Acclaim Max Sports to Get Extreme in Fall 2002 With 'Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3'.Entertainment Editors 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)--Jan. 31, 2002 2.8 Million Unit Selling Franchise Returns Across All Next-Generation Gaming Platforms, With More Than 1,700 Tricks and All-New Create-A-Rider System Building upon the proven success of its premier extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). franchise, Acclaim Max Sports, a division of 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 .SC: AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), today announced it will release 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. 3 in the fall for all of the next-generation hardware platforms. Currently in development with Z-Axis, the creative team behind the 2.8 million unit selling franchise, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 will feature 10-time world champion and 13-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, and 16 of the best street, vert, dirt and flatland flat·land n. 1. Land that varies little in elevation. 2. flatlands A geographic area composed chiefly of land that varies little in elevation. riders in the world. "The Dave Mirra brand is the number one BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. franchise in the world across all platforms and continues to set new industry benchmarks with each release," said Sarah Anderson, Senior Vice President of Brand. "Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 will take the BMX genre to new heights and strongly appeal to the rapidly expanding mass-market consumer audience." Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 will offer many exciting new features, including all-new motion captured rider moves, more than 1,700 tricks and 10 highly expansive and immersive environments. The game will offer a revolutionary Create-A-Rider system, which will allow players to create their own rider and BMX bike to utilize throughout the game. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 will also offer a dynamic in-game soundtrack, featuring some of today's top recording artists. In addition, Z-Axis is also developing the Company's Chris Edwards Aggressive Inline title, which will ship in the spring across all of the next-generation systems. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 will be available in the fall of 2002 across all of the next-generation platforms. 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 six studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom which includes a motion capture and recording studio in the U.S., and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Spain. The Company uses regional distributors worldwide. 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. |
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