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Also known as h.a.n.d. Inc., Hokkaido Artists' Network and Development

, abbreviation of '''Hokkaido Artists' Network and Development''', is a Japanese video game developer. The company originally started as a service selling Macintosh hardware and software to universities before the Mac platform was widely known. When competition in the field increased, h.a.n.d. reorganized to develop original software.

Key facts

Company.name
h.a.n.d. Inc.
Company.logo
H.a.n.d. logo.png
Company.native_name
ハ・ン・ド
Company.native_name_lang
ja
Company.romanized_name
ha.n.do
Company.type
Kabushiki gaisha
Company.foundation
February 26, 1993
Company.location_city
Sapporo
Company.location_country
Japan
Company.key_people
Teruaki Matoba, representative and presidentToshinori Imata, director and vice-president
Company.industry
Video games
Company.num_employees
182
Company.num_employees_year
2024/03

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Wikidata facts

Country
Japan
Headquarters
Sapporo
Official website
www.hand.co.jp
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inception
1993-02-26
product or material produced
Final Fantasy
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • List of games
  • References
  • External links

, abbreviation of '''Hokkaido Artists' Network and Development''', is a Japanese video game developer. The company originally started as a service selling Macintosh hardware and software to universities before the Mac platform was widely known. When competition in the field increased, h.a.n.d. reorganized to develop original software.

h.a.n.d.'s earliest known game is Treasure Strike, developed in collaboration with publisher, Kid, who released the PC follow-up to the Dreamcast original in 2004. The company consists of two other divisions—North Point Inc. for the development of mobile phone apps and other software, and S.N.S. Inc. who work on social games for Facebook and Mixi for external publishers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “h.a.n.d.” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.