Softstar Entertainment Inc. (), abbreviated as Softstar (), is a Taiwanese

video game developer A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with em ...

and

publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

based in Zhonghe District,

New Taipei New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...

, with

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branches in

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, and

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

. Softstar is famous among the

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regions for designing and publishing

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role-playing Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing ...

and

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simulation game Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...

s, mainly for the

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. Its most popular franchises include ''

The Legend of Sword and Fairy ''The Legend of Sword and Fairy'' (), also known as ''Sword and Fairy'' () or ''Chinese Paladin'', is a Chinese language fantasy video game series and media franchise centered on a series of nine Chinese mythology/'' xianxia''-themed adventure ...

'' series, ''

Xuan-Yuan Sword ''Xuan-Yuan Sword'' (, literally "Sword of the Xuan-Yuan") is a long-running historical fantasy role-playing video game series developed for personal computers by the DOMO Studio (DOMO小組/多魔小組) of the Taiwanese game developer Softstar ...

'' series, '' Richman'' series, ''Stardom'' series, and ''Empire of Angels'' series.

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