Company:CyberStep
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Native name | サイバーステップ |
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| Type | Public |
| Industry | Video Game Development and Publishing |
| Founded | April 1, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Rui Sato (President and Board Member) |
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| Website | corp |
CyberStep, Inc. is a Japanese global online video game developer and publisher. The company was founded on April 1, 2000.
History
CyberStep is a developer and publisher of online video games. Headquartered in Japan , CyberStep has local branches in the United States , Taiwan, Korea, the Netherlands and Indonesia.[citation needed] The company was founded on April 1, 2000.[1]
CyberStep has developed seven online games: notably the third-person shooter Cosmic Break in 2008, the action MMORPG Onigiri in 2013, and Dawn of the Breakers in 2018. In 2017,[2] Cyberstep released its English language version of Toreba, where online players can pay to control crane games to win prizes.
Controversy
CyberStep has developed a notorious reputation internationally by critics and players of its games for its gashapon-based monetisation model.[3]
In 2020,[4] Cyberstep faced lawsuits regarding employees tampering with machines to prevent wins in its online crane game, Toreba.
References
- ↑ "会社概要情報 | CyberStep". http://corp.cyberstep.com/company/profile_en.html.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2017-04-24/toreba-2d-released-for-ios-and-android-in-english/.115220. - ↑ CosmicBreak 2 Fails Kickstarter Campaign MMOs.com
- ↑ "Online Crane Game Company Toreba Faces a Law Suit for Rigging Games". 25 November 2020. https://japaninsider.com/online-crane-game-company-faces-law-suit/.
External links
- (United States) http://www.cyberstep.com/
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