was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Most of the staff were part of Human Entertainment. Human's Fire Pro Wrestling series was acquired by Spike after Human ceased operations. In April 2012, the company merged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft. History Spike was founded in December 1989 as Its name was changed to on October 18, 1991 and then to Spike Co., Ltd. in April 1997. Spike sold its book publishing business to Aspect in March 1999, and Spike was acquired by Sammy in April. Spike established a game development subsidiary named Vaill (ヴァイル株式会社) which consisted of former Human staff in November 1999, and it was eventually absorbed back into Spike in July 2001. In 2005, Spike was bought by Dwango. In 2012, it merged with its sister company Chunsoft and became Spike Chunsoft. Two games were in development at the time of the merger: Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure! and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. Games Published by Spike Published by other publishers Localized References External links http://game.spike.co.jp/ IGN's company profile Spike Chunsoft Video game development companies Video game publishers Video game companies established in 1989 Video game companies disestablished in 2012 Defunct video game companies of Japan Former Kadokawa Corporation subsidiaries Japanese companies established in 1989 Japanese companies disestablished in 2012 2012 mergers and acquisitions