Business alliance with Square Enix and Gakken, "Serious Game"

Based on the corporate statement "Somewhat more! Make Japan smarter", we established SGI Co., Ltd. with a capital of 10 million yen, bringing Square Enix 60% and Gakken 40% to the school and other educational institutions Planning, development and sales of serious games, planning, development and sale of serious games for public education purposes, planning, development and sale of serious games for company / function training, planning of serious games and contents based on knowledge, We are going to develop and sell it.

... .... What is a serious game? Business alliance with Square Enix and Gakken, Serious Game business
Established a new company "SG Lab" through joint investment in May 2006
http://www.gakken.co.jp/news/20060322.html

In computer games, not only letters, images, music, interactivity, story nature,
Communication and other factors are integrated, and the user's involvement by the user
It is a medium that creates.
A serious game is a function of such a computer game as an expressive medium
By applying its development technology and visual design,
It is created for the purpose of solving problems in various fields of society.
Overseas, in many fields such as school education, function training, social awareness activities by public institutions
The use of serious games has begun.
Square Enix and Gakken have made a business alliance and
Through the establishment of the new company SG Lab, we will enter the serious game business.

In other words, it seems that it is not normal entertainment, a game for entertainment. As an example, is not it "Food Force" developed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and Konami?

[Gigazine: 696] Japanese version of Food Assistance Experience Game "FOOD FORCE" produced by United Nations World Food Program is released for free
http://gigazine.net/News/html/lg/000696.htm

Also, in a broader sense, like "Go by train!" Series or "Mi じ ぴ っ た ん" "Taiko no Tatsujin"
It seems that things are also a category of serious games.

Also, a simulation game used for military training is also a serious game. With this, Nintendo DS games are more like things like serious games and still have recorded considerable hits, so Square Enix paid attention to this genre, and now that the video technology has been heavily used I am planning to produce and release a serious game not of any type. It is quite interesting that one of the Gakken is chewing on this. Attention is drawn to in what form to sublimate know-how which the past Gakken had cultivated.