FOG Inc.

Japanese video game developer

Fuuraiki series
Missing Parts series

ParentNippon Ichi SoftwareWebsitefog.jp

FOG Inc. (株式会社フォグ, FOG is short for Full On Games) was a Japanese video game developer based in Machida, Tokyo, and a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software. The company was founded on December 2, 1996. FOG is best known for developing visual novels.^[2]

History

FOG Inc. was founded on December 2, 1996 in Sakuragaoka-chō, Shibuya, Tokyo.^[1] In April 1999 the company was relocated to Shin-Yokohama, in August 2009 to Kōhoku Newtown, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, and in June 2012 to Machida, Tokyo.^[1] In February 2006 the company's president Noriyuki Sōsei passed away.^[3] In April 2016 Nippon Ichi Software acquired FOG.^[2] The company closed in December 2021^[4]

Games by FOG

Bishōjo Hanafuda Kikō: Michinoku Hitō Koi Monogatari [ja] (August 7, 1997, PlayStation)
Kuon no Kizuna [ja] (December 3, 1998, PlayStation)
Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinsho (May 18, 2000, Dreamcast)
Fuuraiki [ja] (January 18, 2001, PlayStation)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories [ja] Part 1 (January 17, 2002, Dreamcast)
Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinsho (July 18, 2002, PlayStation 2)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Part 2 (October 24, 2002, Dreamcast)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Part 3 (July 31, 2003, Dreamcast)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Side A (November 27, 2003, PlayStation 2)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Side B (February 19, 2004, PlayStation 2)
Rim Runners [ja] (January 27, 2005, PlayStation 2)
Fuuraiki 2 [ja] (November 10, 2005, PlayStation 2)
Fuuraiki (September 28, 2006, PlayStation 2)
Amagōshi no Yakata [ja] (March 8, 2007, PlayStation 2)
Naraku no Shiro: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Nidome no Junan [ja] (March 6, 2008, PlayStation 2)
Musō Tōrō (March 19, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
Amagōshi no Yakata Portable: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Saisho no Junan (September 17, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
Naraku no Shiro Portable: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Nidome no Junan (December 17, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
Kōri no Haka: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Sandome no Junan [ja] (February 25, 2010, PlayStation Portable)
Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Complete (November 29, 2012, PlayStation Portable)
Fūin [ja] (March 29, 2013, Microsoft Windows)
Fuuraiki 3 [ja] (May 31, 2013, Microsoft Windows)
Fuuraiki 3 (February 19, 2015, PlayStation Vita)
Fuuraiki 4 [ja] (July 8, 2021, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "会社紹介". 株式会社フォグ. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
^ ^a ^b "日本一ソフトウェア、フォグの株式取得企業価値向上へ". M&A Times. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
^ "代表取締役社長の逝去に関するお知らせ（訃報）". 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
^ "株式会社フォグの解散に関するお知らせ".