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The Game Designers Studio

The Game Designers Studio, Inc. (株式会社ゲームデザイナーズ・スタジオ, Kabushiki gaisha Geimudezainaazu Sutajio) was a shell corporation founded in June 1999 by Square. The Game Designers Studio was re-purposed in 2002 in order to bypass a loophole with Square's exclusivity deal to develop for Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation consoles. To evade that deal, Square held only 49% of the entity's shares while Akitoshi Kawazu, head of Square's Product Development Division 2, held 51%. The formation of a new c…