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Rising Star Games Limited is a British
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based in
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History

Rising Star Games was founded on 10 July 2004 by Martin Defries as a
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between Bergsala Holding and Japanese publisher
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. Marvelous Entertainment sold its 50% share in Rising Star Games to Intergrow, another Japanese publisher, in January 2010. Rising Star Games opened a United States office based in
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in January 2012. Thunderful acquired Rising Star Games from Bergsala Holding in July 2018, at which point Ed Valiente became its
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and Defries left the company.


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