Xing Entertainment

Xing Entertainment at a Glance

Xing Entertainment operated as a Japanese publisher and developer from 1995 to 2000. The company released sixteen titles on PlayPile, with fifteen credits as a publisher and six as a developer. Their work was heavily concentrated in the PlayStation era, with fourteen of their sixteen games appearing on that platform. They also published three titles for PC, two for the Sega Saturn, and one for Mac. The studio's catalog spans several genres, though Role-playing games make up their largest category with four releases. Platformers accounted for three titles, while Sports, Visual Novels, and Adventure games each had two entries. Single releases covered Strategy, Tactical, Turn-based strategy, Puzzle, and Shooter categories. This variety suggests they did not stick to a single niche but rather filled market gaps across different styles. Most of their output belongs to the 1990s with thirteen games. Only three titles arrived in the 2000s before operations ceased. Recent releases included St. Luminous Jogakuin in May 2000 and Doki-doki Pretty League Lovely Star in March 2000. Earlier in their run, they published Umihara Kawase: Shun - Second Edition in January 2000, followed by Shinkai Densetsu Meremanoid in August 1999 and The Mystic Dragoons in June 1999. The data does not provide specific rating scores for these games, so it is impossible to determine if their quality was generally great or poor based on the available numbers. However, the sheer volume of releases across such a short window indicates an active period during the mid-to-late nineties. Their focus shifted slightly toward platformers and RPGs as they approached the turn of the millennium. Xing Entertainment now operates under the name Xing Inc., but their main activity ended in 2000. Players looking for their specific titles will find them mostly on PlayStation hardware.

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