Industry Visual Novel Headquarters Japan Subsidiaries Voltage Entertainment USA | Website www.voltage.co.jp/en/ Founded September 1999 | |
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Voltage Inc is a Japanese developer and publisher of interactive story apps, such as visual novels and otome games, for iPhone and Android devices. They also develop games with their San Francisco based subsidiary Voltage Entertainment USA.
History
The company originated in 1999, based in Tokyo, and began to expand to English-speaking audiences in 2011, releasing English-language versions of their games through the Apple Store and Google Play. They went on to establish a US subsidiary company, Voltage Entertainment USA, in 2012. Expanded versions of several of their games were previously released through GREE, however support for the GREE platform ceased in 2014.
Voltage's American subsidiary, Voltage Entertainment USA, have released adaptations of existing Voltage games which have been localized to appeal to Western audiences. Beginning in 2013 the subsidiary began producing original games marketed directly to their English-speaking audience. By 2014 it was reported that Voltage had an audience of 22 million across all its games.