SNK PLAYMORE USA Unleashes an
Arcade Storm at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo
Classic and Original Games for
Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance To Premiere in Los Angeles
WALL, NJ. – May 5, 2005 – SNK
PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION,
announced today that they will unveil eight new games for the Xbox® video game
and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system, and the GameBoy® Advance at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo in
Los Angeles May 18-20. SNK will be located in South Hall, Booth 646.
Debuting at this year’s E3 are
THE KING OF FIGHTERS NEOWAVE, SAMURAI SHODOWN V, THE KING OF
FIGHTERS ’94 RE-BOUT, KOF: MAXIMUM IMPACT – MANIAX, METAL SLUG
4/5, and KING OF FIGHTERS 2002/2003 each for the Xbox, METAL SLUG
4/5 for the PlayStation 2, and METAL SLUG 1 for the Nintendo GameBoy
Advance.
In addition to the many new games
premiering at the show, the SNK booth expects to have swarms of showgoers
visiting the booth on Wednesday and Thursday, May 18-19 when noted SNK artist,
Falcoon, will be signing limited edition posters of Mai Shiranui from THE KING
OF FIGHTERS series. Falcoon, one of the winning artists in last year’s Into the
Pixel art competition, held at the show will be autographing a different poster
each day. The signing will be from 2-4 PM on Wednesday and 10 AM-12 noon on
Thursday while supplies last.
"The SNK booth is usually crammed
with our fans at E3," commented Ben Herman, SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION
president. "With the added excitement of Falcoon signing his limited edition Mai
posters for fans, I expect our booth to experience the largest turnout ever to
both play our games and to get each of the posters.
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 tag line, "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 SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION
Over the past 15 years, SNK has published classic arcade titles such as THE KING
OF FIGHTERS, BASEBALL STARS, METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, and FATAL FURY on a
wide variety of home gaming and handhelds systems. In June 2003, SNK opened SNK
NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION in Wall, New Jersey to again publish arcade
classics on the current home and portable gaming systems. The company changed
its name to SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION in the fall of 2004. You can find more
information about SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION games at
http://www.snkplaymoreusa.com.
Xbox is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
THE KING OF FIGHTERS, METAL SLUG and
SAMURAI SHODOWN are registered trademarks of SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION.
