FromSoftware‚ Inc. established in Sasazuka‚ Shibuya-ku‚ Tokyo‚ with a start-up capital of 21‚000‚000 yen and an initial staff of four‚ for the development of business application software.

December: Ventured into the game software development market in response to SONY´s launch of its home-use game console‚PlayStation. 3D real-time RPG “KINGS FIELD” launched.

July: 3D mech battle simulation game “ARMORED CORE” released.This game‚ as well as “KINGS FIELD‚” attracted a strong following of players‚ contributing to solidifying the company’s foundation for the development of game software.

July: Entered the Sega Dreamcast game software market. Multi-player mech action game “FRAME GRIDE” released.

Entered the SONY PlayStation 2 game software market. March: “ETERNAL RING” released simultaneously with the console.

Multi-platform development started. April: Entered the Nintendo GameCube game software market. Card action RPG “RUNE” released.

July: Entered the Microsoft Xbox game software market. High-speed 3D action game “MURAKUMO” released.

April: 3D ninja action game “TENCHU 3” released.
This was the rst time that FromSoftware published software developed by a third party.

January: As FromSoftware’s first mobile phone game‚ delivery of “KING’S FIELD” launched.

July: Acquired the copyright of the Tenchu series from Activision Publishing‚ Inc.

Entered the SONY PlayStation Portable game software market. December: “ARMORED CORE FORMULA FRONT” released simultaneously with the console.

November: Marked the 10th anniversary of the entry into the game software market.

January: As the rst game developed jointly with Banpresto Co.‚ Ltd.‚ “Another Century’s Episode”released from Banpresto.

August: As the 10th in the series‚ PS2 “ARMORED CORE LAST RAVEN” released.

September: Held the rst development experience internship for students in the industry‚ using PSP “ADVENTURE PLAYER.”

January: Entered the Microsoft Xbox360 game software market. “[eM]-eNCHANT arM-” released.

April: Entered the Nintendo NINTENDO DS game software market. “TENCHU DARK SHADOW”released.

July: Increased capital through allocation of new shares to a third party.

September: Increased capital through allocation of new shares to a third party.

November: Marked the 20th anniversary of the establishment of our company.

December: Entered the SONY Playstation 3 game software market. “ARMORED CORE 4” released.

April: New brand label “3 O’CLOCK.” established.

June: Jointly established Co-Core Inc. with transcosmos inc. and SANKEI SHIMBUN CO.‚LTD.

Announced the development of the 3D virtual community project‚ “meet-me.”

May: Made a stock split.