Aspyr Media Inc. Ships Call of Duty.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004 Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform. announced today it has shipped Call of Duty(tm), making the award-winning, intense and cinematic first person action game available to Macintosh gamers at retail outlets worldwide. Call of Duty was brought to the Mac by Aspyr's internal development team, Aspyr Studios, and is licensed by Activision Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute ). Originally developed by Infinity Ward Infinity Ward, located in Encino, California, is a computer game developer founded by the former employees of 2015, developers of . The studio was acquired by Activision in October 2003. , Call of Duty has received tremendous critical acclaim since its PC release in October 2003, having earned more than 50 Editors' Choice awards and 70 Game of the Year honors. Both The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the U.K.'s British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established by Royal Charter in 1902, and is a fellowship of more than 800 scholars. The Academy is self-governing and independent. of Film and Television Arts awarded Call of Duty the Overall Game of the Year. Gamespy echoed those sentiments, describing Call of Duty as "the best WWII WWII abbr. World War II WWII World War Two shooter ever." Call of Duty thrusts players to the front lines of combat, delivering the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle, transporting gamers into a gripping, movie-like World War II combat experience. Gamers take the roles of ordinary soldiers, fighting together as a squad through multiple Allied perspectives, as American, British and Russian troops. Featuring scores of soldiers and incredible special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , players take on the massive Nazi war machine through epic assaults across 24 devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. single player missions. Call of Duty also delivers heart-pounding team-based multiplayer action online for harrowing Axis versus Allies combat. The game is rated "T" for Teen (TEEN -- blood and violence) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board and is available for preorder at www.aspyr.com for $49.99. 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. About Aspyr Media Inc. Based in Austin, Texas, Aspyr Media Inc. is a leading publisher of Macintosh interactive entertainment software, committed to offering high-quality interactive entertainment products and services, with a smile, to gamers worldwide. More information on Aspyr and their line of products can be found on the Internet at http://www.aspyr.com. |
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