$TAPM News - Tapinator Brings Leading Mobile Game Franchise, Big Sport Fishing 3D, to Google Play, IOS and Amazon in 2016 #TAPM

Major Franchise Update from Rocketmind Coming During Q2 2016 With Licensed Versions Planned - NEW YORK, December 15, 2015 - (http://www.financialnewsmedia.com News Alert) - Tapinator, Inc. (OTC: TAPM), an emerging growth company in the burgeoning mobile games space, today announces the acquisition of publishing rights to the hit Android mobile fishing game franchise, Big Sport Fishing 3D. With more than 15 million downloads to date across multiple expansion packs, Big Sport Fishing 3D debuted in 2010 as one of the first mobile fishing games to turn players\' smartphones into virtual fishing rods within a 360-degree, simulated reality fishing environment. The investment and publishing deal with Rocketmind Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts will bring a brand new sequel of Big Sport Fishing to Google Play, iOS and Amazon. Big Sport Fishing had previously been available exclusively on Android. The deal also grants licensing rights to mobile game production company, HyperPower Game Group, which will pursue opportunities to extend the franchise, in collaboration with Tapinator and Rocketmind, after release of the new upcoming game.



\"Simulation games make up a significant part of our portfolio, which now boasts more than 150 games and 130 million players, so we feel uniquely able to support the Big Sport Fishing franchise,\" said Tapinator CEO, Ilya Nikolayev. \"This collaboration with Rocketmind enables us to extend this expertise to adventure simulation, a genre we believe will be of great interest to our players. We are enthused by the virtual reality (VR) opportunities of this franchise, along with the evergreen nature and broad appeal of the fishing category. According to Statista, more than 55mm Americans took at least one fishing trip in 2013 and fishing related recreation expenditures represented a $42 Billion market in that year. As it relates to the mobile opportunity, Glu Mobile\'s Deer Hunter grossed in excess of $52mm in 2014 (Source: Glu Mobile Q3 2015 Earnings Presentation). Given that there are more than four times as many fishing participants versus hunting participants in the US (source: Statista), we believe that this game represents a very large market opportunity for Tapinator and its partners.\"



Big Sport Fishing was originally created by a team of passionate game developers from rural western Massachusetts seeking to recreate...