.hack Conglomerate is the sequel to "Project .hack" and the group of companies behind this second chapter of the series, although no true "conglomerate" has been formed. The companies include Victor Entertainment, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Bandai, TV Tokyo, and Kadokawa Shoten. Whereas Project .hack takes place in The World, the new generation takes place mainly in The World R:2, after the data from the original game was mostly lost.