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rolins
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Compile is back...?

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MSX.ORG posted a news bit that theres a new game developer called Compile Heart. Possibly established by former Compile employees. Their logo definitely resembles the familiar Compile logo too. Hope this means more Zanac/Aleste type games will be in the works.

http://www.msx.org/Compile-returns.newspost3735.html
http://www.compileheart.com/
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If Xanac makes a comeback among their other shmups, I would be so happy! :D
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Hmm.. that's real strange...

I think that at this point, nearly, if not all "ex-Compilers" are working for some other company.
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this would be awesome news...

can someone correctly translate what some of the text on there webpage says...?

a lot of those online translators don't do a very good job..
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On their webpage it says that Compile Heart was founded on 2 June by Idea Factory Inc (of Shibuya, Tokyo), the president of Compile Heart is Yoshiaki Sato; they will be developing home video games. The website says something about light layer game software (ライト層に向けたゲームソフト); I have no idea what they mean by that. There is no information on any of their pages if they are at all related to the old Compile, and there is no specific information on what games they will develop. It says they are preparing a lineup now, which will be announced at www.compileheart.com
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Post by Benjamin »

Besides, didn't Compile sell off most if not all of its IPs? All I know for certain is Sega owning Puyo Puyo, but I'd imagine others have to have been sold after the backruptcy filing?
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Post by Ceph »

Yeah, like it says on msx.org, pretty much everyting of value was sold when Compile went out of business. They'd have to re-invent everything. Well, let's wait and see. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.
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IIRC Compile didn't sell everything. The former Compile employees who started Aiky also took with them the copyrights to Zanac and Aleste.
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