Nyu Media Ltd. was a
video game publisher
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They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ...
known for
localizing Japanese
independent
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dōjin soft
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games into
English.
They were established in 2011 and released two batches of dōjin games that spanned genres including
shoot 'em up
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s,
beat 'em up
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s,
platformer
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s,
adventure games
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, and
action-RPGs.
In 2022, the company went out of business, selling most of their publishing licenses to other publishers.
History
Nyu Media Limited announced its first titles as a
video game publisher
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They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ...
in November 2011.
Their first batch of localized releases included six Japanese indie (
dōjin
In Japan, a is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as " clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in " sewing circle"). Self-published creative works pro ...
) games:
bullet hell shooters ''
eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX'' and ''eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetration Black Package'' by Tennen-sozai, 3D
shoot 'em up
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''Ether Vapor Remaster'' and
beat 'em up
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''Fairy Bloom Freesia'' by Edelweiss,
adventure game
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''
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club'' by Atelier773, and
side-scrolling shooter
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Satazius by Astro Port.
A month later, the company partnered with
Capcom
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to publish and distribute their upcoming titles. Nyu saw the partnership as a means for legitimizing the doujin community.
The games were released for
Microsoft Windows
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via services such as
Steam
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,
GamersGate, and later from
MangaGamer
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History
MangaGamer was originally envisioned as a c ...
without
copy protection
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(
DRM
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).
The second batch of games for 2012 was announced in August and included five titles:
platformer
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''Eryi's Action'' by Xtal Sword,
action-RPG ''Croixleur'' by Souvenir Circ, and shoot 'em ups ''
Kamui'', ''RefleX'', and ''Alltynex Second'' by Siter Skain.
In early 2014, the company announced ''Gigantic Army'', a
side-scrolling shooter
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with
16-bit era
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graphics.
The same year, they brought four games to
Steam Greenlight
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to win support from the Steam community.
One of these games, the
fighting game
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''Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm'', raised over $100,000 through
crowdfunding
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website
Indiegogo
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, and led to a dispute between Nyu and
PayPal
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when the latter held up to half of the funds as a "reserve".
PayPal ultimately released the funds and, following several similar incidents, announced that they would be reforming their crowdfunding policies for the future.
Nyu released their first
Japanese role-playing game
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, ''The Sacred Tears TRUE'', in September 2014.
On June 15, 2022, Nyu Media announced that they were discontinuing business. Most games published by the company were picked up by other publishers, with the exception of ''
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club'' and its sequel ''Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls,'' which was delisted following the end of the 2022 Steam Summer Sale on July 7.
References
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Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Doujin video games
Video game companies established in 2011