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Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Unleashes Deadly Action AND Adventure With ‘Gladiator Sword of Vengeance’

New Epic Adventure For Next-Generation Systems Features Spectacular Combat, Intuitive Fighting System and Mythical Weaponry

 

E3, LOS ANGELES, CA, May 12, 2003 – Transporting players to an era when emperors reigned and warrior slaves battled savagely to their deaths, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM), today unveiled Gladiator Sword of Vengeance for the next-generation consoles.  Currently under development with Acclaim’s Manchester studio, Gladiator Sword of Vengeance is an epic adventure set in ancient Rome, where warriors’ fates are decided by the cold steel of a sword.  Gladiator Sword of Vengeance will feature an intuitive fighting system that allows players to fight multiple opponents and unleash an array of deadly combo attacks and bloody finishing moves.

 

“Gladiator Sword of Vengeance fuses a larger-than-life backdrop of the Roman Empire with intense combat and epic storytelling,” said Ned Browning, Brand Manager for Acclaim.  “For Gladiator Sword of Vengeance we’re incorporating all of the hallmark elements gamers expect from action adventure games, and more, while at the same time creating gameplay that captures the brutality and ingenuity of gladiatorial combat.”

 

Gladiator Sword of Vengeance includes:

 

  • Advanced combat system that allows a huge variety of moves and multiple targeting, never-before-seen in traditional 3rd-person action games;

  • “Death Blows” – more than 60 graphic, gory killing moves based on authentic historical data;

  • Huge variety of opponents, including powerful nemesis gladiators and terrifying mythical monsters;

  • Scripted cameras and dynamic lighting, create a truly cinematic gaming experience;

  • Major “Gore” element in combat mode, featuring decapitation, fatal wounding, dismemberment and a dynamic “blood spray” system;

  • Diverse array of weaponry that expands through progressive gameplay;

  • The forces of ancient mythology and the use of the power of the Gods to defeat them;

 

Gladiator Sword of Vengeance will be available this fall across the next-generation systems at suggested retail prices to be determined.  For more information on this game, please visit www.acclaim.com.  Acclaim's complete showcase of products will be featured at E3 in Los Angeles, CA at booth #152 in the Concourse Hall.

 

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, 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.

 

The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements." Acclaim cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Acclaim's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward- looking statements. These important factors, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other factors that could affect Acclaim, are described in Acclaim's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2002, and Acclaim's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, all of which were filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings.



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