Softstar Entertainment
Independent Taiwanese video game developer and publisher, one of the founding pillars of the Greater-China RPG industry. Legal entity: Softstar Entertainment Inc. (Chinese: 大宇資訊 / 大宇资讯). Headquartered in **Taipei, Taiwan**. **FOUNDED April 27, 1988** in Taipei by a small group of three video-game-passionate individuals (per Grokipedia 'Softstar' and Wikipedia). General Manager: **Yao Zhuangxian / Johnson Yau** (姚壯憲), legendary Taiwanese game producer (per Wikipedia 'Yao Zhuangxian'). **FLAGSHIP FRANCHISES — the 'Twin Swords of Softstar' (大宇雙劍):** (1) **The Legend of Sword and Fairy / Chinese Paladin** (仙劍奇俠傳, since 1995) — the most influential Taiwanese RPG franchise ever made, often called 'the Final Fantasy of Greater China' with 7+ mainline titles, mass-media adaptations including Chinese Paladin 1 (TV 2005) and Chinese Paladin 3 (2009) per StarTimes Kungfu Channel listings; (2) **Xuan-Yuan Sword** (軒轅劍, since 1990) — long-running Taiwanese historical-fantasy RPG series, 7+ mainline entries including Xuan-Yuan Sword VII (2020 modern action RPG release per Reddit JRPG discussion). **MAINLAND CHINA SUBSIDIARY:** Softstar Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. — wholly-owned Beijing subsidiary established to develop Chinese Paladin titles for mainland China console/PC market (per Baidu Baike 'Chinese Paladin 5' confirming '(Beijing) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Softstar Entertainment' and SpaceCraft One Consulting Sony Report: 'Beijing to develop Chinese Paladin 6 for video game consoles'). **3 Moby refs unified per Atlas rule 17** (single operating Softstar group): (1) 'Softstar Entertainment Inc.' (gc=12, main Taipei HQ — Developed 41 + Published 25); (2) 'Softstar Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.' (gc=3, Beijing subsidiary — Developed 15 + Published 1); (3) 'Softstar' (gc=1, brand alias — Developed 1). Independent — no parent corporation (publicly listed on Taipei Exchange, founder-and-veteran controlled). Moby records: Softstar Entertainment Inc. + Softstar Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. + Softstar. MAJOR 2024-2025 UPDATE: Softstar sold the rights to its Twin Classics flagship franchises — The Legend of Sword and Fairy (Xianjian) and Xuan-Yuan Sword (Xuanyuan Jian) — to other Chinese companies for NT$500 million in September 2024 (per taiwan.md industry report); in June 2025 the Xuan-Yuan Sword IP changed hands again to another Chinese company; 'Sword and Fairy 4 Remake' announced Dec 2025 is being developed externally by Up Software in Unreal Engine 5 for PC and consoles (per RPGamer) — the studio's flagship RPG franchises are now externally developed while Softstar transitions toward IP-rights management and licensing; Sword and Fairy: Together Forever console publishing via Eastasiasoft kept.
- Type: Publisher and Developer · Buyer
- Headquarters: Taiwan
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Development, Publishing, Game development and engineering, Art, assets and fonts production services
- Credited games in the group: 13
Group structure
- DOMO Studio (Developer)
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Eastasiasoft — Development, Game development and engineering, Publishing, 10 shared credits, 2015–2024
- Gamera Game — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2022–2024
- E-Home Entertainment — Publishing, 3 shared credits, 2017–2021
- Yooreka Studio — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2019–2020
- CubeGame — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2021–2022
- Justdan International — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- XPEC Art Center — Art, assets and fonts production services, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
- Shanghai Oriental Pearl Suole — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
- Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd. — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2015–2015
- PQube — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
- Game Source Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2024–2024
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/softstar-entertainment