NEWS - Tuesday, March 23, 2004
All-Star Baseball 2005 Ships
GLEN COVE, NY, March 23, 2004 – Before the first official pitch of the 2004 Major League Baseball season crosses the plate fans can begin enjoying America’s favorite pastime, as Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM) today announced that it has shipped All-Star Baseball™ 2005 for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Coming soon for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, All-Star Baseball 2005 offers an array of new features this season, including online head-to-head play and downloadable rosters, FielderCam™, BroadcastCam, analog-control batting, Spanish play-by-play and the exclusive T.W.I.B.® (This Week In Baseball®) Challenge. “Our All-Star Baseball brand continues to push the envelope in offering consumers the most realistic and deepest baseball experience available for today’s video game systems,” said Marc Metis, Senior Vice President of Brand Management for Acclaim. “FielderCam™ is an innovative new feature that brings defense – the other half of the game – to life by putting you in the shoes of the fielder. This is also the first edition of All-Star Baseball that brings the excitement of online head-to-head gameplay to this highly respected franchise.”Source: http://www.acclaim.com
