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.hack (video game series)

.hack (/dɒt hæk/) is a series of single-player action role-playing video games developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai for the PlayStation 2. The four games, .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, all feature a "game within a game", a fictional massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called…

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Genre
Action role-playing
Publisher
Bandai
Artist
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Composer
Chikayo Fukuda
Creator
Hiroshi Matsuyama
Developer
CyberConnect2

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.hack (video game series)

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Triples31
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
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.hack (video game series)

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Original release · 13
.hack (video game series) → JP: April 10, 2003, JP: December 12, 2002, JP: June 20, 2002, JP: November 23, 2005, JP: September 19, 2002, NA: February 11, 2003, NA: January 13, 2004, NA: May 6, 2003, NA: September 9, 2003, PAL: December 10, 2004, PAL: June 18, 2004, PAL: March 26, 2004, PAL: September 10, 2004
Artist · 1
.hack (video game series) → Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Composer · 1
.hack (video game series) → Chikayo Fukuda
Creator · 1
.hack (video game series) → Hiroshi Matsuyama
Developer · 1
.hack (video game series) → CyberConnect2
Genre · 1
.hack (video game series) → Action role-playing
Parent series · 1
.hack (video game series) → anime series
Platform · 1
.hack (video game series) → PlayStation 2
Producers · 1
.hack (video game series) → Hirotaka Watanabe Daisuke Uchiyama
Publisher · 1
.hack (video game series) → Bandai

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
.hack (video game series)ArtistYoshiyuki Sadamoto1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)ComposerChikayo Fukuda1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)CreatorHiroshi Matsuyama1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)DeveloperCyberConnect21.00infobox
.hack (video game series)GenreAction role-playing1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseJP: June 20, 20021.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseNA: February 11, 20031.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releasePAL: March 26, 20041.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseJP: September 19, 20021.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseNA: May 6, 20031.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releasePAL: June 18, 20041.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseJP: December 12, 20021.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseNA: September 9, 20031.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releasePAL: September 10, 20041.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseJP: April 10, 20031.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseNA: January 13, 20041.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releasePAL: December 10, 20041.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Original releaseJP: November 23, 20051.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Parent seriesanime series1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)PlatformPlayStation 21.00infobox
.hack (video game series)ProducersHirotaka Watanabe Daisuke Uchiyama1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)PublisherBandai1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)Spin-offsG.U. Link1.00infobox
.hack (video game series)WriterKazunori Itō1.00infobox

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