Evoga

Evoga Entertainment (Evoga is the acronym of "EVOlution GAmes") was a Mexican video game company.

Evoga Entertainment
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2000
Defunct2004
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersMexico
Key people
Ángel Torres (Company Director)
ProductsArcade games
Websitewww.evogae.com (archived)

History

Evoga Entertainment began operations in 2000. It was the first Latin American company to focus solely on making video games.[1] The company had headquarters in Mexico City and in Osaka.[2]

The company's most widely known game was Rage of the Dragons, in which Evoga planned and designed both the game and the characters, and handing off development to the Noise Factory in Japan and publishing to SNK Playmore. This was also the first Japanese-Mexican collaboration of its kind. Evoga originally envisioned Rage of the Dragons as a sequel to the Neo Geo fighting game version of Double Dragon released in 1995, but the studio never obtained the rights and thus developed a knock-off version.[3] The staff also developed games for casinos and mobile platforms.[4]

Evoga began bankruptcy procedures and ceased operations in 2004.[5]

In May 2020, Piko Interactive acquired the rights of Rage of the Dragons.[6]

Games

Cancelled Games
  • Rage of the Dragons 2 (200?) - Arcade (Fighting)
  • The King of basketball? (200?) - Arcade (Basketball game with the characters of The King of Fighters) with a Street Slam style)
  • Geometrics (200?) - Arcade (Platformer)
  • Rage of the Dragons (200?) - PlayStation 2 port
  • ES: Evolution Soccer Club edition (2007) - Arcade / Crystal System

See also

References
  1. "Meet the game developers of Mexico: a growing community". VentureBeat. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. "EVOGA Entertainment: los inicios". Culturaneogeo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. "How Double Dragon's Abobo Became a Beat em up Legend". Den of Geek. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. erick.garcia.solis95. "Entrevista con Ángel Torres, director de EVOGA Entertainment – Bonus Stage MX" (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  5. "Regreso al Pasado: Double Dragon". MeriStation (in Spanish). 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  6. Aetas Inc. "MVS末期の格ゲー「レイジ・オブ・ザ・ドラゴンズ」，IPの取得をPiko Interactiveが発表。復刻ROM，もしくはSteamでの販売か". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  7. "Games developed by Evoga - Arcade - Games Database". www.gamesdatabase.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.


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