Acclaim Dies

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Linky Poo

 

Post your thoughts here on this sad time in the industry.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

Sad time? I don't remember a single game from them that was any good, even on the SNES, which was hard not to have good games on.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Does this mean that Legends Showdown will be being sold for bargain bottom prices?

[Golgo 13 0]

It's a celebration, bitches!

 

"There was a short meeting held on Friday at 12:15 am," said a former employee who asked not to be mentioned by name. "It was a short speech. They said they regretted to inform us that they were not able to achieve the new loan they were seeking, and that they had to seek bankruptcy. They said, 'Thanks for your service. Please take your items from your desks and leave.' They gave us 15 minutes to do that.

 

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In mid-August, however, the first major warnings appeared. Acclaim missed its regular payroll on August 15, and employees were paid three days later (August 18). "That was the first time they ever missed payrole," said a former Acclaim game analyst. "And the paychecks were three days late. We were in shock. When we inquired about it, they didn't want to answer questions about whether we would get paid the next week. They said when we get to that bridge, we'll cross it. They could've handled it much better."

 

In the US, Acclaim paid its employees for the first two weeks of August, but failed to pay for the remainer of the month. UK employees, apparently, are paid monthly; they were not paid for the entirety of August. Acclaim is paying employee benefits until August's end.

 

"We worked our asses off and we worked long hours and a lot of people have mortgages, they have bills, and they left us hanging. I mean, it was so quick, we were hit so quickly, we didn't really have time to react. It was a stressful day Friday, and they were really closed-knit about all the details."

 

Nice.

[1234-5678 0]

Sad time? I don't remember a single game from them that was any good

What about the original Wrestlemania for Nintendo?

[Guest Vitamin X]

"There was a short meeting held on Friday at 12:15 am," said a former employee who asked not to be mentioned by name. "It was a short speech. They said they regretted to inform us that they were not able to achieve the new loan they were seeking, and that they had to seek bankruptcy. They said, 'Thanks for your service. Please take your items from your desks and leave.' They gave us 15 minutes to do that.

 

Ironically, it's taken me roughly the same amount of time into any their games to realize it sucked.

[PsychoDriver 0]

Good, that's what they get for those awful ECW games. Plus for the fact that you couldn't pick who you faced in WarZone... yet there was a "Burp and Fart" mode.

 

And please stay dead... won't you?

[Guest Fook]

Sad time? I don't remember a single game from them that was any good, even on the SNES, which was hard not to have good games on.

[Guest CronoT]

Sad time?  I don't remember a single game from them that was any good, even on the SNES, which was hard not to have good games on.

Acclaim didn't make NBA Jam, just like they didn't make Mortal Kombat. All they did was buy the rights to release it on the consoles. Changing formats from arcade to console is only slightly harder than moving a built wall mounting from one wall to another.

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

I though Midway actually made it and Acclaim just released it?

EDIT:Beaten to it

[{''({o..o})''} 0]

Sad time?  I don't remember a single game from them that was any good

What about the original Wrestlemania for Nintendo?

This the one where powers ups shaped like sunglasses and stuff went across the top of the ring? If it is, my point stands.

[Renegade 0]

You shall not be missed acclaim.

[razazteca 0]

So did Acclaim only distribute Midway games to consoles or what? NBA Jam Extreme on the Playstation was one of the worst basketball games ever made.

[Guest MikeSC]

But who's going to make shitty Marvel Comics-based games?

 

Oh, that's right --- Marvel seems to have actually developed quality control for their licenses.

 

Bah. Toodles, Akklaim.

-=Mike

[DerangedHermit 0]

I'm going to sing the Jim Ross Nah Nah Goodbye Song in honor of Acclaim.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The All Star Baseball franchise was decent. For a time it was much more realistic than Triple Play and it had nice graphics.

[DerangedHermit 0]

The All Star Baseball franchise was decent. For a time it was much more realistic than Triple Play and it had nice graphics.

Acclaim...decent...but...they...made...crap....

 

[Anya 0]

Acclaim bought the licence to the name "NBA JAM" after NBA JAM TE. So JAM Extreme, JAM 99, and the new JAM released in 2003 are all by Acclaim with no involvement by Midway.

 

 

That's why Midway made Hangtime and Showtime after JAM TE. They lost the rights to the name.

[AndrewTS 0]

*me dances and then relieves myself on Acclaim's grave*

 

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Games such as Juiced, The Red Star, and Worms 3D, which were slated for early September release, will NOT be published by Acclaim, IGN learned today. "Those games might be published by some other publisher, but not by Acclaim," the former employee said. "The code for those two games is done. So, I wouldn't be surprised if some of the executives weren't in negotiations to sell off those games to other publishers. But..." she added, "I don't know for sure."

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Since Red Star actually looked promising, hopefully it actually comes out. Nearly all previews I saw said it looked like a good game.

[Ced 0]

And here I thought that they've been dead for months now.

 

Goodbye, Acclaim, have a few sacks of shit for grave filler. You've earned it.

 

*hums the NES Wrestlemania theme*

[Anya 0]

I think MK II for SNES was their shining moment. Still the best home version of that game.

[Guest CronoT]

I think MK II for SNES was their shining moment. Still the best home version of that game.

Agreed.

 

Also, Capcom is now making all of Marvel's ports and consoles.

[AndrewTS 0]

I think MK II for SNES was their shining moment. Still the best home version of that game.

Agreed.

 

Also, Capcom is now making all of Marvel's ports and consoles.

I thought EA had the Marvel license now.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

I think MK II for SNES was their shining moment. Still the best home version of that game.

Agreed.

 

Also, Capcom is now making all of Marvel's ports and consoles.

I thought EA had the Marvel license now.

Isn't it Activison? I know the last Spiderman game was published by them.

[Guest Paul H.]

But who's going to make shitty Marvel Comics-based games?

 

Oh, that's right --- Marvel seems to have actually developed quality control for their licenses.

 

Bah. Toodles, Akklaim.

-=Mike

I though activison made the spider-man games?

 

Akklaim should go to Midway aren't they like sister companies?Sharing NBA Jam and MK?

[Anya 0]

No, they just did the home versions for NBA JAM, JAM TE, MK and MK II.

[Guest Kaspar Kucera]

That's too bad. I thought this one beach volleyball game they released was decent, well, decent in the sense that I enjoyed it, but it could have really been a hundred times better.

 

Happy trails Acclaim!

[Golgo 13 0]

EA and Activision are splitting the Marvel properties, the EA deal coming about earlier this year. EA is basically taking Capcom's previous spot, since Activision and Capcom had the same type of arrangement with splitting properties/genres.

 

Activision did the Spider-Man games, the 3D X-Men fighting games, and the upcoming X-Men Legends RPG.

 

EA hasn't done anything as of yet, but as can be inferred from the articles, are prepping fighting games using their own newly developed characters versus Marvel guys.

[muzz 0]

Not a massive loss, but thy had a few gems I really liked.

 

Such as Constructor etc.

[Renegade 0]

EA and Activision are splitting the Marvel properties, the EA deal coming about earlier this year. EA is basically taking Capcom's previous spot, since Activision and Capcom had the same type of arrangement with splitting properties/genres.

 

Activision did the Spider-Man games, the 3D X-Men fighting games, and the upcoming X-Men Legends RPG.

 

EA hasn't done anything as of yet, but as can be inferred from the articles, are prepping fighting games using their own newly developed characters versus Marvel guys.

Rumor has it that there will be an actual comic to go along with it.