ACCLAIM SPORTS
SPIKES HOME ‘SUMMER HEAT BEACH VOLLEYBALL’ EXCLUSIVELY FOR PLAYSTATION®2
COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
First and Only Beach
Volleyball Game Designed for System, Scores with Fast-Paced, 2-On-2 Arcade
Action, Exotic Locales, Power-Ups and Unlockable Features
E3, LOS ANGELES, CA, May 13,
2003 – Serving up a dose of sun, fun and sand right into gamers’ living rooms,
Acclaim Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC:
AKLM), today unveiled
Summer Heat Beach Volleyball™ for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system. The only beach volleyball game available for the
PlayStation®2,
Summer Heat Beach Volleyball
takes players on a journey to the world’s hottest summer spots to
face off in fast-paced 2-on-2 arcade action.
“We’re very
excited to offer PlayStation®2
owners their own exclusive beach volleyball game,”
said David Knies, Director of Acclaim Sports. “With addictive gameplay and
easy-to-use controls, Summer Heat Beach
Volleyball will provide hours of great arcade-style summer
fun, as gamers try to beat the heat.”
Summer
Heat Beach Volleyball
includes:
-
Fourteen selectable
characters, each with player-specific attributes and abilities; -
Twelve sizzling
locations, including Venice Beach Stadium, Flamingo Pier, Emerald Marina and
Silver Sands Beach; -
Immersive summer
game play experience allows players to unlock hidden secrets as they spike
your way to beach volleyball dominance; -
Proprietary “Super
Spike” system, enables gamers to earn special moves, speed-ups and unlock
hidden features; -
First-ever Summer
Beach House Party Mode tracks player stats plus unlocks hidden features and
players; -
Game play modes,
include Arcade, Exhibition, Tournament and Mini-Games; -
Full character
customization, allows players to modify their character’s skin color,
hairstyle, and accessories; -
In-game music
soundtrack featuring today’s top recording artists, including Pink
(“Get the Party Started”), Sum 41 (“Summer”),
Kylie Minogue (“Love at First Sight”), Sprung Monkey
(“Coconut”), Freshmaka (“Hawaiian Shirt”) and
Suburban (“Ooohwee”); -
TV-style
presentation, including music videos from Pink, Sum 41
and Kylie Minogue, player cut scenes, arena fly-throughs
and instant replays;
Summer Heat Beach Volleyball
will be available this
summer exclusively for the PlayStation®2
at a suggested retail price of $29.99. For
more information on this game, please visit
www.acclaim.com. Acclaim’s complete showcase of
products will be featured at E3 in Los Angeles, CA at booth #152 in the
Concourse Hall.
About
Acclaim Entertainment
Based in Glen
Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a worldwide developer, publisher and
mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment game consoles
including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and
Microsoft Corporation as well as personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim
owns and operates five studios located in the United States and the United
Kingdom, and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in
North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. The Company uses
regional distributors worldwide. Acclaim also distributes entertainment
software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy
guides and issues "special edition" comic magazines periodically. Acclaim’s
corporate headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York and Acclaim’s common stock is
publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please
visit our website at
www.acclaim.com.
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and the “PS” Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc.
The statements
contained in this release which are not historical facts, are "forward-looking
statements." Acclaim cautions readers of this press release that a number of
important factors could cause Acclaim’s actual future results to differ
materially from those expressed in any such forward- looking statements. These
important factors, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the
interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and
the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological
changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other factors that could
affect Acclaim, are described in Acclaim’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended August 31, 2002, and Acclaim’s subsequent Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, all of which were filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings.
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