eGames Provides Retail Transfusion with Blood Ties
Popular
Casual Game Secures Distribution at Top PC Retailers
LANGHORNE,
“As a retail publisher, it is gratifying to launch
a product with such wide distribution,” said eGames Vice President, Sales and
Marketing Rich Siporin. “By virtue of
securing placement at our top retail partners, Blood Ties stands poised to reach a significant number of casual
game customers.”
In Blood Ties,
players help detective Vicki Nelson and her vampire partner Henry Fitzroy track
down the missing members of the Hellfire Club, searching creepy crime scenes
and seedy locales on the dark side of
“With nearly 100,000 units sold online in 2008, Blood Ties is the first of several
highly-successful downloadable games we are bringing to retail this year,” said
eGames Product Manager Greg Zesinger.
“We are committed to bringing the best titles available online to
brick-and-mortar stores, and Blood Ties,
followed later in the year by Mystery
Legends™: Sleepy Hollow, 4 Elements, Liong: The Lost Amulets, First Class
Flurry, and G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles™, demonstrates
our adherence to that goal.”
“We are very excited to be working with eGames to
bring Blood Ties to retail,” said
Merscom Chief Customer Officer Lloyd Melnick.
“It is our best performing game ever online and we know eGames is well
positioned to match that success at retail.”
Mystery Legends is a trademark of pixelStorm
entertainment studios Inc. Blood Ties is
a trademark of Kaleidoscope Entertainment Inc.
G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles is a trademark of Aisle 5 Games, Inc. Lifetime is a trademark of Lifetime
Entertainment Services Cable LT Holdings, Inc.
About eGames, Inc.
eGames,
Inc., headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, develops and publishes casual
games for the PC, Nintendo DS and Wii, iPhone, and the Internet which now
include the eGames™, Cinemaware® and Cinemaware Marquee® brands. Additional
information regarding eGames, Inc. can be found at http://www.egames.com.
About Merscom
Merscom is a global publisher of mass market
computer and video games that distributes games through multiple channels,
multiple platforms and multiple revenue models. Merscom's channels include
retail distribution in the
eGames Contacts:
eGames, Inc.
Greg Zesinger, Product Manager
(215) 750-6606 (Ext. 111)
eGames, Inc.
Rich Siporin, Vice President Sales and
Marketing
(215) 750-6606 (Ext. 129)