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2K Sports Goes for the Grand Slam as Top Spin 2 Hits the Court on Xbox 360, Nintendo DS(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
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 -- With 24 of the Top Players in the World Including Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова listen , Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fifth-ranked player in the world as of October 1, 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006 ATP Race.  and Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. , Top Spin 2 Returns for Another Victory

2K Sports, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive “Take Two” redirects here. For other uses, see Take Two (disambiguation).

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of video and computer games and video game peripherals.
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: TTWO TTWO Take Two Interative Software, Inc. (stock symbol) ), today announced that Top Spin 2 for Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo DS
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(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance is now available in stores across 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.  and will be available at stores in Europe on April 7th. The Xbox 360 version supports worldwide online play through Xbox Live See Xbox. (R) online game service.

Making gamers feel like they are on the court and in the match, Top Spin 2 combines all of the elements that made the first version a success with an assortment of new features and gameplay options. The game allows players to compete against, play as or team up with an incredible lineup of the world's top-ranked tennis professionals including Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Venus Williams and James Blake. Gamers can play in a wide variety of venues including all Grand Slam tournaments such as The Wimbledon Championships. Every tournament and venue is alive and dynamic with environmental elements that react to your play.

"Top Spin 2 for Xbox 360 combines the power of the next generation platform with all-new gameplay features including smoother animations, improved ball physics and better control," said Christoph Hartmann, Managing Director of 2K Games. "Top Spin 2 truly provides the best video game tennis experience to date."

Featuring a wide variety of shots including slices, drops, top spins, lobs, and drives, Top Spin 2 enables players to play their style of tennis. For experienced players, the game adds depth with a number of new risk shots and all-new advanced controls, allowing gamers to pick apart their opponent piece by piece. Top Spin 2 also includes the peerless Player-Creator. Through this powerful feature gamers can customize a wide array of characteristics to create their own, totally unique player with an amazing level of detail.

Top Spin 2 Key Features:

Xbox 360

--Play as or against 24 of the world's top ranked professional tennis stars like Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Amelie Mauresmo and more!

--Create realistic player models by choosing gender, name, skin color, outfit and nationality as well as customizing details such as hair, face shape, and attitude.

--New risk shots and all-new advanced controls enable a variety of shots like slices, drops, top spins, lobs, and drives.

--High-definition technology delivers silky smooth animations and vibrant colors bringing tennis to life on the Xbox 360.

--Worldwide online play allows gamers to challenge other players through Xbox Live(R).

Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance

--Choose to play as or against 16 of the world's best players including Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.

--Customize the ultimate player by choosing from gender, name, skin color, hairstyle, outfit, and nationality.

--Play like the pros, mastering every stroke - forehand forehand

the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse.
, backhand, service, smash, volley, lob, and passing shot - while playing against the world's best players on any type of surface including clay, asphalt and grass.

--Rise up through the ranks, serving and volleying their way to the Top Spin 2 Championship!

Top Spin 2 is rated "E" for Everyone and is available at retail stores across North America for a suggested retail price of $39.99 on Xbox 360(TM) and $29.99 for Nintendo DS(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. The title will be available in Europe on April 7th.

For more information, please visit http://www.topspin2.com.

About Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation(R) game console, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. (TM) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system, Xbox(R) and Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment systems from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube(TM), Nintendo DS(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K Games, 2K Sports and Global Star Software; and distributes products in North America through its Jack of All Games subsidiary. Take-Two also manufactures and markets video game accessories in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region through its Joytech subsidiary. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Vienna, Milan, Sydney, Breda (Netherlands), Auckland, Shanghai and Tokyo. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.

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