Northwood Interactive


 * Not to be confused with Northwood Entertainment.

Northwood Interactive was a video game publisher. It was a unit of the Gingo Interactive Group, a division of Gingo Entertainment. This company was established in 1997 to publish video games developed in Japan in North America and Europe, including its most successful release Planetokio for the Sony PlayStation in 1999.

In 2002, Gingo announced that Northwood Interactive was shut down due to no projects planned for the future. According to reports, there had been issues about the company, and it was Gingo's decision to close the company.

Its name was a portmanteau of North Hollywood, California, where Gingo's studios are located.

Cancelled games

 * Yaku: Yuujou Dangi (PlayStation, cancelled 2000)
 * Yaku Tsuu: Noroi no Game (PlayStation, cancelled 2000)
 * Ø Story (PlayStation 2, cancelled 2001)
 * Puyo Puyo DA! (Dreamcast, cancelled 2001)
 * Densetsu no Stafy (Game Boy Advance, cancelled 2002)