Editing Game Arts (section)

{{Short description|Japanese video game developer and publisher}}{{Update|date=April 2025|reason=Intro is outdated}}{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Game Arts Co., Ltd.
| logo = Game Arts logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1985|3|2}}
| founder = [[Takeshi Miyaji]]<br>Yoichi Miyaji
| location = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| revenue = {{JPY|4.56&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2007)
| num_employees = 24
| parent = [[GungHo Online Entertainment]]
| key_people = Kazuki Morishita ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = ''[[Thexder]]'' series<br/>''[[Silpheed]]'' series<br/>''[[Alisia Dragoon]]''<br/>''[[Lunar (series)|Lunar]]'' series<br/>''[[Gungriffon]]'' series<br/>''[[Grandia]]'' series<br/>''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
| homepage = {{URL|www.gamearts.co.jp}}
| native_name = 株式会社ゲームアーツ
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu|
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Game Arts Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社ゲームアーツ|Kabushiki gaisha gēmu ātsu}} is a Japanese [[video game developer]] and [[video game publisher|publisher]] based in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda]], [[Tokyo]]. Originally established in 1985 as a computer software company, it expanded into producing for a number of game [[video game console|console]] and [[handheld game console|handheld]] systems.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.co.jp/company/corp.html |title=Game Arts Product Information| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts|access-date=2007-09-19}}</ref> Its President and CEO in 2007 was Yoichi Miyaji at which time it was a member of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan (CESA).  Its major trading partners then included [[Square Enix]], [[Bandai Namco]], [[Koei Tecmo]], and Gung-Ho Online Entertainment, some of whom co-developed or produced games in cooperation with the company.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.co.jp/company/corp.html|title=Game Arts Corporate Profile| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts|access-date=2007-09-19}}</ref>

The company has produced a number of games for several genres, beginning with the [[action game]] ''[[Thexder]]'' for [[personal computers]] in 1985. A number of traditional and [[Mahjong]]-related games have also been produced for Japanese audiences. In the Western world, Game Arts is best known as the producers of the [[Lunar (series)|''Lunar'']] and ''[[Grandia]]'' series of [[role-playing video game]]s, as well as the ''[[Gungriffon]]'' line of [[vehicle simulation game]]s. Some of its staff has helped in the preliminary development of [[Nintendo]]'s Wii title ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/ssbb/0/2|title=Iwata Asks: Super Smash Bros. Brawl| publisher=[[Nintendo]]|access-date=2015-06-08}}</ref>

On April 22, 2009, Game Arts released the PlayStation port of ''Grandia'' in Japan on the [[PlayStation Network]] as a downloadable title in the [[Lists of PSone Classics|PSone Classics]] range, to celebrate an upcoming announcement for ''[[Grandia Online]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.gamearts.com/products/psn/psn_grandia.html| script-title=ja:グランディア (ゲームアーカイブス版) ゲームアーツ| language=ja| publisher=Game Arts| access-date=2009-04-22| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723125704/http://www.gamearts.com/products/psn-grandia.html| archive-date=July 23, 2012| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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