{"id":683169,"date":"2025-08-04T16:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yukes-to-acquire-aquaplus\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:40:18","slug":"yukes-to-acquire-aquaplus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yukes-to-acquire-aquaplus\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuke\u2019s to acquire AQUAPLUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Yuke\u2019s will acquire <em>Utawarerumono<\/em> and <em>ToHeart<\/em> developer AQUAPLUS from Pole To Win Holdings for 783.52 million yen, the company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-image\" data-featherlight=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yukes.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/140120250804528535.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/pdf.irpocket.com\/C3657\/i6fv\/UrRa\/bjPy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a>). The acquisition includes AQUAPLUS subsidiary FIXRECORDS, and is expected to be finalized by September. <span id=\"more-982103\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The acquisition comes after Pole To Win Holdings <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link-internal\" href=\"http:\/\/gematsu.com\/2025\/06\/pole-to-win-holdings-to-sell-off-aquaplus\">announced plans<\/a> to sell off AQUAPLUS in a withdrawal from the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> contents business.<\/p>\n<p>Yuke\u2019s said the acquisition will serve as an opportunity to combine its console <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> development capabilities with AQUAPLUS\u2019 intellectual property and brand planning know-how to develop titles in new genres and from a different <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach. By bringing some of AQUAPLUS\u2019 development projects within the group, Yuke\u2019s also expects to optimize resources and stabilize operations within its contract development line.<\/p>\n<p>The company added that by incorporating AQUAPLUS\u2019 expertise in the realm of bishojo adventure games, it aims to expand its development genres, reach new customer bases, and implement cross-selling strategies. Yuke\u2019s also hopes to accelerate the global expansion of AQUAPLUS intellectual property by leveraging the localization, multiplatform support, and overseas publisher collaboration know-how it has built through the development of many internationally released titles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game <\/a><\/span>category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/08\/yukes-to-acquire-aquaplus\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuke\u2019s will acquire Utawarerumono and ToHeart developer AQUAPLUS from Pole To Win Holdings for 783.52 million yen, the company announced (2). The acquisition includes AQUAPLUS subsidiary FIXRECORDS, and is expected to be finalized by September. The acquisition comes after Pole To Win Holdings announced plans to sell off AQUAPLUS in a withdrawal from the media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Yukes-Aquaplus_08-04-25.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[80820,140687,157985,100444],"class_list":["post-683169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-aquaplus","tag-hike","tag-pole-to-win-holdings","tag-yukes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}