Myriad Interactive Media Inc. (MYRY) Forms Gaming Division and
Signs Deal With World Famous Game Designer Reiner Knizia
TORONTO, ON and LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2014) -
Myriad Interactive Media Inc. (OTCQB: MYRY) (BERLIN: XNG) a global
interactive media and development company, is pleased to announce
that we have closed one of two deals that were initiated during our
recent trip to Germany. This is the first of many anticipated
licensing agreements with Dr. Reiner Knizia, a world famous game
designer and Gaming Hall of Fame legend, who has published over 500
games globally.
Dr. Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game
designer. Dr. Knizia has won the famous Spiele des Jahres
(Game of the Year) award four times and a multitude of others.
Our German audience would be familiar with his popular game
Keltis and Ingenious. Avid Star Trek & Lord of The Rings
fans would know his sci-fi games. Board game enthusiasts would
recognize Dr. Knizia's tremendously successful auction-mechanic
games such as: RA, Medici, Modern Art, plus hundred of others. Dr.
Knizia has published games for big names including but not limited
to: LEGO, Ravensburger, Hans im Glück, Kosmos, Rio Grande Games and
Hasbro. He is also a regular keynote at the largest toy festival in
the world.
After meeting with Dr. Knizia, Derek Ivany, CEO and President of
Myriad, said, "I am extremely grateful and honored to have had the
opportunity to spend time with Dr. Knizia in Nuremberg. I am
equally honored and excited to have Dr. Knizia as a shareholder of
Myriad Interactive Media, Inc. Our company has made significant
strides in the last 5 months. We have successfully developed two
Bitcoin projects and several client projects. Additionally, we've
had significant debt elimination including: complete removal of any
past toxic debt and the complete re-shaping of our corporate
strategy. This has breathed new life, energy, and enthusiasm
into the company. We are progressing faster than ever." Ivany
continued, "Both Dr. Knizia and myself have outlined a strategic
mobile game that we plan to develop for both Android and iPhone. It
shares somewhat of a similar strategy as Candy Crush, but it has
Dr. Knizia's genius behind it and was originally invented well
before the Candy Crush Saga."
Myriad is already in advanced talks with several strategic
partners in the gaming industry. This will provide key support in
making a successful development and rollout of this Knizia-Myriad
game.
The recent $7 Billion USD IPO of King Digital Entertainment
shows a strong appetite for the $90 Billion USD + mobile gaming
market. For example, Candy Crush has captivated hundreds of
millions of users. Furthermore, it is reported to make over
$633,000 USD per day in revenue.
We, at Myriad, believe that our talented team coupled with: Dr.
Knizia's excellence in physical publishing, the right financial
support, and the international appetite for gaming, would enable us
to introduce a game that could grow rapidly in global popularity.
Therefore, translating into success in the mobile gaming
market.
"We know it is important to offer our investors a diverse
portfolio of assets that hold significant potential for increased
value. Moreover, we have demonstrated that our management team is
capable of identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for our
shareholders. Myriad continues to stay focused at what we do best,
although our share price has seen a negative hit recently, we have
at the same time seen serious strategic shareholders acquire a
significant portion of our company's securities. We hope that our
long term supporters recognize our dedication in delivering
shareholder value and our unwavering principle of putting the
company first. Myriad values our employees and stakeholders and
would once again like to thank everyone for their hard work and
support," said Myriad CEO Derek Ivany.
About Dr. Reiner Knizia
Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer and
easily considered the most prolific game designer of all time. Born
in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has
a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since
1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international
bank. Knizia has been living in England since 1993.
In addition to having designed over 500 published games, Knizia
is highly acclaimed as a designer, having won the Deutscher
Spiele Preis four times, a Spiel des Jahres (in
addition to a Kinderspiel des Jahres and a special award),
and numerous other national and international awards. At the
Origins Game Fair in 2002 he was inducted into the Gaming Hall
of Fame. His games frequently make appearances on various "top
games" lists, including the GAMES 100 list, the
BoardGameGeek top 100, and the Internet Top
100 Games List. Several gaming conventions host
"Kniziathons", which are tournaments dedicated to
celebrating Knizia-designed games.
Reiner Knizia started developing games for his play-by-mail game
zine Postspillion, founded in 1985. The zine still exists,
and the game Bretton Woods (also a Reiner Knizia design), which was
started in 1987, is still going.
One of Knizia's best selling games is Lord of the
Rings, published in 17 languages with over one million copies
sold. His dice game Pickomino has also reached 1 million
copies sold and his Keltis sold over 600,000 copies. His
game Ingenious has been published in over 20 languages. In
2011, Knizia designed a Star Trek-themed game for NECA/WizKids,
based on the 2009 film that 'reset' the Star Trek universe.
About Myriad Interactive Media, Inc.: Myriad Interactive Media
is an interactive marketing and development firm based in Toronto,
Canada. Myriad designs and develops customized marketing plans,
social media marketing campaigns, pay per click, and search engine
marketing, corporate websites, enterprise applications and other
custom web development. Myriad has developed several in house
technologies which are 100% owned and operated by Myriad
Interactive Media, Inc.
Myriad Interactive Media Inc. is a public company quoted on the
OTCQB under the symbol MYRY and on the Berlin exchange in Germany
under the symbol XNG. For more information, please visit us in the
USA at www.myriadim.com
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