Rising Star Games Expands To North America

Rising Star Games has announced the opening of its new US headquarters, based in California. Rising Star Games, who have published titles such as King of Fighters XIII & the Harvest Moon Games, also announced Rising Star Games Digital which will focus solely on publishing games on digital platforms, such as XBLA, PSN and Steam, as well as mobile devices.

Martin Defries, managing director, Rising Star Games, commented on the expansion.

“After eight years of fantastic success in bringing the best Eastern games to Europe, we’re ready to expand our business, engaging more consumers than ever before in more territories and on digital platforms.

Rising Star Games Digital has been something we’ve been working on for a while. We envisage a huge growth in downloadable product over the coming years, and intend to play a big part shaping the future development of our exciting industry”

Akai Katana, an Xbox 360 exclusive being developed by CAVE, will be the Rising Star Games’ first title to be published  simultaneously in North America and Europe.

Source: Press Release