[2] Acclaim Spreads the Luv with South Park: Chef's Luv Shack Video Game; The Ultimate Party Game Ships for Major Game Systems.GLEN COVE Glen Cove, city (1990 pop. 24,149), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, at the entrance to Hempstead Harbor; settled 1668, inc. as a city 1918. , N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Acclaim Entertainment (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced that its hilarious new party game, South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, is now shipping for the PlayStation(R) game console See video game console. , Sega Dreamcast(TM), and PC, with Nintendo 64 version to follow. Based on the hit Comedy Central program, South Park: Chef's Luv Shack follows on the heels of the original South Park game by Acclaim, which has sold over one million units worldwide. "Hot on the heels of our million-selling original South Park video game comes the wildest party game yet for South Park and gaming fans," said Steve Lux, vice-president of marketing at Acclaim North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "The unabated popularity of South Park positions Chef's Luv Shack as a key game for the holiday season." South Park: Chef's Luv Shack is the perfect "party down" game, and includes hilarious trivia and South Park-influenced mini-games that require fast reflexes while tickling fan's funnybones. Up to four players can choose between Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, or Stan playing as game show contestants on a television program hosted by the love gourmet himself, Chef. "It was a blast creating the mini-game rounds for Chef's Luv Shack," commented Jools Watsham, Creative Lead and Project Manager at Acclaim Studios Austin. "Couple them with the most outrageous game show questions ever, and we turn the gaming world on its head." There are over twenty mini-games in South Park: Chef's Luv Shack that make for an outrageous multi-player party experience. One game, "Spank the Monkey with Mr. Mackey," involves interacting with Mr. Mackey's favorite simian friend in ways that fans of the show never thought possible. In "Beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. ," fans try to stuff Cartman with Weight Gain 4000, juggling multiple cans by bouncing them on his ever-expanding waistline. South Park: Chef's Luv Shack includes all new sound bites recorded by the show's creators: Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Isaac Hayes completes the package as the voice of Chef, the game's host. South Park: Chef's Luv Shack is backed by an extensive marketing campaign, including TV advertising and South Park episodes sponsored by Acclaim throughout December. An extensive print campaign, with ads targeted towards mature gamers, is running in popular publications such as Incite, EGM EGM Electronic Gaming Machine EGM Electronic Gaming Monthly EGM Extraordinary General Meeting EGM Expert Group Meeting EGM Estudio General de Medios (Spanish: General Means Study) EGM Emergency General Meeting , Maxim, Spin, Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person and more. COMEDY CENTRAL Background Information COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network is currently available in over 58 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL, a registered trademark of Comedy Partners is a 50-50 joint venture of Time Warner Entertainment Company and Viacom. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is www.comedycentral.com . For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit COMEDY CENTRAL's press-only website at www.press.comedycentral.com . User name: Press; Password: Comedy. Acclaim Entertainment Background Information Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment platforms including Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sega hardware systems, and PCs. Acclaim owns and operates six studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom, and publishes and distributes its software directly in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Australia. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, and publishes comic books and software strategy guides. Acclaim's headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 26,622. Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population. and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at http://www.acclaim.com. |
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