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WIZC

Wizcorp

Games & Interactive
Open roles
1
Founded
2008
Employees
51-200
Offices
1

About Wizcorp

Wizcorp is a Tokyo-founded game development and technical co-development studio serving console, PC, mobile, and interactive-entertainment projects. Founded in 2008, the company combines full-cycle development with specialist engineering, porting, art, and real-time VFX support for publishers and developers working across international markets.

Its engineering practice covers custom engine work, including low-level Unreal Engine modification, proprietary engine adaptation, performance profiling, and draw-call and memory optimization. Wizcorp also supports multi-platform delivery across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile, with services spanning platform compliance, technical feasibility work, storefront integration, and hardware-emulation environments.

Technical and Creative Services

  • Core engineering, standalone tools, scene editors, terrain tools, and asset-pipeline development
  • Console and PC porting, platform integration, optimization, and ongoing update support
  • Multiplayer network architecture, custom protocols, backend infrastructure, and stress testing
  • Technical art, custom shaders, render profiling, and pipeline automation
  • 3D character, creature, weapon, vehicle, and environment modelling
  • Real-time visual effects created with Unreal Engine 5 Niagara and Houdini

The studio’s experience spans both original and commissioned work. Its credits include engineering support for Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A, porting and maintenance work for GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-, technical support on Age of Mythology: Retold, and full-cycle development on titles including Kakegurui: Cheating Allowed, Jetpack Bandits, and Pochamogu. Earlier work for Ankama included the Flash-to-HTML5 and mobile port of Dofus Touch.

Wizcorp became part of the Keywords Studios group in 2019. Through that network, it can complement its own development, engineering, art, and VFX capabilities with broader group services such as localization, functional QA, co-development, and player-engagement support. The studio’s work is oriented toward technically demanding production challenges: adapting games for new platforms, improving runtime performance, building development tools, and delivering visual and interactive systems for contemporary game projects.

More about Wizcorp

Leadership and working model

  • Tom Davies is Wizcorp’s Representative Director, and Marc Trudel is Studio Head.
  • The company was founded by Guillaume Hansali and co-founders in 2008.
  • Wizcorp describes its employment structure as permanently 100% remote-first across Japan, while employees retain access to studio facilities, hardware test rigs, hot desks, and conference rooms.
  • Its stated practices include flextime with core hours of 11:00–16:00, home-office stipends, language training, and an emphasis on sustainable engineering practices rather than crunch.

Earlier history

Wizcorp developed an early reputation in mobile engineering, high-performance HTML5 technology, and cross-platform architecture. GREE invested in the company in 2012, and French transmedia group Ankama acquired it in 2014 before its 2019 acquisition by Keywords Studios.

Notable credits

13 credits
  • Beast of Reincarnation
  • Romeo is a Dead Man
  • 4PGP
  • Pokémon LEGENDS Z-A
  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
  • Kakegurui: Cheating Allowed
  • Jetpack Bandits
  • Pochamogu
  • Dofus Touch
  • Striker Arena
  • Tiki Takoo
  • Celulo

Offices

Where Wizcorp is based

1 location
  • Wizcorp Studio Hub / Headquarters

    Headquarters
    9F, Asahi Seimei Daitabashi Bldg., 1-22-19 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063, JapanTokyo, Japan

    Official headquarters and primary physical studio hub, co-located within the Keywords Studios Tokyo facility.

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