Ponos (company)

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PONOS Corporation
Native name
ポノス株式会社
Industry Video games
Founded1990
Headquarters,
Key people
Tsujiko Yorikatsu, 辻子 依旦 (CEO)
Number of employees
185 (2024)

PONOS Corporation is an independent video game company established in 1990 headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. [1]

History

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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References

  1. 1 2 "会社情報". ポノス株式会社. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. "ゲーム事業情報". ポノス株式会社. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  3. "Ponos". www.williamsf1.com. Retrieved 2020-10-11.