Square Enix

Summary

Square Enix is a video game developer^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.53% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,566 views/month, #8 of 1,500).^[2]

Key Facts

• Square Enix was a member of game – The German Games Industry Association^[3].
• Square Enix is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Square Enix's instance of is recorded as video game developer^[5].
• Square Enix's instance of is recorded as book publisher^[6].
• Square Enix's instance of is recorded as video game publisher^[7].
• Square Enix's instance of is recorded as Q59284933^[8].
• Square Enix's instance of is recorded as public company^[9].
• Square Enix followed Square^[10].
• Square Enix followed Enix^[11].
• Square Enix's headquarters location is recorded as Shinjuku^[12].
• Square Enix's headquarters location is recorded as Shinjuku^[13].
• Square Enix's headquarters location is recorded as Shinjuku^[14].
• Square Enix's has organizational division is recorded as Square Enix Music^[15].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Eidos Interactive^[16].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Tokyo RPG Factory^[17].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Visual Works^[18].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as PlayOnline^[19].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Square Enix Montréal^[20].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Gangan Comics^[21].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Gangan Online^[22].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Square Enix, Inc.^[23].
• Square Enix's child organization or unit is recorded as Taito^[24].
• Square Enix's Commons category is recorded as Square Enix^[25].
• Square Enix's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group^[26].
• Square Enix's industry is recorded as video game industry^[27].

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Founding

1975 marks the founding of Square Enix^[28].

Identity

Predecessors include Square^[10] and Enix^[11]. Short names include {'lang': 'ja-kana', 'text': 'スクエニ'}^[29] and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'SQEX'}^[30].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Shinjuku^[12], a neighborhood^[31], in Japan^[32]. Square Enix's parent organization or unit is recorded as Square Enix Holdings^[33]. Subsidiaries include Eidos Interactive^[16], a video game publisher^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1988^[36], headquartered in London^[37]; Tokyo RPG Factory^[17], a video game developer^[38], in Japan^[39], headquartered in Shinjuku^[40]; Visual Works^[18], an animation studio^[41], in Japan^[42], founded in 1997^[43], headquartered in Tokyo^[44]; PlayOnline^[19], a company^[45]; Square Enix Montréal^[20], a subsidiary company^[46], founded in 2011^[47], headquartered in Montreal^[48]; and Gangan Comics^[21], a manga imprint^[49], in Japan^[50], founded in 1991^[51].

Industry

Industries include video game industry^[27], publishing^[52], and film industry^[53].

Ownership

Square Enix's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group^[26]. Products include software^[54], video game^[55], book^[56], magazine^[57], anime^[58], and manga^[59].

Why It Matters

Square Enix ranks in the top 0.53% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,566 views/month, #8 of 1,500).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[60] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]