FOG Inc.

FOG Inc. (株式会社フォグ; FOG is short for Full On Games) was a Japanese video game developer based in Machida, Tokyo, and a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software. The company was founded on December 2, 1996. FOG is best known for developing visual novels.^[2]

FOG Inc.

Native name	株式会社フォグ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Fogu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	December 2, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-12-02)[1]
Headquarters	Machida, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Products	Fuuraiki series Missing Parts series
Parent	Nippon Ichi Software
Website	fog.jp

History

FOG Inc. was founded on December 2, 1996 in Sakuragaoka-chō, Shibuya, Tokyo.^[1] In April 1999 the company was relocated to Shin-Yokohama, in August 2009 to Kōhoku Newtown, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, and in June 2012 to Machida, Tokyo.^[1] In February 2006 the company's president Noriyuki Sōsei passed away.^[3] In April 2016 Nippon Ichi Software acquired FOG.^[2] The company closed in December 2021^[4]

Games by FOG

• Bishōjo Hanafuda Kikō: Michinoku Hitō Koi Monogatari [ja] (August 7, 1997, PlayStation)
• Kuon no Kizuna [ja] (December 3, 1998, PlayStation)
• Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinsho (May 18, 2000, Dreamcast)
• Fuuraiki [ja] (January 18, 2001, PlayStation)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories [ja] Part 1 (January 17, 2002, Dreamcast)
• Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinsho (July 18, 2002, PlayStation 2)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Part 2 (October 24, 2002, Dreamcast)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Part 3 (July 31, 2003, Dreamcast)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Side A (November 27, 2003, PlayStation 2)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Side B (February 19, 2004, PlayStation 2)
• Rim Runners [ja] (January 27, 2005, PlayStation 2)
• Fuuraiki 2 [ja] (November 10, 2005, PlayStation 2)
• Fuuraiki (September 28, 2006, PlayStation 2)
• Amagōshi no Yakata [ja] (March 8, 2007, PlayStation 2)
• Naraku no Shiro: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Nidome no Junan [ja] (March 6, 2008, PlayStation 2)
• Musō Tōrō (March 19, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
• Amagōshi no Yakata Portable: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Saisho no Junan (September 17, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
• Naraku no Shiro Portable: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Nidome no Junan (December 17, 2009, PlayStation Portable)
• Kōri no Haka: Ichiyanagi Nagomu, Sandome no Junan [ja] (February 25, 2010, PlayStation Portable)
• Missing Parts: The Tantei Stories Complete (November 29, 2012, PlayStation Portable)
• Fūin [ja] (March 29, 2013, Microsoft Windows)
• Fuuraiki 3 [ja] (May 31, 2013, Microsoft Windows)
• Fuuraiki 3 (February 19, 2015, PlayStation Vita)
• Fuuraiki 4 [ja] (July 8, 2021, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4)