HIKARI-TV GAME Using G-cluster’s Platform Technology Adds New Game Title

TOKYO & ESPOO, Finland & PARIS - Wednesday, April 17th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

( BUSINESS WIRE)-- G‐cluster Global is excited to announce today to have entered into an agreement with Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. to provide its popular game title PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SPIRITS LIVING MANAGER for NTT Plala.

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SPIRITS LIVING MANAGER is a realistic video game that can be enjoyed even by beginners, by simply selecting the options shown on the TV screen with your remote control.

You take on the roll of a baseball team manager and make decisions such as for the batting order, timing for changing pitchers, pinch hitters, bunts, base stealing, repositioning and so on. By making these decisions and improving your management skills, you can upgrade your team ranks and compete online with rival managers all over Japan.

Movements and expressions of the game characters are very realistic so you can play as if you’re watching a real baseball game live through your TV screen.

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SPIRITS LIVING MANAGER will be delivered through NTT Plala’s cloud gaming service “HIKARI-TV GAME” from early June. “HIKARI-TV GAME” is a new service that NTT Plala plans to launch from June 3rd 2013 through their IPTV service “HIKARI-TV”.

* “HIKARI-TV”.

“HIKARI-TV” is a IPTV service through which you can watch videos such as movies, dramas, animations, and also enjoy shopping on the specialized channel.

About G-cluster Global Corporation

Founded in 2000, G-cluster is the first and largest cloud gaming platform accessible to more than eight million game players worldwide. G-cluster provides a fully-featured white label service offering casual and AAA games playable over broadband networks, regardless of the device used to access the service.

The company’s client base includes Broadmedia Corporation, SFR and Orange. G-cluster is headquartered in Tokyo, with offices in Pittsburgh, PA; Espoo, Finland and Paris. For more information, please visit or follow G-cluster on Twitter at @GclusterGlobal.

About Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. strives to create unique and thrilling products for customers all over the world through the planning, production, manufacturing and sale of social media content, online games, home video games, arcade machines, card games, mobile phone content, toys, music/video software.

Contacts

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Alexandra Crabb

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