“Ameba Pigg,” which is the avatar community service operated by CyberAgent, Inc. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Susumu Fujita; Listed on the Mothers section of Tokyo Stock Exchange; Securities identification code: 4751), will release “Pigg Café,” a social game for PCs, in which you can enjoy developing your own fashionable café, on August 21, 2012.

“Pigg Café” enables users to own their own cafés inside “Ameba Pigg.” Users can enjoy developing their own cafés, serving drinks and dishes to guests. The number of guest characters is over 120, which is the largest in the history of “Ameba Pigg.” Users can raise their level by serving coffee and spaghetti Neapolitan, etc. to various guests or meeting the requests of guests. In addition, users can employ Pigg Friends*1 at their own cafés or assist Pigg Friends in the operation of their cafés while enjoying the communication among users. As the levels of cooking and assisting get higher, the number of dishes served in cafés and employment capacity increase respectively, and users can invite more guests to develop their cafés. So its game element is larger than the previously-released social games of “Ameba Pigg”.

The service of “Ameba Pigg” started in February 2009. The number of users exceeded 13.1 million yen (as of July 2012) and it expanded in a unique manner as the largest virtual space in Japan. Following “Pigg Life,” “Pigg Island,” and “Pigg Café,” which are the large-scale social games focused on the communication among users, we plan to release “Pigg World” under the theme of developing a city in September 2012. For “Ameba Pigg,” we aim to energize its services and increase users, by developing a social game utilizing the strengths as a community service for PCs.

*1: Pigg Friends mean the function for making friends based on approvals, with which users can share online information inside “Ameba Pigg.”

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“Pigg Cafe”　http://cafe.pigg.ameba.jp/

“Ameba Pigg”　http://pigg.ameba.jp/

“Ameba”　http://ameblo.jp/

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http://www.cyberagent.co.jp/news/press/2012_download/0821_1.html

Corporation profile

Name CyberAgent Inc.

Location 1-12-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Foundation March 18, 1998

Capital 7,203,328,882 yen (As of the end of June 2012)

Representative Susumu Fujita, President and CEO

Business contents Ameba business, Internet media business, Internet advertising business, investment development business

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- Android App Ranked No.1 on Top Grossing Chart Over 14 Consecutive Weeks -

TOKYO, JAPAN (Jul 19th, 2012) – Cygames Inc., subsidiary of CyberAgent, Inc. (TOKYO:4751), developer and operator of popular social games, today announced that the user base of Rage Of Bahamut, Cygames’ English-language social card game provided on Mobage’s worldwide network (http://mobage.com), exceeded two million outside of Japan on July 10, 2012.

Rage of Bahamut (RoB) is debuted in February 2012 and became No.1 on the Top Grossing Chart on US Google Play in April, and still remains No.1 over 14 consecutive weeks. In addition, Rage of Bahamut’s iOS app also ranked No.1 on the Top Grossing Chart of US App Store as of June 12, 2012.

“This achievement is a clear indication that this visually stunning, made-in-Japan RPG has been greatly enjoyed by users worldwide for its innovative game mechanics and enchantingly-designed cards,” said Yusuke Hidaka, Vice President of CyberAgent, Inc. “We hope that more users outside of Japan will enjoy our games as we plan to expand our overseas business operations.”

The original RoB (‘Shingeki-no-Bahamut’) is a fantasy adventure game in which players roam the world, drawing out powers from cards. After choosing between ‘Man’, ‘Gods’ or ‘Demons’ cards, players build and strengthen themselves as well as their teams by collecting, synthesizing and evolving a variety of unique cards. In Japan, the original RoB is provided as an HTML-based browser game on the domestic Mobage” network, which is operated by DeNA Co., Ltd. On Mobage’s worldwide network, RoB is provided as smartphone app for both Android and iOS users.

In addition to RoB, Cygames intends to continuously provide a wide range of games, thereby enabling an increasing number of people all over the world to enjoy and enhancing their gaming experiences.

*Above mentioned No.1 is from “Store Stats” Top Charts-Android-United States-Overall of App Annie Limited www.appannie.com

About Cygames

A developer and operator of social games, Cygames, Inc. aims to consistently raise brand awareness by providing the “best content ever.” ‘Shingeki no Bahamut’ is a social card game released in the fall of 2011 that has enjoyed an enormous success as a fantasy RPG with unprecedentedly beautiful visual elements and has now begun global deployment. For more information, visit the company’s site at: www.cygames.co.jp

About CyberAgent, Inc.

CyberAgent, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1998, the company has provided many kinds of businesses in Japan including being the largest social game provider, running the #1 blog based communication service (Ameba), the #1 internet, and the #1 corporate venture capital. CyberAgent maintains operations in the U.S., China, Vietnam, Japan with corporate headquarters located in Tokyo, Japan.

For additional information on the company and its offerings, please visit
www.cyberagent.info or contact pub@cyberagent.co.jp

Inquiry concerning the release:
CyberAgent Inc. 　Ameba information dissemination desk
E-mail: pub@cyberagent.co.jp Tel: +81-3-5459-6245