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Cygames

Cygames, Inc.
Native name
株式会社Cygames
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha Cygames
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
Founded May 2011; 6 years ago (2011-05)
Headquarters Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Koichi Watanabe (President)
Owner
  • CyberAgent (74%)
  • DeNA (24%)
Number of employees
1,597 (2017)
Parent CyberAgent
Website cygames.co.jp

Cygames, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社Cygames, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Cygames) is a video game development studio established in 2011 by CyberAgent, a Japanese web services company. In 2012, DeNA purchased a 24% stake in Cygames. Shortly thereafter, the studio was chosen by Gamasutra as one of the top 10 game developers of the year.

In 2016, Cygames announced that it was developing Project Awakening, its first large-format title for consoles.

In 2017, Cygames founded its esports team, Cygames Beast, with Street Fighter players Daigo Umehara, Snake Eyez, and PR Balrog. Since July 2017, Cygames is an official sponsor of Juventus Football Club.


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