Confidence Interworks acquires game developer flaggs

Confidence Interworks has announced the acquisition of a 70.0% stake in flaggs, a game development and operations company, making it a consolidated subsidiary. The acquisition involves purchasing shares from flaggs representative and major shareholder Naoto Yoshie. The specific acquisition price was not disclosed.

Through this partnership, Confidence Interworks aims to expand its business from human resources services into direct content planning, development, and operations. The company intends to leverage flaggs’ technical expertise, including its established methods for utilizing generative AI in game development, to reduce costs and enhance creativity.

flaggs, which has developed titles such as ‘Strawberry Prince With!!’ and ‘HoneyWorks Premium Live’, will benefit from Confidence Interworks’ extensive client network and human resource infrastructure. This collaboration is expected to strengthen development capabilities and provide new career paths for creators within the group.