Back near the beginning of this month Writers’ Film Group Corp went ahead and bought Amiga Games Inc, a company that republishes classic Amiga games onto new platforms such as smartphones and tablets. Writers’ Film Group Corp is a company that specializes in a few things but one of their main focuses is digital content distribution so picking up Amiga Games Inc is something that makes sense since they were wanting to expanding in to the mobile gaming markets.
The deal, which cost Writers’ Film Group Corp $500,000, has been officially done for about two weeks and when the initial announcement of the deal taking place happened, there was no real details released as to what the company’s plans were next. Right now they have over 300 IPs at their disposal thanks to all the licensing agreements Amiga Games Inc has with all the developers of those Amiga games. They did warn everyone that there would be more announcements in the near future at that time and this looks like it is the beginning of those announcements.
The announcement is that Google has approved Amiga Games Inc in regards to publishing classic Amiga games onto Google Play. While most developers don’t have to worry about any sort of approval, since developers can just sign up and start publishing titles whenever they want, there was probably some sort of extra agreements needing to be made due to copyrights and licensing with regards to publishing these games.
So when will we start seeing titles arriving from Amiga Games Inc on Android? According to the press release we will be seeing games appearing on Google Play closer to the 2013 Winter holiday season. So we have a bit of a wait still but it should be interesting to see what titles get released. There is one piece of very important information though that should please everyone. These games will more than likely be full paid games just due to the fact none of the old Amiga games were ever designed to be free-to-play and these games are not being reworked for that business model, mainly because they are kept original in terms of content and mechanics.
Developer Website: Amiga Games Inc
Writers’ Group Film Corp. and Its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Amiga Games, Inc., Announces Distribution Through the Google Play Android Marketplace
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Jul 22, 2013) – Writers’ Group Film Corp. (OTCQB: WRIT) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Amiga Games, Inc. (AGI), a videogame publisher of classic games for a wide range of smartphones and mobile devices, announced today that Google has approved AGI to publish its gaming titles through the Google Play Android marketplace. AGI plans to release its titles to Google Play for the 2013 winter holiday season.
“Android devices make up nearly 75% of the mobile market, and Google Play is the king of Android app stores with over 50 billion downloads,” said Eric Mitchell, CEO of Writers’ Group Film Corp. “Android is the fastest growing platform on the planet and we’re excited to be in Google’s marketplace. These developments will further strengthen our competitive advantage in the gaming marketplace. AGI’s classic titles focus on delivering a quality gaming experience for the consumer, so I am very optimistic about our new distribution arrangements.”
Over 150 million Android devices were sold in the first quarter of 2013 alone; nearly 20 every second. Google Play is available in over 130 countries, with games accounting for 66% of revenue.
On July 8, 2013 Amiga Games Inc. announced that it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by Writers’ Group Film Corp. (OTCQB: WRIT), a Los Angeles-based content distribution company.
