# Cygames

Cygames, Inc. is a Japanese video game development studio established in 2011 by CyberAgent. Mobile and e-commerce company DeNA acquired a 24% stake in the studio in 2012, and Nintendo acquired another 5% stake in 2018, leaving CyberAgent with 69% of the shares and as such, they are the parent company of Cygames. From its formation, the company produced mobile games, initially on the Mobage platform, and from 2013 on Android and iOS. The company headquarters is located in Tokyo while other divisions are located in Osaka and Saga in Japan and Seoul, South Korea.
Key IPs include Uma Musume Pretty Derby (2021), Princess Connect! Re:Dive (2018), Shadowverse (2016), Granblue Fantasy (2014), The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls (2011, with Bandai Namco Entertainment), and Rage of Bahamut (2011). The company began development of console games in 2015. In 2016, Cygames announced the establishment of an anime studio CygamesPictures. The company also began funding anime for its mobile property and for new projects and adaptations for anime. The company also entered the manga, music and design market in the same time period.

## History

Cygames, Inc. was 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 ten game developers of the year.
In June 2012, Cygames founded CyDesignation, a company specialized in Design, Illustration, Game planning and Game development.
In March 2016, Cygames announced the establishment of its own anime production division and anime studio as a subsidiary known as CygamesPictures to do planning, production and animation both for Cygames own IPs and original anime projects as well.
In June 2016, Cygames announced the acquisition of the gaming and anime background studio Kusanagi.
In 2016, Cygames announced that it was developing Project Awakening, its first large-format title for consoles as well as the establishment of their Osaka studio focused on console games.
In May 2017, Cygames and Kodansha announced that they formed a partnership to launch a new label called Cycomi to release volumes in print distributed by Kodansha for manga already published online by Cygames on its digital manga website called Cycomics, while Cygames' established its first overseas subsidiary, Cygames Korea. However, in April 2019, Cygames formed a new partnership with Shogakukan.
On June 8, 2017, Cygames and its parent company CyberAgent announced that they jointly established CA-Cygames Anime Fund, a fund for investing in anime IP which will inject funds to the anime production committee to obtain the rights to stream anime videos on the Internet and produce games, with a total amount of funds to be three billion yen.
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 Italian football team Juventus.
In April 2018, a partnership with Nintendo was announced to develop the game Dragalia Lost, for the purpose of facilitating the partnership Nintendo will obtain approximately five percent of Cygames's issued stocks.
In May 2018, Cygames announced the establishment of a subsidiary for music production and artist management called Cymusic.
In April 2021, Cygames announced the establishment of a subsidiary called CyberSphere which is focused on 3DCG production for anime and games. Cygames produced the anime The Marginal Service, which started airing in 2023.
In April 2023, Cygames opened two more international offices focused in marketing for its regions; one in Los Angeles called Cygames America and one in London called Cygames Europe.
Since January 2024, Cygames is an official sponsor of Sagan Tosu.
In October 2024, Cygames was announced as the title sponsor of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, a horse race run as part of the annual Breeders' Cup championships in American thoroughbred racing. The sponsorship was part of a promotion to mark Cygames' planned English-language release of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby mobile game.
In December 2024, the company established a subscription-based video game service called Cygames ID for the purpose of using various services.

