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[Keyser Soze]

http://www.acclaim.com/

 

[belgurdo]

Looks like they're just a distributor of Korean grinders now...

 

[Cheebs]

I wouldn't mind them doin a port of the first Turok with MPH like controls on DS if they are indeed back.

 

[GitarooMan]

Someone probably bought the rights to the name and is just distributing crap games with it.

 

[Eric P]

BOTS!

DRAGONS!



I predict great things from this company already.

 

[raYne]

Someone probably bought the rights to the name and is just distributing crap games with it.

...and that's different from the old Acclaim how?

 

[GitarooMan]

...and that's different from the old Acclaim how?

True, although technically you would say before that they were both developing and distributing crap games

 

[AdmiralViscen]

BOTS!

DRAGONS!



I predict great things from this company already.

That's 9DRAGONS! 9 times the Dragon!

 

[Dupy]

Next Gen did a story on this today:
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2363&Itemid=2

Acclaim is set to be relaunched, offering multiplayer online games sourced from Asia. The company's first product is Bots, followed by 9 Dragons.

The Acclaim brand was picked up by industry veteran Howard Marks in the middle of last year. Acclaim had been one of the great game publishing brands in the 1980s and '90s, before the old company's demise.

However, the new Acclaim is simply using the name, rather than the old brands or publishing style.

Marks was involved in the resuscitation of Activision back in 1991, and believes he can pull the same feat off again. His online bio reads, "He and his business partner bought Activision when it was in very much the same shape as Acclaim [last year]. Activision today is a huge success and why not do the same with Acclaim?"

Acclaim's business model is based on building audiences through free downloadable multiplayer games, while offering advertising and for-sale in-game items. More here.

 

[Eric P]

actually...Bots! looks kind of neat for some disposable gameplay.

 

[Sanjuro]

True, although technically you would say before that they were both developing and distributing crap games

But....THEY were the masters of the game!? How could this be!

 

[thorns]

How can you say these games are crap without having played them?? Fuck , I hate GAF sometimes.

 

[The End]

WHERE IS THE RED STAR

 

[belgurdo]

How can you say these games are crap without having played them?? Fuck , I hate GAF sometimes.

MMOs=auto-fail, no experience necessary

 

[underfooter]

I hate akklaim.


Turok is such an awesome character and idea, they butchered it so badly. Turok 2 and 3 were the best.

 

[drohne]

RELEASE THE RED STAR YOU FUCKS

 

[Borys]

MMOs=auto-fail, no experience necessary

Explain or shut-up.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Explain or shut-up.

i think he meant no skill necessary

 

[RSP]

I saw that girl from the 9dragons game on CGTALK almoast two years ago.

 

[Spencerr]

I signed up for the Bots beta. lol.

 

[Ninjazn]

Whats up with people bringing back old company names? I'd rather new brands be formed.

 

[Remk]

But....THEY were the masters of the game!? How could this be!

Forget about that, they were part of Nintendo's "Dream Team"!!!

 

[xsarien]

Evil doesn't die.

 

[djtiesto]

Doesn't look like they're in Glen Cove anymore...

 

[Vormund]

It wouldn't surprise me if these games are better than anything Acclaim made/published.

 

[bumpkin]

Well, you know what they say about bad pennies.

 

[Wafflecopter]

i think he meant no skill necessary

He'd be wrong.