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Native name | ポノス株式会社 |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1990 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tsujiko Yorikatsu, 辻子 依旦 (CEO) |
Number of employees | ~150 (2020) |
PONOS Corporation is an independent video game company established in 1990 headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. [1] The company started off as an image processing company but later on moved to game development on mobile platforms. [1] PONOS is best known for developing and publishing the tower defense game The Battle Cats . [2]
PONOS was also a partner of the Williams F1 team for the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the 2021 Formula One World Championship. [3]
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