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== History ==
== History ==


It was founded in 2009 and was based in San Jose, California.
MonkeyPaw Games was founded in 2009 by John Greiner, who was previously the president and CEO of [https://www.mobygames.com/company/8400/hudson-entertainment-inc/ Hudson Entertainment]. The company focused on digital game downloads, bringing somewhat more obscure Japanese PlayStation games to the Western market that the original publishers were hesitant to release internationally. They played a key role in establishing the Import section on PSN. The company was based in San Jose, California.
 
Although the company focused on bringing over mostly Japanese games, they did not do any original localization work (likely as this is a very time intensive and technical task). All their games were either in the original Japanese with a translation guide on the website, or localized previously.


As of today the company appears to be defunct. Its website went offline in August 2020, and its domain name is now under ownership of a different company.
As of today the company appears to be defunct. Its website went offline in August 2020, and its domain name is now under ownership of a different company.

Revision as of 08:30, 30 May 2024

MonkeyPaw Games company logo.

MonkeyPaw Games was a video game publisher that specialized in localizing and releasing older games to the PlayStation Network (PSN) as digital downloads, including Tomba! and Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return.

History

MonkeyPaw Games was founded in 2009 by John Greiner, who was previously the president and CEO of Hudson Entertainment. The company focused on digital game downloads, bringing somewhat more obscure Japanese PlayStation games to the Western market that the original publishers were hesitant to release internationally. They played a key role in establishing the Import section on PSN. The company was based in San Jose, California.

Although the company focused on bringing over mostly Japanese games, they did not do any original localization work (likely as this is a very time intensive and technical task). All their games were either in the original Japanese with a translation guide on the website, or localized previously.

As of today the company appears to be defunct. Its website went offline in August 2020, and its domain name is now under ownership of a different company.

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