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The following [[computer]]-related events occurred in 2012: ...ory:Application software released in 2012|Application software released in 2012]]‏‎

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key_people = [[Masamitsu Niitani]], manager 2006-2012| [[Compile]] closed in [[2003]], and a new company named Compile Heart was formed as a subsidiary of [[Idea Factory]] on June 2, 2006.

foundation = May 1, 2009 (Wii no Ma)<br />April 30, 2012 (Nintendo NSD)| fate = Liquidated and closed in 2018|

company_logo = [[File:Industrial Light and Magic logo.png|310px]]| ...sfilm]] and its subsidiaries, including [[LucasArts]] and Industrial Light and Magic.

foundation = 1971 (Lucasfilm)<br />1977 (Lucasfilm Ltd.)<br />2012 (Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC)| Lucasfilm became a corporation known as Lucasfilm Ltd. in [[1977]].

[[Compile]] closed in [[2003]], and a new company named [[Compile Heart]] was formed as a subsidiary of [[Idea Factory]] on June 2, 2006. ...tsu Niitani]], managed Compile Heart until he left the company in December 2012.

closed = December 6, 2012| ...1988 by [[Mat Sneap]], [[Chris Shrigley]], [[Hugh Binns]], [[Tim Rogers]] and [[Neil Baldwin]].

foundation = October 1, 2012| ...i was founded on October 1, [[2012]], by [[Zhifei Li]] and [[Yuanyuan Li]] in Beijing, [[China]].

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company_name = Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association | ...ery Manufacturers Association)<br />April 1, 2012 (Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association)|

company_name = Might and Delight| company_logo = [[File:Might and Delight logo.png|30px]]|

Currys was formed by [[Henry Curry]] in Leicester, England in [[1884]]. ...s''' was founded by [[Charles Kalms]] in Southend-in-Sea in Essex, England in [[1937]].

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...not have the physical media of traditional consoles, and games were stored in system memory. ..., from the [[Game Boy Advance]] to the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS XL]] in December 2012.

fate = staff members reassigned in 2012| key_people = [[Satoru Okada]], manager (1996-2012)|

Beenox was founded by [[Dominique Brown]] in May [[2000]]. In [[2008]], Activision was merged with [[Vivendi Games]] to form the holding

The Man Breeze was renamed '''AKI Corporation''' in 1997 and went public in 1998. ...border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released only in Asia.

...g on October 24, 1990. Until 2015, it was considered a research institute. In early 2015, the Korea Computer Center was reorganized as a state-owned ente ...It was developed by the Korea Computer Center and the [[Central Scientific and Technological Information Agency]] launched it at some point from 1997 to t

foundation = April 2, 2012 (Namco Bandai Studios)<br />January 24, 2014 (Bandai Namco Studios)| ...Bandai Games]] on April 2, [[2012]], in order to shorten development time and provide better cohesion between the development teams.

[[Gordon E. Moore]] and [[Robert Noyce]] founded '''N.M. Electronics''' on July 18, [[1968]]. | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012

'''Nosotek''' ('''노소텍''') is a [[video game]] developer based in [[North Korea]]. Nosotek was founded in July [[2007]].

...ation = March 2003 (Actimagine)<br />2008 (Mobiclip)<br />February 13, 2012 (NERD)| ...écourt]], [[Alexandre Delattre]], [[Laurent Hiriart]], [[Jérôme Larrieu]], and [[Sylvain Quendez]].

...Radio Corporation of America (RCA), Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), and the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chain. RKO stands for Radio-Keith-Orpheum. ...led to the company being bought out by the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1955.

...ompany until March 31, [[2006]], when the development divisions of the two companies were merged into '''Namco Bandai Games'''. ...Games was spun out into [[Bandai Namco Studios|Namco Bandai Studios]] in [[2012]].

...3, 2002, in Japan on October 31, 2003, in Australia on April 24, 2008, and in North America on October 2, 2008. The coins earned through the program could be exchanged for both physical and digital merchandise.

fate = staff members reassigned in 2015| products = Video game consoles and hardware|

The Company was founded in Sapporo, Japan in July [[1990]]. Video game developers created [[video game]]s in collaboration with Crypton Future Media which provided the [[Vocaloid]] [[a

'''Daedalic Entertainment''' is a German video game developer based in Hamburg, Germany. Daedalic Entertainment was formed on March 1, 2007 by [[Carsten Fichtelmann]] and [[Jan Müller-Michaelis]].