## Games developed
### Mobile/web browser games

| Title | Original release date | Publisher(s) | Platforms | JP | WW | Notes / Remarks |
| Rage of Bahamut | JP: September 1, 2011 | WW: DeNA | mobage | Yes | Terminated | |
| The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls | JP: November 28, 2011 | JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment | mobage, Android, iOS, AndApp | Terminated | No | Servers were closed on March 30, 2023 |
| Saint Seiya Galaxy Card Battle(Co-developed with DeNA) | JP: April 12, 2012 | JP: DeNA | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Disney Fantasy Quest | JP: April 2012 | JP: DeNA | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Super Sentai Heroes | JP: April 26, 2012 | JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Battle Spirits: Hasha no Houkou | JP: April 2012 | JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Sakatsuku S World Stars | JP: June 2012 | JP: SEGA | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Rekka no Honoo BURNING EVOLUTION(Co-developed with Shogakukan) | JP: July 19, 2012 | JP: Cygames | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| TIGER & BUNNY Lord of Hero | JP: July 27, 2012 | JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Sangokushi Puzzle Taisen | JP: August 2013 | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | |
| Knights of Glory | JP: November 2013 | JP: Cygames | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| La Rudiaia Chronicle | JP: November 2013 | JP: Cygames | mobage | Terminated | No | |
| Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light | JP: January 23, 2014 | JP: Square Enix | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | Servers were closed on January 31, 2024 |
| Granblue Fantasy | JP: March 10, 2014 | JP: Cygames | mobage, AndApp, GREE, DMM Games,Yahoo! Games, Android, iOS | Yes | No | |
| Battle Champs [ja](JP: Little Noah, Developed by Blaze Games) | WW: February 12, 2015 | WW: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | Terminated | |
| Princess Connect!(Co-developed with CyberAgent) | JP: February 18, 2015 | JP: Cygames / CyberAgent | Ameba | Terminated | No | |
| LINE Paper Dash World | JP: March 2015 | JP: Line Corporation | LINE GAME | Terminated | No | |
| The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage | JP: September 3, 2015 | JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment | Android, iOS | Yes | No | |
| Rabitobi(Developed by Citail) | JP: September 2015 | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | |
| Kindai Mahjong All Stars Touhaiden(Co-developed with Takeshobo) | JP: September 2015 | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | |
| Shadowverse | WW: June 17, 2016 | WW: Cygames | Android, iOS, DMM Games, Microsoft Windows (through Steam) | Yes | Yes | |
| Lost Order(Co-developed with CyDesignation, PlatinumGames, Noisycroak) | JP: Unreleased | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Unreleased | No | Closed Beta Test was held in August, 2017 |
| Sevens Story(Co-developed with WithEntertainment Inc.) | JP: August 18, 2017 | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | Closed on December 27, 2022 |
| Odin Crown(Co-developed with GameJeans, CyDesignation) | JP: February 8, 2018 | JP: Cygames | Android, iOS | Terminated | No | |
| Princess Connect! Re:Dive | JPN: February 15, 2018WW: January 19, 2021 | JPN: CygamesCHN: BilibiliWW: Crunchyroll Games | Android, iOS | Yes | Terminated | English servers were closed April 30, 2023 |
| Dragalia Lost | WW: September 27, 2018 | WW: Nintendo | Android, iOS | Terminated | Terminated | Servers were closed November 30, 2022 |
| World Flipper(Co-developed with Citail) | JP: November 27, 2019WW: 2021 | JP: CygamesTW: GamaniaWW: Kakao Games | Android, iOS | Terminated | Terminated | JP servers were closed February 20, 2024. TW servers were closed May 24, 2024. WW servers were closed July 25, 2024. Chinese version is still active. |
| Uma Musume Pretty Derby | JP: February 24, 2021 | JP: CygamesKR: Kakao GamesTW: Komoe GameCN: bilibili | Android, iOS, DMM Games | Yes | No | Current Active Servers: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China Mainland (4 in total) |
| Eiyuu Gakuen Hero-ka | JP: TBA | JP: Cygames | TBA | Yes | No | |
* ↑ Japanese: 株式会社Cygames（サイゲームス）, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Saigēmusu
* ↑ Granblue Fantasy is not formally available on app stores outside of Japan; however, the game client is fully localized into English with new updates on pace with Japanese content releases, there is no region locking and, so long as a user can navigate account creation in Japanese, the game can be freely accessed outside of Japan, and in-app purchases in currencies other than JPY are supported via PayPal or Google Play, meaning that the game and all features (save promotional events that require living in Japan) are available to English speakers.

### Console/PC games

| Title | Original release date | Publisher(s) | Platforms |
| Wondership Q(JP: Airship Q, Co-developed with Miracle Positive) | JP: November 19, 2015 | WW: Cygames | PlayStation Vita |
| Wondership Q(JP: Airship Q, Co-developed with Miracle Positive) | WW: July 18, 2016 | WW: Cygames | Windows |
| The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Viewing Revolution | JP: March 13, 2016SEA: April 21, 2017WW: July 18, 2017 | WW: Bandai Namco Entertainment | PlayStation VR |
| Anubis: Zone of the Enders -- M∀RS | WW: September 4, 2018 | WW: Konami | PlayStation 4, Windows |
| Granblue Fantasy Versus(Developed by Arc System Works) | AS: February 10, 2020WW: March 6, 2020 | JP: CygamesAS: SegaNA: Xseed GamesEU: Marvelous | PlayStation 4, Windows |
| Shadowverse: Champion's Battle | JP: November 5, 2020WW: August 13, 2021 | JP: CygamesNA: Xseed GamesEU: Marvelous | Nintendo Switch |
| Little Noah: Scion of Paradise(Co-developed with Grounding) | WW: June 28, 2022 | WW: Cygames | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows |
| Little Noah: Scion of Paradise(Co-developed with Grounding) | WW: November 2, 2023 | WW: Cygames | Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
| Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising(Developed by Arc System Works) | WW: December 14, 2023 | WW: Cygames | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows |
| Granblue Fantasy: Relink(Developed by Osaka Cygames) | WW: February 1, 2024 | WW: Cygames | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows |
| Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Developed by Arc System Works) | WW: October 4, 2024 | WW: Cygames | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows |
| Project Awakening(Developed by Osaka Cygames) | JP: TBA | JP: Cygames | PlayStation 4 |
| Garnet Arena: Mages of Magicary | JP: TBA | JP: Cygames | Console (TBA) |
| Untitled Metal Max project | JP: TBA | JP: Cygames | Console (TBA) |