Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.’s Online Games To Be `Powered By GameSpy’
"Partnering with GameSpy enables Acclaim to utilize the most effective online gaming technology within its product portfolio," said Robert Nashak, Vice President of Product Development for Acclaim. "We're very pleased to be working with GameSpy and are confident that they will play an important role in Acclaim delivering compelling online gaming experiences for its consumers." "We are excited to collaborate with Acclaim's development teams and provide the logistics of building, running and maintaining the online components of their games," said Mark Surfas, GameSpy founder, chairman and CEO.
More than 80 publishers use GameSpy technology under the "Powered by GameSpy" brand, making it the de facto standard for embedded online technology and services in PC and PS2 games. GameSpy technology products and services include SDKs, online game play tools, high-performance back-end infrastructure support, training for online game play development, as well as integrating and running the world's largest online service for publishers, developers and fans.
About GameSpy
GameSpy is the Web's leading destination for online information, entertainment and communities serving the enthusiast gamer worldwide. The GameSpy network includes GameSpy.com, FilePlanet.com and GameSpyArcade.com, more than 60 Planet community sites and thousands of hosted sites. GameSpy is also the leading provider of technology for online game play in video games and has the largest gaming information subscriber base on the Web. Founded in 1995, GameSpy is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. For more information please visit http://www.gamespy.com.
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, N.Y. and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit http://www.acclaim.com.
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