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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Nier developer Cavia dissolved into parent company]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/weird-but-true/" rel="tag">Weird But True</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/opinions/" rel="tag">Opinions</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/new-in-pop-culture/" rel="tag">New In Pop Culture</a></p><center><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/07/cavialogo.jpg" /></a></center>Cavia - developer of games like <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/nier">Nier</a></em>, <em>Drakengard</em>, and the <em>Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles</em> series - used to be a subsidiary of parent company AQ Interactive. Now, according to <a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2010/07/12/nier-developer-absorbed-into-aq-interactive/">Siliconera's</a> translation of a <a href="http://www.4gamer.net/games/098/G009875/20100709053/index_2.html">4Gamer</a> interview with director Trao Yokoo, the company has been dissolved, with its staff absorbed into AQ Interactive.<br />
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Current plans for the team are as yet unannounced, so we don't know if the former Cavia will continue making games for third parties. Officially, however, its last game was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/Nier/"><em>Nier</em></a>, which is kind of an unfortunate note on which to leave.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/">Report: Nier developer Cavia dissolved into parent company</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/19551177/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/12/report-nier-developer-cavia-dissolved-into-parent-company/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>AQ-Interactive</category><category>Cavia</category><category>Nier</category><category>Trao-Yokoo</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>