ACCLAIM SECURES EUROPEAN HOME GAME LICENSING RIGHTS TO 'MORTAL KOMBAT 3'; Acclaim to Offer Super NES, Genesis, Game Gear and Game Boy Versions This October.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1995--Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (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) ) announced today that it has secured the rights to publish Mortal Kombat 3 for Super NES NES Nintendo Entertainment System NES Not Elsewhere Specified (shipping) NES Nuclear Export Signal NES National Election Studies NES Nashville Electric Service NES National Evaluation Systems, Inc. , Genesis, Game Gear and Game Boy systems throughout Europe. Acclaim obtained the rights to publish Mortal Kombat 3 for Super NES and Genesis from Sony Electronic Publishing, and Game Gear and Game Boy rights from Williams Entertainment, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale Industries, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : WMS), the creator of Mortal Kombat. Acclaim had published home versions of WMS' Mortal Kombat I and II, generating sales of more than 10 million copies worldwide. "We are excited to work with both Sony and Williams Entertainment to bring Mortal Kombat 3 to market in Europe," said Robert Holmes, president of Acclaim. "The power of the Mortal Kombat phenomenon is universal and we look forward to bringing it to further prominence in interactive entertainment." The third WMS Mortal Kombat video arcade game incorporates more characters, more moves, increased memory, new 3-D backgrounds, and other features which have made Mortal Kombat the best selling video arcade game. WMS retains all other worldwide publishing rights to Mortal Kombat 3. Complementing the Mortal Kombat 3 marketing effort, New Line Cinema Corporation will release "Mortal Kombat: The Movie" next month, as well as a special animated home video this month, "Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins," in which Acclaim's motion capture technology was used to create some of the special effects. Additionally, "Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour" is scheduled to launch this September. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide publisher of: software and peripherals for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade games and operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures and Marvel. Acclaim recently formed a new company with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment. Acclaim is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM. CONTACT: Allyne Mills 516/656-5000 |
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