Cygames

Japanese video game developer

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October 2024 Cygames was announced as the title sponsor of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, coinciding with the planned English-language release of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby mobile game.
February 20 2024 JP server for an unnamed Cygames mobile game was closed.
January 2024 Cygames became an official sponsor of Sagan Tosu.
January 31 2024 Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light mobile game servers were closed by Cygames.
April 2023 Cygames opened international marketing offices in Los Angeles (Cygames America) and London (Cygames Europe).
April 30 2023 Princess Connect! Re:Dive English servers were closed by Cygames.
March 30 2023 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls mobile game servers were closed by Cygames.
December 27 2022 A Shadowverse mobile game version was closed by Cygames.
November 30 2022 Dragalia Lost mobile game servers were closed by Cygames.
2021 Launched Uma Musume Pretty Derby, another significant intellectual property for the company.
April 2021 Cygames established CyberSphere, a subsidiary focused on 3DCG production for anime and games.
May 2018 Cygames established Cymusic, a subsidiary for music production and artist management.
April 2018 Cygames partnered with Nintendo to develop Dragalia Lost, with Nintendo obtaining approximately five percent of Cygames's issued stocks.
August 2017 Closed Beta Test was held for a Shadowverse mobile game version.
July 2017 Cygames became an official sponsor of Juventus football club and founded its esports team Cygames Beast with players Daigo Umehara, Snake Eyez, and PR Balrog.
June 8 2017 Cygames and CyberAgent jointly established CA-Cygames Anime Fund, a three-billion-yen investment fund for anime IP.
May 2017 Cygames and Kodansha formed a partnership to launch Cycomi, a new label for publishing manga in print.
June 2016 Cygames acquired Kusanagi, a gaming and anime background studio.
March 2016 Cygames established CygamesPictures, its own anime production division and studio for creating original anime and IP-based projects.
2015 Cygames began development of console games, expanding beyond mobile game development.
2014 Launched Granblue Fantasy, a key intellectual property for the company.
2013 Cygames expanded its mobile game development to Android and iOS platforms.
2012 DeNA acquired a 24% stake in Cygames, becoming a significant minority shareholder.
June 2012 Cygames founded CyDesignation, a company specialized in design, illustration, game planning, and game development.
2011 Cygames was established by CyberAgent as a video game development studio, with an initial focus on mobile games for the Mobage platform.

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