Acclaim Online Launches Free Web-Based Email Service; Teams with Tek 21 and Chek to Utilize Popular Game Brands as Email Domain Names.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)--Sept. 15, 1999-- Acclaim Online, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced that it has teamed with web-providers Tek 21 and Chek to offer free web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. to visitors of Acclaim.Net. The new service will give consumers the opportunity to send and receive email using their favorite game brands as their domain name. "This is a great opportunity to extend brand loyalty back to our customers, while offering one of the strongest retention devices available online: free email," said Ben Fischbach, Senior Manager, Acclaim Online. "It's win-win for Acclaim and our customers. Our fans get the use of the free domain, product updates on their favorite Acclaim games Not to be confused with Acclaim Entertainment, a defunct company with the same logo. Acclaim Games, based in Beverly Hills, California, is a private online video game company that offers free Massively multiplayer online role-playing games on its website upon registration. , store discounts, and Acclaim news in their inbox, while Acclaim extends its brands beyond the game and beyond the browser." To start, Acclaim Online will offer visitors who open an account a choice of four possible email domain names. Consumers will be able to create an email account email account email n → compte m (e-)mail with their name @ AcclaimSports.Com, Turok.Com, TrickStyle.Com, or Re-Volt.Com. For example, it will be possible to open an account and send and receive email as JaneDoe@Turok.Com. The new service is completely free and will continue indefinitely. Going forward, Acclaim Online plans to augment the service with additional domain names. "We are pleased to be working with Acclaim Online to offer free email," said Thom Barends, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Tek 21. "The strong brand recognition of Acclaim's products coupled with the proven effectiveness of free email as a retention vehicle will make this service wildly popular with visitors to Acclaim.Net." Acclaim.Net can be accessed at www.acclaim.net. Other Acclaim Online URLs include www.acclaimsports.com, www.acclaimonline.com and www.turok.com. 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 six 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 http://www.acclaim.net. |
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