All-Star Baseball 2005 Ships For XboxPosted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 @ 01:13:30 pm E.S.T
Before the first official pitch of the 2004 Major League Baseball season crosses the plate fans can begin enjoying America’s favorite pastime, as Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM) today announced that it has shipped All-Star Baseball™ 2005 for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Coming soon for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, All-Star Baseball 2005 offers an array of new features this season, including online head-to-head play and downloadable rosters, FielderCam™, BroadcastCam, analog-control batting, Spanish play-by-play and the exclusive T.W.I.B.® (This Week In Baseball®) Challenge.
“Our All-Star Baseball brand continues to push the envelope in offering consumers the most realistic and deepest baseball experience available for today’s video game systems,” said Marc Metis, Senior Vice President of Brand Management for Acclaim. “FielderCam™ is an innovative new feature that brings defense – the other half of the game – to life by putting you in the shoes of the fielder. This is also the first edition of All-Star Baseball that brings the excitement of online head-to-head gameplay to this highly respected franchise.”
The media had the following to say about All-Star Baseball 2005:
“Acclaim’s famed series is back and better than ever. Franchise mode is by far the deepest of any baseball game out there. The best feature of ASB 05 is the T.W.I.B. Challenge…I can’t say enough how cool this feature is.” – Play Magazine
“Between the trivia game, the expansion franchise creator, online play via Xbox Live, and other extras, there’s a lot here to keep you busy. Incredibly beautiful ballparks.” – Official Xbox Magazine
“This team knows how to play the game.” - GamePro
All-Star Baseball 2005’s features include:
- Exclusive new FielderCam™ and BroadcastCam offering the most realistic “between the lines” experience available;
- Online head-to-head play and downloadable rosters on both Xbox® Live and the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system;
- Analog batting, which lets players hit for average and power with the greatest of ease;
- All-new Franchise mode, including Spring Training, Expansion Mode, Create-A-Team and random season schedules;
- T.W.I.B.® Challenge lets players relive or change the outcome of historic moments from the 2003 MLB™ season, including the infamous NLCS™ Game 6 Moises Alou “catch” Vs. the Marlins;
- Two-man commentary from Steve Lyons and Tom Brennaman, and Spanish Play-By-Play by Oscar Soria, commentator for the Arizona Diamondbacks;
- Video gameplay tutorial from Steve Lyons;
- Over 80 fully animated stadiums, including current MLB™ parks, legendary stadiums, Spring Training stadiums and fantasy parks;
- Enhanced Create-A-Player mode, featuring all new textures allowing players to make their own personalized MLB™ All-Star;
- Over 50 Hall of Fame™ and MLB™ legends, including Yogi Berra, Willie McCovey, Nolan Ryan and Reggie Jackson;
- Authentic MLB™ uniforms, including alternates and more than 60 throwback styles.
All-Star Baseball 2005 is currently available for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft at a suggested retail price of $39.99. The game will be coming soon for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. For more information on All-Star Baseball 2005 please visit http://www.acclaim.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
Xbox Live, which launched in the United States Nov. 15, 2002, allows gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers worldwide via a broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online gaming. Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players during gameplay through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current statistics and new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play online — all exclusive features to Xbox Live.
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, Australia, 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 http://www.acclaim.com .
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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 March 31, 2003, 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. Posted By: Adam Paoli - 85 Reads
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