Z-Man Launches Digital Game Platform

Z-Man Games recently created F2Z Digital Media, Inc. to develop and launch digital versions of board games. F2Z Digital Media Inc. is an entirely independent company from Z-Man Games. F2Z Digital Media Inc. will have its own dedicated team to create quality digital versions of games developed by Z-Man Games, as well as titles from its partners.

F2Z's creation and Z-Man Games' move into the digital gaming arena is not surprising when you consider that over 19 million iPads and 37 million iPhones were sold in the first quarter of 2013, with 56 billion apps being purchased in 2012 alone. For 2013, that number is expected to increase to 82 billion.

The first game to be launched by F2Z Digital Media will be the very successful cooperative game Pandemic! The second edition launch of Pandemic! took the world by storm and sold thousands of copies in the U.S. alone. An iPad version is now in the works and its release date should be announced shortly.

The digital version of Pandemic! will soon be followed by its two expansions. After them, the next product in the pipeline will be Parade, a card game from one of Z-Man Games Japanese partners.