The local gaming scene is set to welcome another industry player, and it’s none other than Japanese game publisher and developer Cygames. Best known for its work on the Granblue Fantasy franchise, the Tokyo-based company has announced the opening of a new office in Singapore.
Cygames Singapore will focus on promoting and marketing its titles in Asian regions, with Masafumi Chiba acting as managing director. This latest effort joins Korea and Taiwan as the third branch in the region (excluding Japan), and comes a year after its expansion into America and Europe.
Cygames, which was established in 2011, has enjoyed a fair bit of momentum in recent years. In addition to regular content updates for its golden goose gacha title, it also released the action-RPG entry Granblue Fantasy: Relink earlier this year to positive reception, selling over one million copies in 11 days. Granblue Fantasy Versus: Striking, the sequel to fighting brawler Granblue Fantasy Versus, debuted last December.
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