Freeze Tag Announces Merger with Munzee is Complete
TUSTIN, CA · 19 October 2017
TUSTIN, CA, October 19, 2017 – Freeze Tag (OTC: FRZT – temporarily trading as FRZTD), a leading creator of mobile social games, today announced the company has successfully completed a merger with Munzee Inc., effective October 18, 2017.
“We are thrilled to combine forces with Munzee Inc.,” said Craig Holland, CEO of Freeze Tag. “Rob Vardeman and the Munzee team have built a world class location-based gaming franchise with a dedicated player community.”
The combined company, Freeze Tag, Inc., will maintain offices in McKinney, Texas and Tustin, California with the management team comprised of Craig Holland as CEO, Rob Vardeman as President, Mick Donahoo as CFO, and Cecie Newman as VP of Operations.
“Six years of building communities in our family of apps, with a hard-working team, has brought us to this next chapter,” said Rob Vardeman, former President of Munzee Inc., and now President of Freeze Tag. “We look forward to the leadership and experience the Freeze Tag team brings as we all become stronger together.”
Freeze Tag will continue to align its vision with two fast-growing trends in the mobile applications world: AR location-based gaming and location-based advertising. The combined company has proprietary technology with the ability to create a portfolio of augmented reality location-based games for brands and iconic characters, such as the augmented reality treasure hunting game Garfield GO (www.garfieldgo.com), which is currently live in several countries around the world.
According to advisory firm Digi-Capital, mobile AR (augmented reality) is set to become the primary driver of a $108 billion VR/AR market by 2021, with AR taking the lion’s share of $83 billion, with VR being the remaining $25 billion (source: Digi-Capital article: http://www.digi-capital.com/news/2017/01/after-mixed-year-mobile-ar-to-drive-108-billion-vrar-market-by-2021/#.WXvRrdPyvdQ).
With Munzee’s dedicated player community and large installed base of locations and the combined technology of both companies, there are tremendous opportunities to offer engaging entertainment-centric, location-based advertising solutions. Location-targeted mobile advertising is advertising based on a user’s location or includes proximity-relevant content to trigger local offline conversions. According to BIA/Kelsey, a media research firm, location-targeted mobile ad sales are expected to rise from $12.4 billion in 2016 to $32.4 billion by the end of 2021. (Source: http://www.biakelsey.com/location-targeted-mobile-ad-spend-reach-29-5b-u-s-2020/)
Freeze Tag management indicated that news related to current and future products will be forthcoming.
About Freeze Tag, Inc.
Freeze Tag, Inc. is a leading creator of mobile location-based games for consumers and businesses. Our portfolio of location-based games combines real-world exploration with interactive technology, creating experiences that bring people together to play, discover, and engage with the world around them. Our flagship game Munzee is a fantasy adventure that transforms the real world into a realm of exploration, with more than 16 million locations worldwide where players can discover magical game pieces, encounter mythical creatures, earn rewards, and connect with a global community. Eventzee is a customizable mobile scavenger hunt platform that helps businesses and organizations create branded virtual, in-person, and hybrid experiences for team building, tourism, conferences, downtowns, and more, with 10 challenge types and app customization options. Additional titles in the Freeze Tag portfolio include WallaBee, a global collecting adventure with thousands of illustrated digital items to discover; Painted Rocks, an app for tracking and sharing painted rocks and messages of kindness; and SkyDrift, a peaceful experience that combines live weather data with digital balloons to create journeys across the real world. For more information about Freeze Tag, go to: https://www.freezetag.com.
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