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To: Gunther G. Smith who wrote (2212)	7/29/1998 12:12:00 PM
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Acclaim Sports Unleashes WWF War Zone for PlayStation; WWF War Zone's Record-Breaking Opening Kicks Off Acclaim Sports' Fall Line-Up GLEN COVE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998--Acclaim Sports, a division of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKLM), a leading worldwide interactive entertainment company, today announced stronger than anticipated sales of the PlayStation version of WWF War Zone. Acclaim Sports' highly anticipated new wrestling game shipped last Friday, July 24 and retailers are already lining up for more. "WWF War Zone is the largest PlayStation launch in the history of Acclaim. Despite our aggressive forecast, our shipments still did not meet the incredible demand for the PlayStation product. We have already received significant reorders," said Paul Eibeler, vice president and general manager of Acclaim North America. "We are eagerly anticipating the release of WWF War Zone for Nintendo 64 which is expected to ship the second week of August." "We had high expectations for the product but the game basically sold out over the first weekend," said Doreen MacKenzie, merchandising manager/buyer for Babbages Etc. "We have already re-ordered the product." "We knew WWF War Zone would be a big title but this is really unprecedented. It is currently our number one title outselling all other games by a huge margin," said Jim MacKenzie divisional merchandise manager of KB Toys. "Between the quality of the product and the popularity of wrestling, we expect WWF War Zone to have strong sales through to the end of the year." "WWF War Zone is just the beginning of our outstanding 1998 sports line-up," said Eibeler, "Next up from the sports team is NFL Quarterback Club 99 shipping in September, and NBA Jam 99 and NHL Breakaway 99 coming in November. We moved NFL QBC 99 into September to provide more time to tune the AI (artificial intelligence) and to further strengthen our product line up for the first fiscal quarter. It will be worth the wait." Developed by Acclaim Entertainment's Iguana West Studios, creators of NHL Breakaway '98, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (PC version), as well as many of Acclaim's previous best-selling WWF video games, WWF War Zone captures all of the theatrics and attitude that is the WWF. Through digitizing and texture mapping the faces of over a dozen WWF wrestlers on 3D polygonal figures, characters look identical to their real-life counterparts. Gamers can compete with one of the WWF superstars or with their own custom-designed wrestler and can bodyslam their opponents and pile drive their friends with over 300 signature and finishing moves unique to each wrestler. A variety of gimmick matches often arise when other wrestlers randomly charge down to ringside to interrupt matches and start informal battles. Additional features of Acclaim Sports' WWF War Zone wrestling video game include: - Complete 3D environment with polygonal wrestlers - In and out of the ring action, props and weapons - Motion capture and scanning of real WWF wrestlers - Multiplayer options and Training mode - WWF challenge matches - propelled by audio and video clips - Photorealistic Hi-Rez(TM) graphics and "create-a-wrestler" option WWF War Zone is backed by major marketing support, including national TV and print advertising in WWF magazines, and in-arena promotions. A strategy guide and WWF War Zone for Game Boy is also available. Acclaim Sports is already developing the follow-up to WWF War Zone which will ship in 1999. Acclaim Entertainment Background Information Based in Glen Cove, N.Y., Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher of software for Nintendo, Sony, Sega and personal computer hardware systems. Acclaim also publishes comic books, operates motion capture studios, and distributes a variety of entertainment software from other publishers worldwide. Visit Acclaim's web site, acclaim.net. WWF(TM): War Zone(TM) World Wrestling Federation and its logos are trademarks of Titan Sports, Inc.(c) 1998 Titan Sports, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. TM (r) & (c) 1998 Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. CONTACT: Acclaim Entertainment, Glen Cove Bob Picunko or Michael Meyers, 516/656-5000