LANGHORNE, Pa., April 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Casual games developer and publisher eGames, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EGAM) today announced the release of Burger Island(r) for Wii(tm). Following the recent launch of Burger Island: Burger Bash on the iPhone, the Wii version, published by Destineer, hit stores on April 28.
"We are pleased to bring the Burger Island franchise to Wii and continue our publishing relationship with Destineer," said eGames Vice President of Sales and Marketing Rich Siporin. "Our partnership with Destineer continues to grow and following the development of Burger Island for the Nintendo DS(tm) and Wii, we look forward to announcing several other projects with them in the very near future."
Introduced by eGames in 2007 as a casual PC game followed by Nintendo DS and iPhone versions, Burger Island represents eGames' initial title developed for the Wii and allows cooperative burger flipping play for the first time. Future Wii projects, including a special version of eGames' fashion-themed time management game Satisfashion, are currently under development.
"Burger Island is a great franchise and we're thrilled to bring it to a new platform," said Destineer CEO Paul Rinde. "Our partners at eGames create compelling titles that work perfectly on a variety of platforms."
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(tm), Cinemaware(r) and Cinemaware Marquee(r) brands. Additional information regarding eGames, Inc. can be found at http://www.egames.com.
About Destineer
Destineer develops and publishes commercial videogames for both consoles and PC, and creates PC-based virtual training systems for military, intelligence and first-responder organizations. Destineer is a privately held corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, with development studios in Minneapolis, Raleigh, NC, and Austin, TX, and publishes games under the Destineer, MacSoft, and Bold Games brands. More information is available at Destineer's website: http://www.destineerstudios.com.
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