any quick Black Rock Shooter impressions?

I really enjoyed it. The OT didn't even make it to page 5.

They had a ~~good~~decent run.

Takao · May 13, 2015

Tizoc said:
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, please still be up in 3 hours time >_<
What other games have they put up on US/EU PSN?
At work and am unable to access the webstores =X

I think BRS is their only self-published PS game to leave Japan.

ShinRPGamer said:
I would if I could purchase it in Canada. Seriously why didn't the game get released here?

Music licensing issues. It's one of the very few games to have issues in Canada.

Parakeetman · May 13, 2015

SatoAilDarko said:
Any quick Black Rock Shooter impressions?

It was a shitty cashin on an awesome IP that never should have been touched by a company like Imageepoch.

The only thing good about it was the character models for the BRS characters in the game.

Gameplay has got to be the most halfassed mess I have ever seen.

If there was one literally one situation where "PLATINUM GAMES" was the right answer, the BRS series was most def it.

I still have a 2nd unopened LE sitting not 10 feet from my desk also.

Takao said:
I think BRS is their only self-published PS game to leave Japan.

Music licensing issues. It's one of the very few games to have issues in Canada.

Considering what hot garbage Last Promise was thats a good thing. Though I heard Sol Trigger was not too bad. Never picked it up though. In some ways reminded me of Last Ranker

ShinRPGamer · May 13, 2015

Takao said:
Music licensing issues. It's one of the very few games to have issues in Canada.

That's really odd. Usually Canada is included as a package deal to get the US rights. Out of curiosity, am I missing much?

Leafhopper · May 13, 2015

Welp.

Takao said:
JRPG is dead

Nah, not really. It's still around in away. This certainly isn't a reason it's "dead".
Not much I liked from them. Hopefully the employees come out okay.

Shizuka · May 13, 2015

Fate/Extra and Black Rock Shooter were two of my favorite PSP games, they developed a lot of great PSP titles. Hopefully, some of them will get fan-translated sooner rather than later (I'm looking at you, Sol Trigger and Last Ranker).

cj_iwakura · May 13, 2015

Parakeetman said:
It was a shitty cashin on an awesome IP that never should have been touched by a company like Imageepoch.

The only thing good about it was the character models for the BRS characters in the game.

Gameplay has got to be the most halfassed mess I have ever seen.

If there was one literally one situation where "PLATINUM GAMES" was the right answer, the BRS series was most def it.

I still have a 2nd unopened LE sitting not 10 feet from my desk also.

Well since you hate it so much, I'll be happy to take it.

It was an interesting mix of shooter and RPG. I liked it, especially the atmosphere and music(Shinji Hosoe!).

BRS IS STILL ON THE STORE.

Last chance, probably.

Concept17 · May 13, 2015

Takao said:
JRPG is dead

That happened a long time ago.

rpmurphy · May 13, 2015

Wonder how long SoniPro and Toshin Toshi will stay up in the 3DS eShop then.

Soriku · May 13, 2015

Concept17 said:
That happened a long time ago.

If you have limited tastes.

-Horizon- · May 13, 2015

I mean games like Black Rock Shooter on PSN in the U.S. should be fine right because it was published by NISA and not Image like it was in Japan? or is that not how this stuff is handled because I really don't know how complicated it gets,

cj_iwakura · May 13, 2015

-Horizon- said:
I mean games like Black Rock Shooter on PSN in the U.S. should be fine right because it was published by NISA and not Image like it was in Japan? or is that not how this stuff is handled because I really don't know how complicated it gets,

I have a feeling it's going to be gone very soon. Look at what happened to the R-Type games.

Mhee123 · May 13, 2015

SatoAilDarko said:
Any quick Black Rock Shooter impressions?

BRS was the last PSP game I played before moving to the Vita. I really enjoyed it to the point where I played it twice to get the real ending.

UltraGunner · May 13, 2015

Who will save JRPGs now!?!

perorist · May 13, 2015

Leafhopper said:
Welp.

Nah, not really. It's still around in away. This certainly isn't a reason it's "dead".

It's a joke about Image Epoch calling themselves "the savior of JRPGs", not a literal statement.

bluecapsule · May 13, 2015

Takao said:
JRPG is dead

You just have to accept Compile Heart as your lord and savior.

LiK · May 13, 2015

UltraGunner said:
Who will save JRPGs now!?!

From Software!

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