Har du været underholdt af VM i Rugby i fjernsynet her på det seneste (finalen spilles denne weekend), så vil dagens meddelelse fra Acclaim nok behage dig. Firmaet præsenterer sammen med udvikleren – Swordfish Studios – deres World Championship Rugby, som vil være at finde til PC, PS2 og Xbox i marts 2004. Swordfish Studios er ingen novicer på området og har tidligere stået bag Jonah Lomu Rugby (kendt spiller fra New Zealand). Vi bringer her de første ti screenshots taget fra Playstation 2 versionen.

ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES ‘WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RUGBY TM’ FOR PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, XBOX TM AND PC.



Hard-hitting, bone-crunching, high-impact arcade rugby from the developers of Jonah Lomu Rugby is set to kick the competition into touch in March 2004


London, UK, November 21, 2003 – Acclaim Entertainment International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM), today announced World Championship RugbyTM for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, XboxTM and PC. The game is being developed by Swordfish Studios, one of the UK’s respected independent game development studios. Based in Birmingham and with over 10 year’s development experience, the team was responsible for one of the most critically acclaimed rugby video games – Jonah Lomu Rugby.

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“World Championship Rugby will set the new benchmark for rugby games,” commented Larry Sparks, Vice President, Marketing, Acclaim International. “The same highly talented development team, still together under Swordfish Studios, was responsible for creating one the greatest rugby games of all time. Since that original game the studio has received countless requests from gamers wanting a follow-up. I’m quite sure that fans of the original will be delighted to hear that the team is now committed to delivering the most compelling, hard-hitting, highly playable rugby game for next generation systems and PC. It will be a game that really delivers what they want – a game that’s so real it hurts!”



“It’s great to be working with a publisher that genuinely shares our passion for the game and we are really looking forward to working with them,” commented Trevor Williams, Managing Director, Swordfish Studios. “We really enjoyed developing the original Jonah Lomu game; but with our cutting-edge technology, designing a rugby game for next-generation consoles is even more exciting. We are totally focused on ensuring World Championship Rugby delivers on our promise to give gamers and fans the best rugby game yet.”


World Championship Rugby will be released in March 2004 for the PlayStation®2 Computer Entertainment System, XboxTM and PC. Further information and screenshots can be found at www.worldchampionshiprugby.com.


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About Acclaim Entertainment


Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., is a 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 five studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom, and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France and Spain. The Company uses regional distributors worldwide. Acclaim also distributes entertainment software for other publishers worldwide, publishes software gaming strategy guides and issues “special edition” comic magazines periodically. 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.


About Swordfish Studios


Swordfish Studios is one of Europe’s most respected independent game development studios. Based in Birmingham, UK and with over 10 years development experience, Swordfish is currently working on two titles for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, XboxTM and PC. Games previously developed by the studio include Jonah Lomu Rugby, UEFA Striker and the highly acclaimed Hostile Waters. More information can be found at www.swordfishstudios.com.