Artisan Studios was founded in 2016 by a small team in Paris, France. The team relocated to Quebec City, Canada in August 2016 with the support of the city of Quebec and the federal government of Canada. Artisan is a specialist in the creation of 2D RPG games whose mission is to create the highest quality 2D game studio in the world and become the top western studio developing AAA IPs in Japan. Artisan primarily works in partnership with Japanese developers and publishers to release titles for the Japanese market and then bring those IPs to the west. The multicultural team at Artisan works in fluent Japanese, French, and English. Artisan’s first announced title is the latest entry in the Neptunia series created by Compile Heart and Idea Factory. The working title for the game is “Brave Neptune” and it is the first time the team at Compile Heart will co-develop a new Neptunia title with a western studio.