In 2007, AQ Interactive, Inc. announced the acquisition of Xseed Games, with share transfer before June. The deal was signed on April 24, and the share transfer was completed on June 26. Xseed Games joined forces with
Marvelous Entertainment (MMV) to co-publish its games in
North America in 2008. At
E3 2008, MMV USA and Xseed Games distinguished the games that would be co-published under the agreement and the games that Xseed would publish separately. In April 1, 2009, AQ Interactive announced increasing its stake of Xseed Games from 55% to 90% on the day of announcement. On April 14, 2009, Xseed Games announced its partnership with
Japanese developer
Nihon Falcom over localizing and publishing
Ys Seven,
Ys: The Oath in Felghana,
Ys I & II Chronicles, and the
Trails in the Sky trilogy for the
PlayStation Portable in North America. Xseed Games later published
Ys: The Oath in Felghana and
Ys Origin as its first released on the
Steam digital distribution platform in 2012. In March 2013,
Index Corporation's
Atlus Online Division online business unit was purchased by Marvelous AQL and transferred to Xseed. On April 6, MarvelousAQL announced that XSEED JKS, Inc., the publisher's trading name, would be renamed as Marvelous USA Inc., with the Xseed banner being used for video games while the Marvelous Online banner would be used for mobile and social titles. In August 2024, Marvelous announced that Marvelous USA would undergo a major restructural change. The Xseed Games banner would now be used for third-party titles, while the Marvelous USA banner would be used for Marvelous' titles. ==Controversy==