Acclaim Invites South Park Fans To Party In "Chef's Luv Shack" Video Game.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)--June 23, 1999--New Party Game to Warp Gamer's Minds with Hilarious Trivia and Blister their Hands with Mini-Game Mayhem Acclaim Studios (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 the development of South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, a new multiplayer-style trivia game that will challenge players to both outwit out·wit tr.v. out·wit·ted, out·wit·ting, out·wits 1. To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart. 2. Archaic To surpass in intelligence. and out-play their opponents. Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin, creators of Acclaim's successful South Park game released last year for the Nintendo 64 and PC, South Park: Chef's Luv Shack will be released for the PC, Nintendo 64, and Sony PlayStation Sony Playstation - Playstation this Fall. The game is based on Comedy Central's hit animated series "South Park." "Fans of South Park are going to love Chef's Luv Shack," said Tom Bass, product manager at Acclaim Entertainment. "The combination of trivia and South Park-inspired mini-games will make the perfect party game." South Park: Chef's Luv Shack is a multi-player party experience hosted by the swinging lothario, Chef. Up to four gamers take the role of Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, or Stan and compete in a combination of wacky trivia showdowns and South Park episode-inspired mini-games such as "Cartman's German Song," "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. ," and "Spank the Monkey with Mr. Mackey." In "Beefcake," gamers play the role of Cartman, who hurriedly moves back and forth across the screen to gobble 1. gobble - To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer." 2. gobble - To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow." See also snarf. down cans of Weight Gain 4000 that are hurled down at him. Fans of the show will recognize Cartman's antagonists as the surly spokesmen for Weight Gain 4000. "The South Park team had a great time coming up with wacky ideas for the mini-games," says lead designer and project manager Jools Watsham. "South Park fans will instantly appreciate how true we've remained to the cable series." South Park: Chef's Luv Shack will feature all new hilarious soundbites created specifically for this game by the show's creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, as well as Isaac Hayes. Acclaim's South Park franchise will be supported by a major nationwide marketing campaign that includes television, radio, online and in-store merchandising targeted to adult gamers. Acclaim has included a warning on the game's box cover informing purchasers of South Park's adult content and language. 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 and Sega hardware systems, and PCs. Acclaim owns and operates four studios located in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. 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 www.acclaim.net. |
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