...tal rights management|DRM]]-free distribution platform for [[video game]]s and films. ...d some degree of ownership on these games, including [[Atari|Atari, S.A.]] and [[Hasbro]].

foundation = 2001 (Legacy Engineering)<br />2012 (Syzygy Co.)<br />Closed on August 30, 2020| '''Syzygy Co.''' is a [[video game]] and [[video game console]] developer.

...or patents of his inventions. Dr. Alexander Dey invented the dial recorder in 1888. ...cord a worker's arrival and departure on paper tape in 1889. Willard Bundy and [[Harlow E. Bundy]] founded the '''Bundy Manufacturing Company''' later tha

'''Llamasoft''' is an English [[video game]] developer and publisher. Llamasoft was founded in 1982 by [[Jeff Minter]].

...)<br />July 1985 (Hudson Soft Co., Limited)<br /> (absorbed into Konami in 2012)| '''Hudson Soft''' ('''ハドソンソフト''') was a [[video game]] developer and publisher that was formerly a subsidiary of [[Konami]].

foundation = April 1996 (Sega Consumer Research and Development Dept. #3)<br />May 11, 1999 (Sega Software R&D Dept. 8)<br />Ap ...uation of Sonicteam, Sega Software R&D Dept. 8, and Sega Consumer Research and Development Dept. #3.

...a continuation of Sega AM11, Sega Software R&D Dept. 4., Amusement Vision, and New Entertainment R&D Dept. ...red to as '''Sega AM #11''', '''Sega AM11''', or '''Sega 11''', was formed in September 1998.

...ences and Consumer Products'''<br />2018<br />'''Disney Parks, Experiences and Products'''<br />2019<br />'''Disney Experiences'''<br />2023| The '''Walt Disney Outdoor Recreation Division''' was formed on June 3, 1980, to handle the theme park business of Disney.

'''Double Fine Productions''' is a video game company that was founded in July 2000 by [[Tim Schafer]]. Tim Schafer left [[Lucasfilm Games|LucasArts]] in 2000 to form a new video game studio called Double Fine Productions, along

...nt Research & Development Department 1]] from July 1, 2004 to May 1, 2008, and [[Sega CS2]] since May 1, 2008. ...the Hedgehog 2|Knuckles in Sonic 2]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3|Knuckles in Sonic 3]]'', ''[[Sonic 3 & Knuckles]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball]]'

foundation = April 7, 1982 (Compile)<br />1983 (Nisso and Think Soft)<br />(closed on November 6, 2003)| ==Entering the video game business and Think Soft==

...]], and the theme park and video game division [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products]]. ...el Studios]], [[The Muppets Studio]], [[Pixar]], [[Searchlight Pictures]], and [[Star Studios]].

'''Digital Eclipse''' was founded in 1992 by [[Andrew Ayre]]. ...was founded by [[Jon Goldman]], [[Mark Loughridge]], and [[David Vronay]] in 1994.

Code Mystics develops and ports video games and video game compilations. Code Mystics was founded in 2009 by [[Jeff Vavasour]].

...ilm Computer Division, the latter of which was a division that was started in 1979 when George Lucas wanted to branch out into computers. ...the Lucasfilm Computer Division was retained as part of [[Industrial Light and Magic]].

Sumo Digital was founded in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom in [[2003]]. The founders were [[Carl Cavers]], [[Paul Porter]], [[Darren Mills]], and [[James North-Hearn]].

..."microcomputer" and "software", is a [[computer]] company that was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4, [[1975]]. ...and Dirty Operating System, and became 86-DOS after SCP began licensing it in 1980.

...Raphael, California in June [[2004]] by [[Kevin Bruner]], [[Dan Connors]], and [[Troy Molander]]. ...on]]. They were told that wasn't sustainable, so when members of that team formed their own company, it used the digital episodic business model.

It was renamed '''Buena Vista Distribution Company, Inc.''' in 1960. In 1987, it was renamed '''Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.'''

key_people = [[Kevin Feige]], President and CEO| ...subsidiary of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. It produces and oversees films and television shows, utilizing [[computer-generated imagery]], based on [[Marv

'''Capcom Co., Ltd.''' ('''株式会社カプコン''') is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. In May 1981, '''Japan Capsule Computers''' was founded.

...since [[1977]], making it the only company to release at least one console in every console generation. ...cards]], or flower cards. Nintendo's hanafuda cards soon began to be used in Yakuza gambling parlors.