Fangamer
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 2007 |
Headquarters | Tucson, Arizona , United States |
Number of locations | 3 offices |
Key people | Reid Young (CEO) |
Website | fangamer |
Fangamer LLC is an American video game merchandising company and game publisher based in Tucson, Arizona. Fangamer was originally spun out from Starmen.net, an EarthBound online forum.[1] It operates an online store that sells licensed indie game merchandise items such as hats, pins, vinyl records, t-shirts and other products. In recent years the company has also begun publishing physical editions of independent video games.
History
Starmen.net, an online forum, began selling T-shirts and mugs in 2007 as a way to pay for the server costs of the site. One of the creators of the site stated, "Well, the ads weren't paying the bills, so we thought, 'What if we took the kinda-crappy print-on-demand stuff we’re making on CafePress, and we did it at a much higher-quality?'". The next year, Fangamer was launched with an initial offering of "two t-shirts, a pin set, and a mug" based on EarthBound.[2] After the success of this initial run of merchandise, Fangamer started to expand into creating items for other games such as Phoenix Wright and Chrono Trigger. To avoid infringement of the various video game properties they were creating items for at the time, the site avoided using designs with any copyrighted symbols.[1] Fangamer also produced physical copies of Starmen.net's unofficial player's guide for Mother 3.[3][4]
In the mid-2010's Fangamer became known as a fulfillment partner for video game Kickstarters, providing merchandise for the campaigns of games such as Broken Age and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.[5][6] After partnering with Toby Fox to create merchandise for Undertale,[7] the site experienced a higher number of sales, with a cofounder saying "I thought there was a glitch in Shopify... Undertale had become just an incredible phenomenon.”. This success allowed Fangamer to expand into acquiring licenses for other video game proprieties, going on to create merchandise for games such as Hollow Knight and Banjo-Kazooie.[1][8][9]
Games published
Title | Original release year | Developer(s) | Genre(s) | Platforms | Release Date(s) | Ref |
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Baba is You | 2019 | Hempuli, MP2 Games | Puzzle | Nintendo Switch | June 14, 2022 | [10] |
Bugsnax | 2020 | Young Horses | Adventure | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch | 2021–2022 | [11] |
Celeste | 2018 | Maddy Makes Games, Extremely OK Games | Platform | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | June 30, 2023 | [12] |
Hollow Knight | 2017 | Team Cherry, Shark Jump Studios | Metroidvania | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC | May 31, 2019 | [13] |
Hypnospace Outlaw | 2019 | Tendershoot | Simulation | Nintendo Switch | September 24, 2021 | [14] |
Into the Breach | 2018 | Subset Games | Turn-based strategy | Nintendo Switch | October 21, 2022 | [15] |
Later Alligator | 2019 | Pillow Fight | Adventure | Nintendo Switch | April 16, 2021 | [16] |
Omori | 2020 | Omocat, MP2 Games | Role-playing | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | July 17, 2022 | [17] |
Ooblets | 2022 | Glumberland | Life simulation | Nintendo Switch | 2022 | [18] |
Pizza Tower | 2023 | Tour De Pizza | Platform | Nintendo Switch | 2025 | [19] |
Slime Rancher: Plortable Edition | 2021 | Monomi Park | Life simulation, adventure | Nintendo Switch | October 27, 2022 | [20] |
Stardew Valley | 2016 | ConcernedApe | Simulation, role-playing | Nintendo Switch, PC | November 6, 2020 | [21] |
Tunic | 2022 | Finji | Action-adventure | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | July 28, 2023 | [22] |
Undertale | 2015 | Toby Fox, 8-4 | Role-playing | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC | 2017–2021 | [23][24][25][26] |
World of Horror | 2020 | Panstasz | Role-playing | Nintendo Switch | October 19, 2023 | [27] |
References
- ^ a b c "How Fangamer Leveled Up Gaming Merch". EGM. 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Feature: How Fangamer Changed The World Of Video Game Merchandise Forever". Nintendo Life. 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Fan-made Mother 3 Guide is All Kinds of Awesome". Nintendo Life. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Fan-made Mother 3 Handbook Freely Available To Read". Nintendo Life. 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Broken Age". Fangamer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Fangamer – Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night". fulfillment.fangamer.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Make Love, Not War: Five Years Of 'Undertale'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Hollow Knight's European Physical Release Has Been Delayed". Nintendo Life. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Fangamer's New Range Of Banjo-Kazooie Merch Is Tough To Resist". Nintendo Life. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Baba is You Switch Physical Edition Revealed, Now Up for Pre-Order". Nintendo Soup.
- ^ "Bugsnax for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4". Fangamer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Gray, Kate (January 25, 2023). "Celeste Gets Beautiful New Collector's Edition For Fifth Anniversary". Nintendo Life.
- ^ "Hollow Knight is Finally Getting a Physical Release and Collector's Edition from Fangamer; Pre-Orders Now Open". 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Gray, Kate (June 9, 2021). "Hypnospace Outlaw Gets A Neat Retro-Styled Physical Release (With A Bonus CD!)". Nintendo Life.
- ^ Gray, Kate (June 23, 2022). "Into The Breach Now Has A Physical Edition, Available For Pre-Order". Nintendo Life.
- ^ "Later Alligator for Nintendo Switch™". Fangamer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "OMORI physical edition pre-orders for PS4 and Switch are live". Final Weapon. March 1, 2022.
- ^ "Ooblets Nintendo Switch Physical Edition Announced, Pre-Orders Now Live". Nintendo Soup.
- ^ "Pizza Tower Collector's Edition - Coming soon to Fangamer.com".
- ^ "Slime Rancher Plortable Edition for Nintendo Switch™". Fangamer.
- ^ Marshall, Cass (2020-07-30). "This adorable physical copy of Stardew Valley comes with your own deed". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Norman, Jim (March 8, 2023). "Tunic Goes Physical With Special Deluxe Edition Releasing Later This Year". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "UNDERTALE Game Physical Edition". Fangamer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "First Look at Undertale PS4 Theme, Closer Look at Physical Editions". PlayStation.Blog. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Pre-orders Open For Undertale Nintendo Switch Physical Copies". Siliconera. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Undertale Is Coming To Xbox Game Pass And Getting A Nifty Collector's Edition". Press Start. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "World Of Horror Nintendo Switch Physical Edition Announced, Pre-Orders Now Live". NintendoSoup. 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-08-08.