{"title":"GungHo Online Entertainment","description":"\u003cp\u003eGungHo Online Entertainment did not start out in games. It was founded on July 1, 1998 as ONSale Co., Ltd., a joint venture between SoftBank and onSale Inc., to run an online auction business in the United States. In 2000 the company moved its headquarters to Chiyoda, Tokyo and moved into auction systems. In 2002 it changed direction completely and turned to online game services, with the Japanese server of Ragnarok Online at the center of the business. Growth was steady from there. Joint development of online games with Game Arts began in 2004, the company listed on the Hercules (Nippon New Market) in March 2005, and that December it released its own MMORPG, Emil Chronicle Online. In November 2007 GungHo acquired the video game assets of Interchannel, and in April 2008 Gravity Co., Ltd., the Korean developer of Ragnarok Online, became a subsidiary. That put the game behind GungHo's online business under the same roof as the company that had hosted it in Japan. The defining moment came in 2012 with the mobile release Puzzle \u0026amp; Dragons. It made GungHo a huge financial success, reportedly accounting for 91% of its $1.6 billion revenue in 2013, and it is still the company's main source of revenue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat success reshaped both the portfolio and the ownership. In January 2013 GungHo acquired Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind killer7, No More Heroes and Lollipop Chainsaw, and sold it to NetEase in October 2021. In February 2024 it sold Acquire Corp. to Kadokawa. In June 2016 SoftBank sold most of its stake, which ended its majority ownership and left GungHo independent. In August 2026 GungHo and Sony Music Entertainment Japan announced a capital and business alliance: Sony Music acquired 22.93% of the shares and became the largest shareholder, while GungHo remains a listed, independent company. Today the group is led by chairman Taizo Son and president and CEO Kazuki Morishita. It includes Game Arts, Gravity and the US arm GungHo Online Entertainment America, which published Camouflaj's Republique on PlayStation 4 on March 22, 2016. For PC players, the catalog offers a way back to older favorites. Grandia II: Anniversary Edition, the Grandia HD Collection and Lunar Remastered Collection return earlier games to modern systems, and they sit alongside Let It Die, while Ninjala (2020) and Ragnarok Mobile carry the company's work to other platforms. GungHo went from online auctions to a mobile hit big enough to carry the whole company. That same willingness to change direction is what keeps both its classic series and its newer ideas in front of players today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"republique-ps4-digital-download","title":"Republique","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eThe phone rings, and on the other end is Hope, a young woman held captive inside Metamorphosis, a secretive totalitarian state ruled by the omnipresent Overseer. Republique is Camouflaj's tense stealth thriller about government surveillance in the internet age. You hack into the state's own camera network and use it to guide her toward freedom. This edition gathers the complete season in one package: all five episodes, through the final chapter, Terminus, remastered in Unity 5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWatching From the Other Side of the Lens\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepublique flips the usual stealth setup. You are not the one creeping through the halls. You are the voice on the phone and the eye in the ceiling. Through OMNI View you jump from one security camera to the next, hack into doors and electronic devices, and size up the Prizrak guards before Hope makes her move. Every lens the Overseer installed to keep the population in line becomes a tool for getting her out, and that irony never fully fades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eStealth Built Around Hope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis version reimagines the game's \"One Touch\" stealth for a controller. You take control of Hope directly, and the surveillance tools stay at your fingertips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDirect control:\u003c\/strong\u003e Move Hope yourself. Slip between cover, time your crossings around patrols and decide when to wait and when to run, while the camera network keeps feeding you the bigger picture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePuzzles and choices:\u003c\/strong\u003e Locked rooms, guarded corridors and security systems all become puzzles to solve. The strategic choices you make about routes and risks decide how cleanly Hope slips through each area.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA 3D map of Metamorphosis:\u003c\/strong\u003e A three-dimensional map helps you plan ahead, keeping the facility's winding floors and guarded checkpoints readable as Hope pushes deeper toward the outside world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Complete Five-Episode Season\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepublique was originally released one episode at a time. Here the whole season sits in a single package, from Hope's first call to the closing chapter, Terminus, so the story plays out without a gap. Camouflaj spent five years building it with veterans of Metal Gear Solid 4, Halo 4, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, F.E.A.R. and SOCOM, and that pedigree shows in the mix of cinematic tension and careful, systems-driven stealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe package also includes interactive developer commentary woven into the game itself. You can eavesdrop on conversations recorded during development and hear how the team approached surveillance, privacy and power while you play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Voice Cast With Real Pedigree\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eRena Strober as Hope\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eStrober carries the game as Hope, making her fear, stubbornness and growing resolve feel genuine. The whole experience depends on caring whether the voice on the other end of the line makes it out, and she earns that.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eJennifer Hale as Hope's mentor\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eOne of the most recognizable voices in games, known for Mass Effect and BioShock Infinite, Hale brings warmth and quiet authority to the figure who shaped Hope's thinking before the walls closed in.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDavid Hayter as a revolutionary\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe voice of Metal Gear Solid's Solid Snake plays a revolutionary and ghost in the political machine. It is a fitting piece of casting for a stealth game that wears its genre influences openly.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eDwight Schultz, Khary Payton and John Kassir\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA supporting cast with credits ranging from killer7 and Star Trek to Metal Gear Solid 4 and Tales From the Crypt fills out the people of Metamorphosis, from its enforcers to the citizens caught inside it.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHope is still waiting on the other end of the line. Pick up the phone, take over the cameras, and find out how far you are willing to go to get her out of Metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GungHo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32777786720342,"sku":"AMZ_B0187UFI1U","price":44.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/products\/hero-republique-ps4-digital-download.jpg?v=1646676904"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-de\/collections\/gungho-online-entertainment.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}