Tamino Minerals Inc. engages in developing, publishing, marketing, and selling software games primarily for the personal computer (PC) in North America.
The company publishes third-party PC game titles and develops its own proprietary PC game titles for distribution at retail and on the Internet. It has also developed titles for the Nintendo DS and Wii gaming systems, and has published games for the Apple iPhone, which are sold in the iTunes store.
In North America, the company’s PC games are...
Tamino Minerals Inc. engages in developing, publishing, marketing, and selling software games primarily for the personal computer (PC) in North America.
The company publishes third-party PC game titles and develops its own proprietary PC game titles for distribution at retail and on the Internet. It has also developed titles for the Nintendo DS and Wii gaming systems, and has published games for the Apple iPhone, which are sold in the iTunes store.
In North America, the company’s PC games are distributed to retail stores primarily through third-party software distributors that service the major mass-merchant retailers, while its Nintendo DS and Wii games are published and distributed worldwide by third-party publishers. In territories outside North America, the company licenses its PC games to third-party software distributors that are responsible for the manufacture and distribution of its PC games within specific geographic territories. The company markets and sells its packaged PC game titles under the eGames brand.
The company, in June 2011, acquired Heyday Games, Inc., a producer of cross-platform social game content. Through this acquisition, the company acquired a social network game, Retro World, which targets the 40+ age demographic. The Heyday Process is a proprietary game engine used to develop episodic adventure-game style content. The Heyday Process is a proprietary development process that takes the form of nostalgic and linear content, including a classic retro TV show and transforms it into a 2.5D photo-realistic interactive game experience.
Principal Products
Packaged Goods At Retail
The company licenses casual game content from third party developers for retail sales, packaging its products in boxes, and jewel cases for distribution to retailers in North America at outlets, including Wal-Mart, Target Stores, Best Buy, office superstores, and others. It licenses and/or develops casual game genres, such as hidden object, match three, time management, cards, casino, puzzle, and board games. The company’s primary original titles include Burger Island and Satisfashion, and its bundled titles include Hidden Gems and Fast Food Frenzy.
Social Games
Retro World: The company is in the process of developing the game Retro World, a story-driven and virtual world featuring original intellectual property. Retro World blends enduring adventure and role-playing game play with addictive mini-games, all set in decade-driven environments. These same mini-games can be played repeatedly via the Game Arcade, an easy-access repository for all games the player has unlocked during gameplay.
Retro World players would have various avenues for personalization and self-expression. Players can create and customize for both personal satisfaction and, if they so choose, to share their achievements, creations, memories, and opinions with their friends, including owning homes to decorate and cars to accessorize. There would be a recognition system for earning achievements in the game, in the form of collectible badges. Retro World and the other products in the Retro World line would all be free-to-play.
Competition
The company competes with Zynga; The Walt Disney Company; Amazon.com, Inc.; Google, Inc.; Microsoft Corporation; Facebook, Inc.; and Yahoo!, Inc.
Significant Events
In October 2012, Entertainment Games, Inc. has recently acquired various mining prospects in northern Mexico and plans to begin the exploration and development of these properties.
In November 2012, Entertainment Games, Inc. announced that it has recently acquired four new mining claims in Northern Sonora, close to Caborca, Mexico, near the U.S. border. These claims, which cover approximately 15,000 hectares, have been assayed for gold, silver, copper and iron with excellent values. One of the concessions, Sierra del Cobre, literally translates into Copper Mountain.
History
The company was founded in 1992. It was formerly known as Rom Tech, Inc. and changed its name to eGames, Inc. in 1999. Further, it changed its name to Entertainment Games, Inc. in 2011 and to Tamino Minerals Inc. in February 2013.