The studio was in the news a lot in 2016 but quickly disappeared. In any case, the machine gave them a game over.
According to the Japanese gaming news outlet GameBiz, the Japanese game developer Comcept (known for the games Mighty No. 9 and ReCore) has closed its doors after a notice of dissolution appeared in the official Japanese gazette on Thursday. Founded in 2010 by Keiji Inafune, a former Capcom producer who co-created series such as Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising, the studio was known for the games Mighty No. 9 and ReCore. Comcept’s debut title was the 2014 action-adventure spin-off Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, on which the studio worked alongside Spark Unlimited and Team Ninja. The game was a spin-off of the Ninja Gaiden series. Inafune and his team also collaborated with Sony Japan Studio on the design of the PlayStation Vita-exclusive game Soul Sacrifice.
Their first completely new project was Mighty No. 9, which Inafune presented as the spiritual successor to Mega Man. They sought funding for the action platform game on Kickstarter, where they raised $3.8 million. Comcept developed Mighty No. 9 with the help of Inti Creates, a studio comprised of former Capcom employees. After several delays, Deep Silver finally released the game in June 2016, but it was not successful (and did not appear on all the promised platforms). That same year, Comcept released ReCore, created in collaboration with the Texas-based developer Armature Studio. ReCore was slightly better received than Mighty No. 9, but not well enough for Microsoft to give the green light for a sequel.
The following year, Comcept became a subsidiary of Level-5, helping the company develop games such as Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y, Megaton Musashi, and Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road.
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