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Acclaim Brings Punch King to the Game Boy Advance

Home » FromtheWire
Feb. 1, 2002--Delivering a mighty, 1-2 combination of arcade action and boxing fun, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM), today announced that it will release Punch King, a new boxing game for the Game Boy Advance in the spring. Punch King is being developed by Full Fat, the heralded developer of the Company's premier Game Boy Advance title, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, which has been extremely well received by consumers and the media.

"Punch King will deliver great arcade gameplay and many exciting features, that will appeal to a broad spectrum of consumers," said Evan Stein, Vice President of Brand. "Boxing continues to be a perennial favorite among gamers and we're thrilled to expand upon our diverse sports offerings."

Punch King for the Game Boy Advance will include:
  • 18 unique fighters, the most ever in a hand-held boxing game;
  • Individual fighter styles and attributes;
  • Combo punching action, delivering bone-crunching attacks;
  • Color commentary and catch phrases for each fighter;
  • Create-A-Boxer Mode, allowing players to create their own title contender;
  • Career Mode, including winning fight purses and purchasing new combos and special moves to K.O. opponents;
  • Home arenas for each fighter, including individual theme music;
  • Simultaneous Head-to-Head multi-player link action.

Punch King will be available for the Game Boy(R) Advance in the spring at a suggested retail price of $29.99. For more information regarding this title, as well as Acclaim's entire product lineup, visit www.acclaim.com.

About Acclaim Entertainment
Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and mass marketer of software for use with interactive entertainment game consoles including those manufactured by Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Corporation as well as personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim owns and operates six studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom which includes a motion capture and recording studio in the U.S., and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Australia. The Company uses regional distributors in Japan and the Pacific Rim. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy guides and issues "special edition" comic magazines from time to time to support its time valued brands, Turok and Shadow Man. Acclaim's corporate headquarters are in Glen Cove, New York and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at www.acclaim.com.

SOURCE Businesswire []

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