Talk:D3 Publisher

America and Europe

I have removed the Europe release section, and re-named the American, because, if who ever created this article had checked their facts, they would have seen that every one of the games on the list was released in Europe as well America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.232.216.27 (talk) 09:38, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

D3 Publisher → D3PublisherD3Publisher – There is no space in the logo. 2A02:C7D:564B:D300:3C1A:53BD:793E:CDDC (talk) 11:28, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

• We use the common name not the official name. All of the secondary sources in the article use the space. Closing request from user evading block. czar 17:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Organization

Is there a better way we can organize these? Several titles were released in both Japan and Europe/US, and the Otome section isn't entirely Japan exclusive (several of the Switch titles have official English and Chinese releases). I'm adding the newer titles as I find them, so this article is going to get longer. Should we insert a table system of some kind? It would be nice if we could make List of Simple Series Video Games, too. Londonbeat41692 (talk) 12:28, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

D3 Publisher of Europe fate

So, upon @IgeIRM's suggestion, here's a little thread about what happened to this respective division of the company.

So, Namco Bandai Holdings bought D3 in March 2009, and the company remained as is as a standalone publishing company, including the Japanese division (D3 Publisher and ESP), North American division (D3 Publisher of America) and European division (D3 Publisher of Europe).

In April 2010, D3 merged with ESP into a single company, which could mean D3 Europe was gone by then. This source from the same month states that D3 still "acts as a publisher in Japan and North America", not listing anything regarding D3 Europe or if they even still operated. Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks, released in February 2010, appears to be the last title under the division; as when Puzzle Quest 2 was released in PAL territories in June, the back cover displays both the D3 Publisher and Namco Bandai Games logos, and the copyright information on the back cover says: "Published by NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe SAS. Distributed by NAMCO BANDAI Partners SAS. D3Publisher is a brand of NAMCO BANDAI." This publishing disclaimer and other similar variants appear on all D3 titles released in Europe and Australia up until their last console release: Earth Defense Force 2025. This 2010 Namco Bandai Games GamesCom 2010 press release lists down Despicable Me: The Game, another D3 title.

As for when they went defunct, this is uncertain. Companies House lists D3 Publisher of Europe as having gone into liquidation on 11 August 2010, shortly after Puzzle Quest 2's release and having been dissolved in February 2012. Namco Bandai Games Europe or any other source gave a reason or listing for why D3 Publisher of Europe was liquidated, but if the ESP/D3 merger was related to it, maybe it could have been that. Luigitehplumber (talk) 21:10, 18 August 2026 (UTC)