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==Corporate news== ===Treasure found=== [[Treasure|Treasure Co. Ltd.]], a Japanese game developer consisting of ex-[[Konami]] employees, is founded on [[June 19]], 1992. The company would come to be known for extremely difficult [[shmup]] (shoot 'em up) [[Ikaruga]], originally released for [[Sega Dreamcast]], and [[Silpheed: The Lost Planet]], a [[PlayStation 2]] remake of the [[Sega CD]] shmup classic [[Silpheed]]. ===Silicon Knights arrive in shining armor=== [[Canada]]-based [[Silicon Knights]] is founded by [[Denis Dyack]] in [[July]] 1992 with the release of ''[[Cyber Empire]]'' for [[PC]]. ''[[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem]]'' for [[Nintendo GameCube]] is one of the company's most famous titles. Long-in-development ''[[Too Human]]'' is expected to be released in [[2008]] for the [[Xbox 360]]. ===Top 5 publishers by European market share=== The following companies were the top 5 biggest video game publishers in [[Europe]] this year by peak market share:<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/c9YBoOV.jpg ''CTW'', September 19, 1992]</ref> #[[Sega]] - 22.9% #[[Nintendo]] - 11.4% #[[Virgin Interactive|Virgin]] - 10.6% #[[Electronic Arts]] - 7.4% #[[wikipedia:U.S. Gold|U.S. Gold]] - 7%
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