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'Freestyle Street Soccer' Now Available For Rent Exclusively at Participating Blockbuster(R) Stores Nationwide Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.'s First Ever 4-on-4, Arcade-Style Street Soccer Game Now Available for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube(TM) and is Guaranteed to be In-Stock GLEN COVE, N.Y., March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scoring a victory for soccer fans nationwide, Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. , today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Blockbuster Inc. to offer Acclaim's new Freestyle Street Soccer(TM) video game for rental exclusively at participating Blockbuster(R) stores nationwide during the first 90 days of the title's release. A no-holds-barred, 4-on-4, arcade- style street soccer game, Freestyle Street Soccer is currently available for the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube(TM) and features special player moves, combos, power-ups and playing fields set on the hard blacktop of urban locales. "We're pleased to team up with Blockbuster and be part of their 'guaranteed in-stock' program," said Beth Doherty Vice President of Sales for Acclaim. "Freestyle Street Soccer combines the thrill of soccer with fast and addictive arcade-style gameplay that will appeal to the masses and soccer fans alike." Freestyle Street Soccer includes: * First-ever 4-on-4, arcade-style street soccer gameplay; * 10 gang-style teams, each with their own home playing fields and theme music; * Five hard-hitting game modes: Home Turf, Versus Mode, Freestyle, Street Challenge, Training plus Mini-Games; * Over 50 players, each with individual catch phrases, tricks, combos and special moves; * Supercharged "Netbuster" power-up tricks for record-breaking high scores; * Dynamic, two-layered combo system which earns team points; * Visually stunning urban environments with objects and boundaries that provide unique home field advantages. Freestyle Street Soccer is currently available for rent nationwide at participating Blockbuster locations for the Xbox(R) and Nintendo GameCube(TM) and is guaranteed to be in stock. For more information on this game, please visit http://www.acclaim.com/. About Blockbuster Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBI) is a publicly traded subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIANYSE:VIA.B) and a leading global provider of in-home movies and game entertainment, with approximately 8,900 stores throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company may be accessed worldwide at blockbuster.com. Viacom is a leading global media company, with preeminent positions in broadcast and cable television, radio, outdoor advertising and online. 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 http://www.acclaim.com/. Nintendo GameCube and the Nintendo GameCube logo are trademarks of Nintendo. (C) 2001. Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Acclaim cautions readers of this press release thata number of important factors could cause Acclaim's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. These important factors, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other factors that could affect Acclaim, are described in Acclaim's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, and Acclaim's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, all of which were filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers of this press release are referred to such filings. Contact: Alan B. Lewis Matthew Schlosberg Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (516) 656-5000 (516) 656-5000 DATASOURCE: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. CONTACT: Alan B. Lewis, , or Matthew Schlosberg, , both of of Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., +1-516-656-5000 Web site: http://www.acclaim.com/ http://www.blockbuster.com/

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