Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Acclaim strike software publishing agreement; Acclaim to publish for Sony's advanced PlayStation(TM).LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1995--In a move that expands the breadth of both companies' software offerings, Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA SCEA Sony Computer Entertainment America SCEA Sun Certified Enterprise Architect SCEA South Carolina Education Association SCEA Silicon Valley Chinese Engineers Association SCEA Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis SCEA Southeast Center for Education in the Arts ) and Acclaim Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AKLM AKLM Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (stock symbol) ) Thursday announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement whereby Acclaim will publish software for SCEA's forthcoming CD-based PlayStation(TM) video game system. ``Sony has created a powerful hardware system and Acclaim plans to support it with compelling, high profile titles,'' said Rob Holmes, president of Acclaim. ``We are excited about publishing software for Sony's home gaming system and broadening our library to include a new generation of interactive entertainment enthusiasts.'' Acclaim currently has several PlayStation(TM) titles in development, including ``Frank Thomas Frank Thomas may refer to:
``We are pleased to have one of the leading independent interactive entertainment software publishers as one of the first companies to produce software for Sony's new PlayStation,(TM)'' said Steve Race, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, a division of Sony Electronic Publishing Co., is based in Foster City, Calif. The company markets the PlayStation(TM) console for distribution in North America, produces and markets PlayStation(TM) software for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market, and manages the U.S. third-party licensing program. Sony Electronic Publishing has headquarters in 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 with operating divisions throughout the United States and Europe. Together with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records, Inc. for $2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name, and Sony renamed the label , Sony Electronic Publishing is a subsidiary of Sony Software Corp., a subsidiary of Sony Corp. of America. Acclaim Entertainment, with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide entertainment publisher of software and peripherals for Nintendo(R), Sega(TM), personal computer and 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). hardware systems; coin-operated arcade games; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also operates blue screen and motion capture studios and A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures and Marvel Software. Acclaim, which recently agreed to form a new company with Tele-Communications Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment, is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM. CONTACT: Sony Computer Entertainment of America
Charlotte Taylor Skeel, 415/655-8020
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