Neowiz MUCA

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Neowiz MUCA or Neowiz Music Cafe (formerly known as Pentavision and Pentavision Studio) is a South Korea recording studio and video game developer. The team are developers for the DJMax series and TapSonic series. They also developed the online multiplayer game "S4 League". It is a division of Neowiz Games.

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Team members

Neowiz MUCA Team
External Artists

Games developed

as Pentavision

TitleRelease datePlatformReleased regions
DJMax Online June 13, 2004 Windows South Korea, Japan & China
DJMAX Mobile (2005) June 15, 2005 Mobile South Korea
DJMax Portable January 14, 2006 PSP South Korea
DJMax Portable International Version October 27, 2006 PSP South Korea
DJMax Portable 2 March 30, 2007 PSP South Korea
DJMax Portable Clazziquai EditionOctober 20, 2008 PSP South Korea
DJMax Portable Black Square December 24, 2008 PSP South Korea & Japan
DJMax Technika December 31, 2008 Arcade International
DJMax Trilogy December 25, 2008 Windows South Korea
DJ Max Fever January 27, 2009 PSP North America
DJMAX Mobile (2009) December 24, 2009 Mobile South Korea
DJMax Technika 2 June 16, 2010 Arcade International
DJMAX Portable Hot Tunes June 12, 2010 PSP South Korea
DJMAX Portable 3 October 14, 2010 PSP South Korea, North America & Japan
Tap Sonic July 1, 2011 iOS, Android South Korea & Japan
TapSonic ClassicSeptember 14, 2011 iOS, Android International (except South Korea)
DJMAX Technika 3 October 27, 2011 Arcade International
DJMAX Technika Tune September 20, 2012 PlayStation Vita International
DJMAX Ray September 28, 2012 iOS, Android International

as Neowiz MUCA

TitleRelease datePlatformReleased regions
DJMax Technika Q June 21, 2017 iOS, Android International
DJMax Respect July 28, 2017 PlayStation 4 International
TapSonic TOPSeptember 2017 iOS, Android International (except Taiwan)
TapSonic World ChampionNovember 6, 2017 iOS, Android International
TapSonic BOLDMarch 26, 2019 Microsoft Windows International
DJMax Respect V March 12, 2020 Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S International

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