Big League Sports: Summer

MINNEAPOLIS, April 29, 2009: Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced a new entry is coming to the Big League Sports franchise, Big League Sports: Summer. Set to release in June for Wii ^TM and Nintendo DS ^TM , the game is all about fun in the sun!

"The Big League Sports franchise focuses on individual challenges within popular sports, a concept that fans of those pastimes have embraced," said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. "Big League Sports: Summer takes the most popular warm weather sports and gives the player even more activities to engage in, along with much improved controls and graphics."

Big League Sports: Summer focuses in on classic sunshine pastimes of tennis, beach volleyball, golf, soccer, baseball and football. Players will be able to customize their characters and play through a variety of exciting games in single player mode. In addition, multiplayer mode will allow up to four players on Wii ^TM , where players can compete through All-Star skill challenges and cooperate through team-based play.

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