VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 23, 2022 /CNW/ - East Side Games Group (TSX:
EAGR) (OTC: EAGRF) ("ESGG" or the "Company"),
Canada's leading free-to-play
mobile game group, announces that it has entered into a
multi-year partnership with ViacomCBS Consumer Products
("VCP") for the worldwide release of a Star Trek: Lower
Decks-themed mobile game on iOS and Android.
In addition to the storylines and characters from Star Trek:
Lower Decks, the mobile game will include characters and
stories from across the franchise, reimagining them for fans
through the lens of Star Trek: Lower Decks. The Star
Trek: Lower Decks-themed game will be developed by East Side
Games ("ESG"), in partnership with VCP,
utilizing ESGG's proven Game Kit-Idle technology, and will be
published by ESG. Australian-based video game company Mighty
Kingdom Limited ("MK") will be co-developing the game
alongside ESG, providing the project with MK's franchise knowledge
and development expertise. The Star Trek: Lower Decks-themed
idle game is expected to launch worldwide in 2022.
The free-to-play mobile game will feature the Star Trek:
Lower Decks style and humour to transport players into the
Star Trek Universe and will feature characters and settings
from across the entire Star Trek library. Be the first to
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"The Star Trek franchise has had an unmistakable
influence on adults and children alike for over 50 years. Being
able to bring such a storied franchise to mobile in our trademark
idle-game style is an honour for us here at ESGG," said
Darcy Taylor, Chief Executive
Officer of ESGG. "We're looking forward to sharing this new
experience in the Star Trek franchise with everyone from new
audiences to Star Trek super fans. This new mobile game is
another top tier IP franchise that will only add to an already
exciting launch slate in 2022."
ABOUT EAST SIDE GAMES GROUP
East Side Games Group (formerly operating under the name "LEAF
Mobile Inc.") is a leading free-to-play mobile game group, creating
engaging games that produce enduring player loyalty. Our studio
groups entrepreneurial culture is anchored in creativity,
execution, and growth through licensing of our proprietary Game Kit
software platform that enables professional game developers to
greatly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of game creation
in addition to organic growth through a diverse portfolio of
original and licensed IP mobile games that include: Archer:
Danger Phone, Bud Farm Idle Tycoon, Cheech & Chong Bud Farm, The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s,
It's Always Sunny: The Gang Goes Mobile and Trailer Park Boys
Grea$y Money, RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar and
The Office: Somehow We Manage.
We are headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada and our games are available worldwide on the App
Store and Google Play. For further information, please visit:
www.eastsidegamesgroup.com and join our online communities at
LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Additional information about the Company continues to be
available under its legal name, LEAF Mobile Inc., at
www.sedar.com.
ABOUT STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS
Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike
McMahan ("Rick and Morty," "Solar Opposites"), STAR TREK:
LOWER DECKS focuses on the support crew serving on one of
Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in
2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep
up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship
is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies. The Starfleet
crew residing in the "lower decks" of the U.S.S. Cerritos,
includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, voiced by Tawny Newsome, Ensign Brad Boimler, voiced by Jack Quaid, Ensign Tendi, voiced by Noël Wells,
and Ensign Rutherford, voiced by Eugene
Cordero. The Starfleet characters that comprise the ship's
bridge crew include Captain Carol
Freeman, voiced by Dawnn
Lewis, Commander Jack Ransom,
voiced by Jerry O'Connell, Doctor
T'Ana, voiced by Gillian Vigman, Lt.
Shaxs voiced by Fred Tatasciore, Lt.
Billups voiced by Paul Scheer and
Lt. Kayshon voiced by Carl Tart.
The series is produced by CBS' Eye Animation Productions, CBS
Studios' new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry
Entertainment. Secret Hideout's Alex
Kurtzman and Heather Kadin,
Roddenberry Entertainment's Rod
Roddenberry and Trevor Roth,
and Katie Krentz (219 Productions)
serve as executive producers alongside creator and showrunner
Mike McMahan. Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout), who brought
McMahan to the project, also serves as an executive producer.
Titmouse ("Big Mouth"), the Emmy Award-winning independent
animation production company, serves as the animation studio for
the series.
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the
U.S. and Latin America and is
distributed concurrently by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group on
Amazon Prime Video in Australia,
New Zealand, Europe, Japan, India
and more and in Canada, airs on
Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.
ABOUT VIACOMCBS CONSUMER PRODUCTS
ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) oversees all licensing and
merchandising for ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC), a leading
global media and entertainment company that creates premium content
and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer
brands, VCP's portfolio includes a diverse slate of brands and
content from BET, CBS (including CBS Television Studios and CBS
Television Distribution), Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon,
Paramount Pictures and Showtime. With properties spanning
animation, live-action, preschool, youth and adult, VCP is
committed to creating the highest quality product for some of the
world's most beloved, iconic franchises. Additionally, VCP oversees
the online direct-to-consumer business for CBS and Showtime
programming merchandise, as well as standalone branded ecommerce
websites for Star Trek, SpongeBob, South Park, and MTV.
ABOUT MIGHTY KINGDOM LIMITED
Mighty Kingdom delights more than 7 million players every month
and designs game experiences with the world's most recognised
brands such as LEGO, Disney, Mattel, Funcom, Moose Toys, Spinmaster
and more, as well as developing its own original games. Our
portfolio of games is crafted from our Adelaide headquarters, with a diverse team of
more than 140 developers from across Australia. Led by a desire to engage and
delight players, we make exceptional experiences that connect our
diverse talent with millions of people around the world. We make
games with heart. We Love Fun. We want to share it with the world.
We want you to be part of it.
Forward-looking Information
Certain statements in this release are forward-looking
statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding
the proposed transactions described herein. Forward-looking
statements consist of statements that are not purely historical,
including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or
intentions regarding the future. Such statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance
or developments to differ materially from those contained in the
statements. No assurance can be given that any of the events
anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if
they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them.
These forward-looking statements reflect management's current views
and are based on certain expectations, estimates and assumptions
which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and
uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements,
including factors beyond the Company's control. These
forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news
release.
SOURCE East Side Games Group