Video Gaming News - November 2004
Los Angeles, CA (November 19, 2004) - Crave Entertainment, a leading
publisher of videogames, announces the release of World Championship Poker for
PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The version for the Xbox will be
available this holiday season and playable over Xbox Live.
Poker has become the latest obsession, said Vincent Bitetti, president,
Crave Entertainment Inc. Type the word poker in a search engine and more than
67 million websites emerge ready to inform, entertain, tutor or take ones money
all in the name of poker. Weve created World Championship Poker to satisfy this
age-old drive to outsmart, outwit and out gamble ones opponent.
From Crave:
Get the low-down on high-stakes poker with 12 World Championship Poker games
including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw and
Pineapple. Players may advance their skills in Career Mode as they play their
way through over 50 poker tournaments.
World Championship Poker also features poker tutorials and six tournament
locations, ranging from a tropical island to a Mississippi riverboat. Players
create customizable characters with more than 80 different options to mold your
players look. Players can compete and voice chat online via GameSpy for
PlayStation2 and via the worlds only unified global online console games
service, Xbox Live.
Exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version of World Championship Poker is support
for the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation 2), which allows you to see
your online opponents, as well as allowing them to see you. Text chat is
supported as well.
Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version of World Championship Poker are
multi-player support for up to four players via the Game Boy Advance Game link
cable, and bonus casino games including Blackjack, Video Poker and Slots.
Exclusive to the Xbox version is the ability to compete against gamers in 24
countries over the worlds only unified global online console games service,
Xbox Live. Xbox Live features for World Championship Poker include Scoreboards,
Voice/Chat and Live Aware. In-game user created content is also available,
allowing gamers to create a custom profile and take it online to challenge other
players.
Now available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Game Boy
Advance, World Championship Poker has an MSRP of $19.99. World Championship
Poker will be available soon for Xbox.
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