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Acclaim Max Sports Brings 'X'-Treme' BMX Action to Xbox With 'Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2'.


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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. , NY--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--November 29, 2001

#1 Next-Generation BMX BMX
abbr.
bicycle motocross


BMX
Noun

1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle

2.
 Video Game Franchise is Company's First

Offering For New Next-Generation Hardware Platform

Delivering the most extreme BMX action available for the next-generation systems today, Acclaim Max Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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.SC: AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), today announced that its premier franchise, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX is a video game released in 2000 featuring Dave Mirra and other professional BMX riders. It was developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim, and was released on the PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color and the Windows PC.  2, has shipped for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. The Company's first offering for Microsoft's new gaming system, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is one of the most highly regarded titles in the interactive entertainment industry among consumers and the media, and is the only game that features 10-time world champion and 11-time X Games X Games Sports medicine The official Olympics of 'extreme sports' sponsored by ESPN, held annually during the summer. See Extreme sports.  champion, Dave Mirra Dave Mirra (born April 4, 1974 in Chittenango, New York) is an American BMX athlete and business owner. Dave Mirra is known as BMX's most dominant athlete and arguably the most dominant extreme athlete of all-time. .

"Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 set the benchmark for BMX action on the next-generation platforms and is one of the strongest performing brands in the action sports category today," said Steve Felsen, Senior Director of Brand Management. "Featuring unparalleled gameplay, dynamic graphics and two additional exclusive levels, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is the perfect title for Acclaim to kick off its Xbox(TM) lineup."

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 challenges players to complete a variety of challenges to earn the respect of fellow riders as they progress through 10 massive levels, including two new Xbox(TM) video game system exclusive levels - Venice, Italy and Greenville, North Carolina

For other places with the same name, see Greenville.


Greenville, one of the fastest growing cities in North Carolina, is the county seat of Pitt County, and is the principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
, which feature the very best in vert, dirt, street and park riding. Developed by Z-Axis, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 offers an innovative S.I.K. trick system, which allows players to pull more than 1,500 tricks, including the new grind, wall ride and lip trick modifiers. In addition, the game features 14 pro riders, including Ryan Nyquist Ryan Nyquist (born March 6, 1979 in Los Gatos, California) is a professional BMX rider who has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events. He also was featured on MTV Cribs.
  • Height: 5' ft 6" in
  • Weight: 150 lbs.
, Mike Laird Mike Laird (born July 1, 1974, Portsmouth, Virginia). It was announced that Laird won the PlayStationTrick of the Year Award during the first ever Dew Action Sports Tour. Laird was nominated for his double-tailwhip 360 in BMX Park Finals at Denver's Right Guard Open. , and Colin Mackay Colin Mackay (b. 26 July 1951, d. 28 July 2003) was a poet and novelist. His final work was an autobiography entitled Jacob's Ladder which included talking about his planned suicide. ; super-competitive multiplayer games; and a state-of-the-art BMX Park Editor that allows users to create their own BMX experience. Although players can utilize the functionality of Xbox(TM) to create their own personal music soundtrack to enjoy while they play, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 also features a diverse in-game soundtrack, including:
-- Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up;

-- Ozzy Osbourne - Paranoid;

-- Sublime - Doin Time;

-- Sum 41 - Makes No Difference;

-- The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary;

-- Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out;

-- Methods of Mayhem - Hypocritical;

-- Godsmack - Keep Away;

-- Fenix TX - All My Fault;

-- Gang Starr - Moment of Truth.


Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is currently available for the Xbox(TM) video game system at a suggested retail price of $49.99. In addition, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is also available for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. For more information regarding this title, as well as Acclaim's entire 2001 holiday season lineup, visit www.acclaim.com.

About Acclaim Entertainment

Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading 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 four 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, Spain, Australia and the Pacific Rim. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy guides and issues "special edition" comic magazines from time to time to support its time valued brands, Turok and Shadow Man. Acclaim's corporate 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.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information, please visit our website at www.acclaim.com.

About Xbox

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's future-generation video game system that delivers the most powerful games experiences ever. Xbox empowers game artists by giving them the technology to fulfill their creative visions as never before, creating games that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Xbox is now available in North America at the suggested retail price of $299.99(a)

(a) Reseller prices may vary.

"PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Nintendo GameCube and the Nintendo GameCube logo are trademarks of Nintendo. (c) 2001 Nintendo.

Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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