Aspyr Media Inc. Announces Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray For PC and Macintosh Is Now Shipping.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2003 Action sports game A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the playing of traditional sports. They are extremely popular, the genre including some of the best-selling games. fanatics everywhere are able to experience Activision Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute ) Wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. Unleashed(tm) featuring Shaun Murray Shaun Murray is a four-time World champion wakeboarder, and the main character featured in Activision's video game "Wakeboarding Unleashed". Early Life Shaun Murray was born on April 28, 1976 in Mission Viejo, California, and started water skiing at the age of 8. on PC and Macintosh(R). Aspyr Media Inc. announced that the game began shipping today. The game was licensed from Activision, and conversions were completed by Beenox Inc. With a ton of innovative objectives, the game gives players the option to take control of the speedboat, compete in a variety of competitions and unlock secret challenges. The unique Rope Mechanics(tm) enable players to let go of the rope in order to find secret areas and venture into unexplored territory. Gamers can then grab a hold of the rope again to continue exploring exciting new areas. The game features groundbreaking water graphics including particle and wake formation effects with realistic shapes and appearances. There are nine levels of action, complete with tournament-style challenges. Each level features interactive objectives such as boat races, water balloon battles and ferrying stranded animals around a flooded city. The real world locations from Hong Kong Harbor to Lake Powell provide ideal destinations for world-class wakeboarders Shaun Murray, Parks Bonifay, Dallas Friday, Tara Hamilton, Cobe Mikacich, Darin Shapiro and Colin Wright to show off their unique moves. Gamers can play with each other in co-op mode where one player controls the rider while the other controls the boat, or tug-of-war mode where players dominate the other wakeboarders by taking their extra rope. Wakeboarding Unleashed(tm) Featuring Shaun Murray is rated "E" for Everyone by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board and is available at retailers nationwide. Aspyr also shipped a Game Boy(R) Advance version of the game earlier this year. About Aspyr Media Inc. Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is an established publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software and recently began their venture into the PC and GBA GBA Game Boy Advance (Nintendo 32-Bit Game Boy) GBA Gran Buenos Aires (Argentina) GBA God Bless America GBA Gundam Battle Assault (video game) GBA Alderney as well as DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. markets. Aspyr is committed to delivering high-quality entertainment products to consumers worldwide. More information on Aspyr and their line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com. About Beenox Inc. Founded in 2000, Beenox Inc. is a rapidly expanding game development studio based in Quebec, Canada, specialized in creating innovative technology and original games for personal computer platforms and game consoles. All the Beenox team has cumulated years of experience in the gaming industry with titles published on such platforms as the Playstation 2 and 1, Windows, and Macintosh. Since its foundation, the company has delivered several highly acclaimed original titles but was also responsible of AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. title ports such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS), released as Tony Hawk's Skateboarding in Europe, is a skateboarding video game, and the first in the Tony Hawk's series. 4 (PC-MAC), Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is a video game in the Activision O2 brand. It was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision in 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. In 2003, it was published for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh. (PC-MAC), and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (MAC). With its new 3D technology developed last year (Goliath), the Beenox game division is now busy working on an all-new 3D game. About Activision Inc. Headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., Activision Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted net revenues of $864 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com. The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Activision's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These important factors, and other factors that could affect Activision, are described in Activision's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings. |
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