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"NO GAME NO LIFE": Grasshopper Manufacture have leapt from the jaws of NetEase and gone indie again

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell Rock Paper Shotgun
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No Game No Life
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No Game No Life
Genres · indie, simulation
Release · Sep 9, 2020
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Grasshopper Manufacture
COMPANYSubject
Grasshopper Manufacture
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1999–2026
Latest · Romeo is a Dead Man
Top genres · fps, action, puzzle
211 articles 110 writers 29 games
NetEase
COMPANYSubject
NetEase
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2003–2020
Latest · Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent
Top genres · rpg, tbs, adventure
130 articles 62 writers 3 games
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indie
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2025–2026
Latest · Horripilant
Top genres · indie, adventure, point_and_click
1028 articles 261 writers 3 games
Jaws
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Jaws
Active · 1989–2024
Latest · Zen Pinball World
Top genres · simulation, adventure, arcade
17 articles 16 writers 4 games
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