Mortal Kombat 3 Sega Genesis 3 Article

"We are excited to work with both Sony and Williams Entertainment to bring Mortal Kombat 3 to market in Europe," said Robert Holmes, president of Acclaim. "The power of the Mortal Kombat phenomenon is universal and we look forward to bringing it to further prominence in interactive entertainment."

The third WMS Mortal Kombat video arcade game incorporates more characters, more moves, increased memory, new 3-D backgrounds, and other features which have made Mortal Kombat the best selling video arcade game. WMS retains all other worldwide publishing rights to Mortal Kombat 3.

Complementing the Mortal Kombat 3 marketing effort, New Line Cinema Corporation will release "Mortal Kombat: The Movie" next month, as well as a special animated home video this month, "Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins," in which Acclaim's motion capture technology was used to create some of the special effects. Additionally, "Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour" is scheduled to launch this September.

Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide publisher of: software and peripherals for Nintendo, Sega, Sony, personal computer and CD-ROM hardware systems; and comic books under the Valiant, Armada and Windjammer imprints. Acclaim also develops coin-operated arcade games and operates blue screen and motion capture studios, as well as .I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a variety of entertainment software publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures and Marvel. Acclaim recently formed a new company with Tele-Communications, Inc. for electronically distributed interactive entertainment. Acclaim is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol AKLM.

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