Aspyr Media Inc. Ships Wakeboarding Unleashed Featuring Shaun Murray for Game Boy Advance.Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 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 can now 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. for Game Boy Advance(R). Aspyr Media Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPA: /əsˈpaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform. Inc. announced today that the game began shipping today. Conversion was completed by Small Rockets Small Rockets is a small computer game developer founded in 2000 that creates and sells PC computer games online. History Small Rockets was born from the ashes of Fiendish Games, a department of Criterion Games, that was started to test the waters for delivering games . With a ton of innovative objectives, the game gives players the option to compete in a variety of competitions and unlock secret challenges. The unique rope mechanics 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 exciting water graphics with realistic shapes and appearances. There are six levels of action, complete with tournament-style challenges. Each level features interactive objectives including boat races, water balloon battles and ferrying 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. 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. PC and Mac versions will also be available later this year from Aspyr. About Aspyr Media Inc. Aspyr Media Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is an established publisher of interactive entertainment software. Aspyr is a leading publisher of Macintosh, PC and Game Boy Advance games This is a list of games for the Game Boy Advance handheld game system, organized alphabetically by name. This includes games released in the US, Japan, and Europe for the system. , 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 audio CDs. 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 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, 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. About Small Rockets The Small Rockets team consists of 18 employees and is based in Guildford, U.K. With some of the most talented and diverse game developers on the globe, Small Rockets has over 15 years of experience in the game industry. |
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