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Sunday, December 11, 2005 

Acclaim v2.0 Launches

Acclaim v2.0 Launches
New company to localize online Korean products

According to a story by GameSpot, the publisher Acclaim is being revived, at least in name. The new Acclaim has been founded by Howard Marks, who helped boost Activision during the '90s. He purportedly secured the rights to the Acclaim name for $100,000 after the publisher went bankrupt in September 2004.

The new Acclaim's specialty will be leagues different from the old Acclaim. The focus will be on localizing popular online Korean games which use the microtransaction-based model. Acclaim's first title will be B.O.U.T., a robot fighting game with thousands of customizable parts."