Atari Announces Limited Edition Duel Masters; Exclusive Shipment of Duel Masters: Sempai Legends for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance to Offer Collectible Duel Masters Cards.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4645960 BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2004 Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) and Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with in , a subsidiary of Hasbro Inc., today announced that a limited edition run of Duel Masters Duel Masters (デュエルマスターズ Dyueru Masutāzu) is a franchise based on a manga, anime and a trading card game. (TM): Sempai Legends(TM) will ship to retail with collectible Duel Masters(TM) cards from the hit trading card game. "Atari is excited to offer official Duel Masters cards with every Limited Edition Duel Masters: Sempai Legends," said Nancy MacIntyre, vice president of Marketing and Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for Atari's Beverly studio. "Atari created Duel Masters: Sempai Legends with significant support from Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro to ensure that the Game Boy(R) Advance product is a perfect complement to the Duel Masters universe. Duel Masters: Sempai Legends is an extension of the Duel Masters trading card game The Duel Masters Trading Card Game is a two-player and 2 vs. 2 team collectible card game (CCG) jointly developed by Wizards of the Coast, Shogakukan, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.. The card game is part of the Duel Masters franchise. , a place where fans can hone their skills and lose themselves in the rich story behind the popular trading card game." Duel Masters: Sempai Legends will feature several marketing highlights for Game Boy Advance, including: -- First Game Boy Advance packaging to feature a visually stunning halo foil prism treatment and a front box flap, so parents and kids can see all of the great gameplay features -- The most trading cards ever included with a Game Boy Advance game -- Fully synchronize launch strategy supported by a nationwide Wizards of the Coast Mall Tour -- Trading Card, Video Game and Anime Enthusiast convention presence throughout 2004 and beyond -- Pre-order program at participating retailers to ensure that dedicated gamers will have an opportunity to reserve their copies of the limited edition Duel Masters: Sempai Legends Duel Masters: Sempai Legends offers a story-driven experience. The player inherits a valuable Duel Masters card from his grandfather but, before he can add it to his deck, it is stolen by a mysterious man. As a result, the player must travel through a dangerous world inhabited by rival duelists in the hopes of regaining his stolen property. Along the way, the player enters tournaments and gains the experience to some day become a Kaijudo Master. Duel Masters: Sempai Legends is scheduled to ship June 1, 2004. For more information, please visit www.atari.com. Hasbro, Inc. Hasbro (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HAS) is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . , PARKER BROTHERS Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. For almost 115 years the company published more than 1800 games;[1] among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo (known as Clue in North America), Risk , TIGER and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world. Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop role-playing game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering(R), among many other trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of role playing games, such as Dungeons Dungeons may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast website at wizards.com. About Atari New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games, such as Driver(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman (TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament 2004, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games, such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer is an animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network. A pilot episode for the series aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. (TM), Civilization(R), Dragon Ball Z “DBZ” redirects here. For the meteorological term, see dBZ (meteorology). Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ (R) and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com. SAFE HARBOR Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. STATEMENT Certain statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements (rather than historical facts) that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described. With respect to such forward-looking statements, the company seeks the protection afforded by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and other enabling legislation. Statements contained herein with regard to the company's business outlook and prospective operating and financial results are based upon management's expectations regarding various factors, which may be beyond the company's control. This statement is not intended to identify each and every risk and uncertainty inherent in the company's business, and should be read in conjunction with the company's cautionary statements contained in its most recent filings with U.S. and foreign regulatory authorities. (C) 2004 Atari, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HASBRO and its logo, and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission. (C) 2004 HASBRO. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. DUEL MASTERS is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast, Mitsui/Kids Station and Shogakukan. (C)2004. Wizards/Mitsui-Kids/Shogakukan Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the United States and other countries. (C)2004 Wizards MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4645960 |
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