Konami Digital Entertainment (KDE) has merged with Hudson on March 01, Hudson will be dissolved. Hudson on January 17, revealed in a report submitted to the extraordinary length of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau.

KDE is a wholly owned subsidiary of parent company Konami Hudson in April 2005. Hudson has produced content for mobile phones, "in the field of business opportunities for the SNS, to concentrate management resources on core business KDE, Digital Entertainment Group company, to further strengthen cooperation," as to the merger.

Hudson in 1973, started out as amateur radio equipment dealers in Sapporo. Embarked on the sale of game software for PC then Nintendo "Family Computer" entered the software for. "Bange ring bay" known for, such as "Family BASIC" was jointly developed by Nintendo to.

Hudson was hanging on for dear life for awhile there, but now the company will be completely dissolved into Konami. It's a real shame to see Hudson disappear. Let's hope there's still a future for Hudson-related properties. Thanks to Cypher for the heads up.