WorkJam Co. Ltd.
Industry	Video games, Computer software
Founded	December 15, 1998
Founder	Yutaka Kaminaga
Defunct	2011
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo
Website	https://workjam.co.jp

WorkJam Co., Ltd. (株式会社ワークジャム Work Jam Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese video game and software development company.^[1] Its main headquarters were located in Chiyoda, Tokyo.^[2]

History

WorkJam was founded by Yutaka Kaminaga on December 15, 1998.^[1] In 1998 they released their first title in Japan, an adventure game titled Cross Tantei Monogatari.^[3] In 1999, Data East licensed out the Tantei Jingūji Saburō series (aka Jake Hunter) to WorkJam. In 2002, it released the first of these licensed games, titled Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Innocent Black. Full rights to the series were given to WorkJam after Data East went bankrupt in 2003.^[4]

In 2011, WorkJam closed down, passing responsibilities for the part-developed Fukushū no Rondo to co-developer Arc System Works. The company's social game business was purchased by CommSeed and Cykan Holdings at the end of the same year.^[5]

On February 6, 2017, Arc System Works announced that they had acquired the rights to all of the ex-WorkJam properties which had passed to Expris, namely the Jake Hunter, Theresia, Nazo no Jikenbo, and Koneko no Ie series.^[6]

Titles

Cross Tantei Monogatari (Sega Saturn, 1998; PlayStation, 1999)^[8]
Cross Tantei Monogatari 1: Zenpen (Major Wave Series) (PlayStation, 2000)
Cross Tantei Monogatari 1: Kōhen (Major Wave Series) (PlayStation, 2000)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Innocent Black (PlayStation 2, 2002)
Zero4 Champ: Drift Champ (PlayStation 2, 2002)^[8]
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: KIND OF BLUE (PlayStation 2, 2004)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shiroi Kage no Shōjo (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (Nintendo DS, 2007)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō DS: Kienai Kokoro (Nintendo DS, 2008)
Gakkou no Kowai Uwasa: Hanako-San ga Kita!! Minna no Hanako-San (Nintendo DS, 2008)
Theresia: Dear Emile (Nintendo DS, 2008)
Jake Hunter: Seaside City Conspiracy (iOS, 2008)
Jake Hunter: A Ring with Memories (iOS, 2008)
Jake Hunter: Crash and Burn (iOS, 2009)
Jake Hunter: Waiting for Sunrise (iOS, 2009)
Jake Hunter: A Decisive Move (iOS, 2009)
Theresia: Dear Martel (iOS, 2009)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō DS: Fuserareta Shinjitsu (Nintendo DS, 2009)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Ashes and Diamonds (Nintendo DS, 2009)
Koneko no Ie: Kirishima-ke to Sanbiki no Koneko (Nintendo DS, 2010)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō DS: Akai Chō (Nintendo DS, 2010)
Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Fukushū no Rondo (Nintendo 3DS, 2012)

References

^ ^a ^b "WorkJam Co., Ltd: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
^ "株式会社ワークジャム ■■■WorkJam official web site■■■". 2012-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
^ "WorkJam Company Information - GameFAQs". www.gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
^ "Data East goes bankrupt". GameSpot. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
^ "WorkJam Co., Ltd. - Relationship Science". relationshipscience.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
^ "Arc System Works Picks Up The Jake Hunter And Theresia Series". Siliconera. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
^ "株式会社ワークジャム ■■■WorkJam official web site■■■". www.workjam.co.jp. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "株式会社ワークジャム ■■■WorkJam official web site■■■". www.workjam.co.jp. Archived from the original on 28 March 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.