Infogrames' Backyard Sports Series Recruits New Player to All-Star Line-Up; #1 Interactive Sports Series for Kids Introduces Backyard Soccer 2004.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 The Backyard Sports(TM) series has introduced a new player to its award-winning line-up - Backyard Soccer Backyard Soccer is a series in the Backyard Sports franchise, developed and published by Atari. It was first released in 1998 for the Mac and PC and was released for the PlayStation in 2001. Synopsis You start by picking a team and its players. (TM) 2004. Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) and Major League Soccer(TM) (MLS See multilevel security. ) have announced that Backyard Soccer 2004, the only soccer game available that lets kids play with kid-sized versions of professional athletes, has shipped to retail stores nationwide this week. In Backyard Soccer 2004, some of today's hottest MLS stars - Clint Mathis Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976 in Conyers, Georgia) is a soccer forward/midfielder who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer after making his name with the MetroStars. , New York New York, state, United States 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 MetroStars(TM) forward and Backyard Soccer 2004 highlight player, Bobby Convey, Landon Donovan and Brian McBride - and three of the top USA women's players, play alongside the 30 Backyard Kids(TM) that are found in every Backyard Sports game. "The Backyard Sports games let kids experience team sports in a fun interactive way while teaching them about basic skills and letting them play with some of their real-life heroes," said Petrina McPhee, director of brand marketing for Infogrames kids' line. "We are pleased to build on the success of the brand with Backyard Soccer 2004." "We are thrilled to be partnering with Infogrames again to introduce Backyard Soccer 2004 which allows kids to experience the game in a new way," said MLS Vice President, Marketing and Consumer Products, Stuart Crystal. "We are always looking to extend our ever-growing fan base and the Backyard Soccer games allow us to do that perfectly by appealing to existing and new fans of the sport." In Backyard Soccer 2004, kids choose their teams from 30 Backyard Kids and ten Major League Soccer pros and three female pros. In addition to Mathis, MLS athletes include Chris Armas of the Chicago Fire(R), Bobby Convey of DC United(TM), Landon Donovan of the San Jose Earthquakes
Female athletes include Brandi Chastain of the San Jose CyberRays The San Jose CyberRays was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San José State University in San Jose, California. Stars included bra-bearing U.S. , the New York Power's Tiffeny Milbrett and Briana Scurry of the Atlanta Beat. Players select to play as one of the 10 MLS teams or create their own team by choosing custom team names and uniforms. Then it's off to the field where kids can choose one of twenty four fields and whether they want to play a single game or a season's worth. Backyard Soccer 2004 also contains a practice area where players can play a friendly match or practice penalty kicks as a kicker or a goalie. Developed by Humongous Entertainment, Backyard Soccer 2004 for PC/Mac is suited for ages 7 and up and is available at retail nationwide for an approximate retail price of $19.99. The award-winning Backyard Sports line-up also includes the Backyard Hockey(TM), Backyard Basketball(TM), Backyard Baseball(TM) 2003 and Backyard Football(TM) 2002 CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). games. Console games currently available are Backyard Football for Nintendo GameCube(TM) and Backyard Football and Backyard Baseball for Nintendo's(R) Game Boy(R) Advance system. Additional information about the Backyard Sports games and Infogrames' other kids games can be found at www.funkidsgames.com. About Infogrames New York-based Infogrames, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFGM) 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 are distributed under two brand lines: ATARI, 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 2003, and Unreal(R) Championship; and INFOGRAMES, 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). Infogrames, 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.infogrames.com. (C) 2003 Infogrames Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (C) 2003 Humongous Entertainment, a division of Infogrames, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured and marketed by Infogrames, Inc. (C) 2003 MLS. All Major League Soccer properties used by permission. All Rights Reserved. (TM), (R), Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of Nintendo. (C) 2001 Nintendo. NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands Techworld is a service mark of NPD Group, Inc. Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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