Acclaim ships Burnout
Posted by @ 8:37 AM, EST
Acclaim also shipped its latest racing game, Burnout.
Here’s a bit of the press release:

The holiday season is off to a fast and furious start as Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. has shipped Burnout, one of the year’s most highly anticipated video games for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. Created by Criterion Games Limited, an award-winning developer of interactive entertainment, Burnout is an arcade-style driving game that has the gaming industry buzzing with its stunning next-generation graphics and white-knuckle, foot-to-the-floor game play.

Burnout was inspired by some of the most memorable car chase scenes from the greatest action films of all time. The game features an incredibly sophisticated and intelligent traffic system, which challenges players to race to the finish line at breakneck speeds through a myriad of trucks, cars and buses. With dramatic crashes possible with every turn of the wheel, competing drivers are rewarded for pushing the envelope and their skills to the extreme. Burnout also includes a simulated in-game heart monitor, which rewards the player with incredible bursts of speed as their pulse increases with every risk they take.