Capcom and GREE to Start Distributing the New “Monhan Tankenki Maboroshi no Shima”- Using a popular game series to create a social game for smartphones and feature phones -

Capcom Co., Ltd. and GREE, Inc. are pleased to announce that we have decided to start distributing by the end of 2011 a new social game based on “Monster Hunter” for social networking service (SNS) GREE.

The market for mobile games has been expanding rapidly along with the explosive growth in the use of smartphones and the accompanying increase in content for these phones. In June 2011, Capcom and GREE started distributing a social game called “Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive”. With more than one million registered users, this game has been very successful.

Capcom and GREE have agreed to distribute a social game using SNS GREE that is based on the popular “Monster Hunter” series of games, which have sold 19 million units (as of September 30, 2011). The aim is to achieve more growth in the social game market by attracting customers from a broad array of user segments for home video games and mobile games.

“Monhan Tankenki Maboroshi no Shima” is a social game based on the characters that appear in “Monster Hunter Frontier Online”. Players explore the island in order to acquire and raise monsters. During the exploration, players will confront many types of monsters. The game incorporates many elements that are unique to the social game format. For example, players can exchange items and cooperate with other players in order to go up against enormous monsters. Overall, the new game is capable of providing enjoyment to a diverse spectrum of users. Capcom and GREE plan to release smartphone and feature phone versions of this game at the same time.

Capcom and GREE will continue to increase their collaboration for the development and distribution of social games with the goal of creating new games that can contribute to more growth of the social game market.