Press releases
Jonathan Thomas exclusive signing at GAME
02/04/2004
To celebrate the launch of the video game World Championship Rugby from Acclaim Entertainment, GAME is holding an exclusive signing event in its store in the Quadrant Centre, Swansea, on Thursday 8 April.
Welsh international Jonathan Thomas, will be at the store from 1-2.15pm, signing autographs and copies of customer’s World Championship Rugby on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. There will also be a raffle prize of a signed team rugby shirt, with proceeds going to the player’s chosen charity.
GAME is Europe’s leading specialist retailer of video games and computer software, with over 360 stores in most high street and shopping centre locations in the UK & Eire.
Dan Davies, Regional Manager of GAME said “We’re so excited to have Jonathan in our store on the release date of this game. Customers will be able to have their copies of World Championship Rugby signed by Jonathan, an opportunity not to be missed!
“Rugby Union is a high-profile sport, seeing a resurgence in popularity since the World Cup in 2003. All the countries in the UK are reaping the benefits from this, so to launch this game at a GAME store is a great chance for us to give something extra to our customers.”
Alan Wallace, Centre Manager at the Quadrant, Swansea said “We’re delighted that GAME has chosen our centre to launch the World Championship Rugby game on the day of release. This activity reinforces the Quadrant’s commitment to provide a new, interactive shopping experience that is unique and exciting to the public.”
There will be a photocall opportunity at 2pm on Thursday 8 April at GAME, The Quadrant Centre, Swansea.
About GAME:
GAME is Europe's leading specialist retailer of computer software and video games. The Group currently operates from over 350 stores in the UK and Eire, 35 GAME stores in Sweden, over 90 CentroMAIL stores in Spain and around 60 GAME stores in France. It also offers an on-line shopping service.
Since 2000, by value, the games market has grown 400%, whilst GAME has outpaced this figure and grown operating profit by 800%, over the same period of time.
For further corporate information log onto www.gamegroup.plc.uk, and for the new look on-line store log onto www.game.net.
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, New York and Acclaim's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ.SC under the symbol AKLM. For more information please visit our website at www.acclaim.com.
For further details please contact:
Simon Soffe / Lisa Artemis – GAME PR Dept
01344 464442 / 464512
