Global Membership of Android? Game Platform G-GeeR

November 26, 2012

GMO GameCenter, Inc.

Global Membership of Android^™ Game Platform G-Gee®

Exceeds 20 Million

G-Gee games ranked number one in Google Play’s free games category in Philippines, Mexico, and Argentina

Tokyo, Japan – November, 26, 2012 – GMO Internet Group company, GMO GameCenter, Inc. announces that this month global membership of its Android™ game platform G-Gee® has exceeded 20 million*. Successful titles that have driven growth of the game platform include DEAD SHOT ZOMBIES which achieved the number one ranking in Google Play’s free game category in the Philippines, Mexico, and Argentina.

G-Gee is a game application platform for Android, that was first launched in Japan by GMO GameCenter in November, 2010. In 2011 the company began expanding G-Gee globally, launching its first titles in the North American market in April followed by Korea and 25 European countries in October 2011. Today G-Gee games are available in 136 countries.

One year after the service was launched membership had reached 1.11 million, and by seven months later in July 2012, 10 million Android users around the world were playing G-Gee games. Growth has continued to accelerate and on November 12 global G-Gee membership hit 20 million.

“We believe that G-Gee has been able to achieve this level of growth as a result of our focus on continuously expanding content and boosting functionality”, said GMO GameCenter CEO, Naoto Hattori. “However this is just the beginning for us, and we look forward to adding some exciting new titles in 2013.”

Further, original G-Gee title, DEAD SHOT ZOMBIES, has reached Google Play’s top 10 ranking in the free games category in eight countries. On October 30, 2012 it was the top ranked free game in the Philippines and on November 2 and November 4 achieved the number one position in Mexico and Argentina respectively.

Popular G-Gee Titles

Furious Racing

Dragon Monster Defense

Monsters vs. Humans

Zombie Panic in Wonderland PLUS

About G-Gee

First launched in Japan in 2010, and globally the following year, G-Gee is a unique mix of well-known video games, independent developer offerings, and original content, much of which is free. G-Gee distributes over 400 game titles in 136 countries.

About GMO GameCenter

Headquartered in Tokyo, and member of leading Japanese Internet services consortium, GMO Internet Group, GMO GameCenter is the operator of Android game platform, G-Gee. GMO GameCenter has subsidiaries in North America and Korea.

GMO Internet Group

GMO Internet Group is a comprehensive provider of industry-leading Internet solutions including domain name registration, cloud-based and traditional hosting, ecommerce, security, and payment processing services that each hold the top share of their respective markets in Japan. Other key business areas for the Group include online securities/FX trading, Internet advertising, search engine marketing and online research, and smartphone game development and publishing. GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information please visit http://www.gmo.jp/en.

* Number of G-Gee IDs
* Android and Google Play are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc.

* G-Gee is a registered trademark of GMO　Internet, Inc.

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