Cryptozoic Entertainment

Cryptozoic Entertainment, LLC

Type	Private
Industry	Collectible Card Games Board Games Trading Cards Comics
Founded	Irvine, California (March 2010)
Headquarters	25351 Commercentre Drive Suite 250 Lake Forest, California 92630
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Cory Jones (President and CCO) John Nee (CEO) Scott Gaeta (COO) John Sepenuk (CRO)
Products	Trading Cards Board Games Comics

Cryptozoic Entertainment is an American-based publisher of games, comics, and magazines primarily based on popular culture. The company's flagship franchise is the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, a collectible card game based on the World of Warcraft online game from Blizzard Entertainment. The company has also produced content based on the Penny Arcade franchise, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey/The Lord of the Rings, DC Comics, and others.

History

Founded in March 2010, Cryptozoic's first product was the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game expansion Wrath Gate, released in May 2010.^[1][2][3][4]

Cryptozoic has continued to publish games and trading cards and released an original comic, The Lookouts #1 in July 2012.

Products

Games

• Hex: Shards of Fate
• World of Warcraft Trading Card Game
• The Walking Dead Board Game
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Board Game
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings Deck-building Game
• DC Comics Deck-building Game
• The Big Bang Theory: The Party Game
• MOD X
• Hot Rod Creeps
• 3012 Deck-building Game
• Penny Arcade The Game: Rumble in R’lyeh
• Penny Arcade The Game: Gamer vs. Evil iOS
• Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil
• Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre
• Locke & Key: The Game
• Food Fight and Food Fight: Snack Attack!
• Food Fight iOS
• Word Whimsy
• Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game^[5]

Trading cards

• Sleepy Hollow Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: Q4, 2014)
• Once Upon A Time Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: 10.22.2014)
• Castle Trading Cards Seasons 3 & 4 (Release Date: Q4, 2014)
• DC Comics Epic Battles Trading Cards (Release Date: 10.01.2014)
• Supernatural Trading Cards Seasons 1-3 (Release Date: Q3, 2014)
• Arrow Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: Q3, 2014)
• The Walking Dead Trading Cards Season 3 Part 2 (Release Date: 08.20.2014)
• Ender's Game Trading Cards (Release Date: 07.30.2014)
• Adventure Time Trading Cards (Release Date: 07.23.2014)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trading Cards (Release Date: 07.09.2014)
• The Walking Dead Trading Cards Season 3 (Release Date: 06.25.2014)
• Breaking Bad Trading Cards Seasons 1-5 (Release Date: 06.11.2014)
• Sons of Anarchy Trading Cards Seasons 1-3 (Release Date: 05.21.2014)
• Downtown Abbey Collectible Cards Seasons 1 & 2 (Release Date: 04.16.2014)
• The Vampire Diaries Trading Cards Season 3 (Release Date: 03.28.2014)
• Archer Trading Cards Seasons 1-4 (Release Date: 02.19.2014)
• Revenge Season 1 Trading Cards (Release Date: 12.18.2013)
• The Big Bang Theory Trading Cards Season 5 (Release Date: 11.25.2013)
• DC Comics The Women of Legend Trading Cards (Release Date: 09.13.2013)
• Psych Trading Cards Seasons 1-4 (Release Date: 09.11.2013)
• The Walking Dead Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: 06.05.2013)
• Fringe Trading Cards Seasons 3 & 4 (Release Date: 05.15.2013)
• DC Comics Superman: The Legend Trading Cards (Release Date: 04.24.2013)
• Alphas Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: 03.22.2013)
• Castle Trading Cards Seasons 1 & 2 (Release Date: 03.05.2013)
• The Big Bang Theory Trading Cards Seasons 3 & 4 (Release Date: 2013)
• The Vampire Diaries Trading Cards Season 2 (Release Date: 01.25.2013)
• DC Comics Batman: The Legend Trading Cards (Release Date: 2013)
• The Walking Dead Trading Cards Season 2 (Release Date: 2012)
• DC Comics The New 52 Trading Cards (Release Date: 2012)
• Tarzan 100th Anniversary Trading Cards (Release Date: 2012)
• The Walking Dead Comic Book Trading Cards (Release Date: 2012)
• Fringe Trading Cards Seasons 1 & 2 (Release Date: 2012)
• Smallville Seasons 7-10 Trading Cards (Release Date: 2012)
• The Big Bang Theory Trading Cards Seasons 1 & 2 (Release Date: 2012)
• The Guild Trading Cards Seasons 1-3 (Release Date: 2012)
• The Vampire Diaries Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: 2011)
• The Walking Dead Trading Cards Season 1 (Release Date: 12.16.2011)
• CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards (Release Date: 07.19.2011)

Comics

• The Lookouts

References

1. "Cryptozoic Gets 'WoW TCG'". ICv2. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. "Cryptozoic Entertainment Acquires World of Warcraft Trading Card Game License". Cryptozoic Entertainment. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
3. "'World of Warcraft TCG: Wrathgate Expansion'". ICv2. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
4. "Раскрыты подробности нового сета карт WoW TCG". GoHa.Ru. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
5. "Cryptozoic is making a Portal board game". PC Gamer.

External links

• Cryptozoic Website