Yuke’s: История и Игры Японского Разработчика

Japanese video game developer

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

Founded in 1993, Yuke's was named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi's high school nickname. The first two games that the company developed were the platform game Hermie Hopperhead and the pro wrestling game Toukon Retsuden. The latter title was a best seller in Japan. Though Activision purchased the rights to publish the game in North America and began localization work,

In August 2019, then series publisher 2K Games announced it had moved WWE game development to California based studio Visual Concepts. Earlier that year, Yuke's had revealed its frustration over what it had been able to achieve with recent WWE 2K games and suggested that its relationship with publisher 2K Sports was partly responsible. Producer Hiromi Furuta revealed that Yuke's had established a new development team tasked with creating a rival wrestling IP, with the intention of reinvigorating its staff. On November 10, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced an upcoming console game developed by Yuke's, led by Def Jam Vendetta and WWF No Mercy director, Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita,; this game would later go on to become AEW Fight Forever.

These are the list of games that the company developed. Year Title Publisher(s) Platform(s) 1995 New Japan Pro Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden Tomy PlayStation 1995 Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap 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 Nippon 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 4 Tomy Dreamcast 1999 Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage ASCII Corporation 2000 WWF SmackDown! THQ PlayStation 2000 WWF Royal Rumble Arcade, Dreamcast 2000 WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role PlayStation 2000 The Pro Wrestling 2 D3 Publisher 2001 WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It 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 Mouth PlayStation 2 2003 WWE WrestleMania XIX GameCube 2003 WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain PlayStation 2 2004 Online Pro Wrestling Yuke's 2004 WWE Day of Reckoning THQ GameCube 2004 Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shō Sammy Corporation PlayStation 2 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 Grand Prix 2005 Yuke's PlayStation 2 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 Rumble Roses XX Konami Xbox 360 2006 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 THQ PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360 2007 The Dog Island Ubisoft PlayStation 2, 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 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 2007 Petz: Dogz 2 and Catz 2 Ubisoft PlayStation 2, Wii 2007 Soukou Kihei Votoms Bandai Namco Entertainment PlayStation 2 2008 Double D Dodgeball Yuke's Xbox 360 2008 Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters Bandai Namco Entertainment PlayStation 2 2008 Neverland Card Battles Idea Factory 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 3, 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 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 2011 Real Steel Yuke's 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's Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 2013 WWE 2K14 2K Sports PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2014 WWE 2K15 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 2015 WWE 2K16 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One 2016 WWE 2K17 2017 WWE 2K18 Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2018 WWE 2K19 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2019 Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain D3 Publisher Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 2020 Earth Defense Force: World Brothers Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 2023 AEW Fight Forever THQ Nordic Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S