CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT SHIPS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POKER FOR THE PLAYSTATION®2 AND GAME BOY® ADVANCE AND IS COMING TO XBOX THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

Perfect Your Poker Face, Refine Your Betting Strategy and Learn When to Hold ‘Em with Crave’s On-line Multiplayer Poker Game  
 
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 18, 2004) – It’s a house full of poker enthusiasts these days, Poker nights at home, professional Poker events on TV, and now, thanks to Crave Entertainment, World Championship Poker for videogame platforms. Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of videogames, announces the release of World Championship Poker for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo Game Boy® Advance.  The version for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft will be available this holiday season and playable over Xbox Live.

“Poker has become the latest obsession,” said Vincent Bitetti, president, Crave Entertainment Inc.  “Type the word “poker” in a search engine and more than 67 million websites emerge ready to inform, entertain, tutor or take ones money all in the name of poker. We’ve created World Championship Poker to satisfy this age-old drive to outsmart, outwit and out gamble one’s opponent.”

Get the low-down on high-stakes poker with 12 World Championship Poker games including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw and Pineapple. Players may advance their skills in “Career Mode” as they play their way through over 50 poker tournaments.

World Championship Poker also features poker tutorials and six tournament locations, ranging from a tropical island to a Mississippi riverboat. Players create customizable characters with more than 80 different options to mold your player’s look. Players can compete and voice chat online via “GameSpy” for PlayStation®2 and via the world’s only unified global online console games service, Xbox Live.

Exclusive to the PlayStation®2 version of World Championship Poker is support for the EyeToy® USB Camera (for PlayStation®2), which allows you to see your online opponents, as well as allowing them to see you.  Text chat is supported as well.

Exclusive to the Game Boy® Advance version of World Championship Poker are multi-player support for up to four players via the Game Boy Advance Game link® cable, and bonus casino games including Blackjack, Video Poker and Slots.

Exclusive to the Xbox version is the ability to compete against gamers in 24 countries over the world’s only unified global online console games service, Xbox Live. Xbox Live features for World Championship Poker include Scoreboards, Voice/Chat and Live Aware. In-game user created content is also available, allowing gamers to create a custom profile and take it online to challenge other players.

Now available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Game Boy® Advance, World Championship Poker‘ has an MSRP of $19.99. World Championship Poker‘ will be available soon for Xbox.

About Crave Entertainment
Based in Los Angeles, Calif., Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of videogame entertainment products. Crave produces games for the major console platforms including Game Boy® Advance, Nintendo GameCube , the PlayStation® game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please visit http://www.cravegames.com/. 

About Xbox
Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences.  Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service.  The new tagline, "it's good to play together," captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle.  Xbox is now available in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.  

About Xbox Live
A new frontier in imagination and extraordinary interaction, Xbox Live offers rich online gameplay. The world’s only unified global online console games service, Xbox Live is continuously innovating to provide members with unparalleled experiences. This unique service unites gamers together in a dynamic community where they can experience the best online games, exclusive programming and continuous downloadable content.  Xbox Live launched in the United States in November 2002 and is available in 24 countries. Please visit http://www.xbox.com/live  for more information.

 Xbox is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
 

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