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Acclaim Entertainment was one of the most prolific and well-known video game brands in the 1990s, having been responsible for creating series like Burnout<\/em> and NBA Jam<\/em>, but unfortunately things went awry in the 2000s and they shuttered in 2004. Most of their assets were sold off to companies like THQ and Crave Entertainment. My personal favorite, Turok<\/a><\/em>, exchanged hands a bunch of times (at one point being owned by Disney) until finally landing at Saber Interactive a couple years ago. Without a doubt, anyone who played video games on a console in the \u201990s knew Acclaim, but the world has changed.<\/p>\n In 2004, the Xbox 360 and PS3 hadn\u2019t released yet, Spider-Man 2<\/em> just came out, Usher was dominating the music charts, and George W. Bush was still in his first term in office. Now look at things today \u2014 our entertainment tastes have vastly changed and technology that is ubiquitous now was considered a pipe dream back then. Hell, no one took Apple too seriously when they started developing their own phone around that time. That\u2019s what makes it strange to see Acclaim back after 21 years. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s a recognizable name to younger generations who\u2019ve grown to cherish newer developers \u2014 but that\u2019s what makes their comeback so interesting.<\/p>\n Acclaim was officially revived earlier this year after over two decades on ice. And after hitting the ground running and putting in some time into developing a host of new titles, they\u2019ve officially unveiled their initial slate: a whopping nine games. Of course, none of them are returning IP considering the previous sell off, but there\u2019s a lot of influence from those older games in this new batch.<\/p>\n \nEntertainment
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