Throwback picks up Acclaim properties

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jul 7, 2006 9:15 am PT

New publisher announces acquisition of Vexx, Fur Fighters, Extreme-G Racing, other dormant licenses.

The Acclaim name was brought back from oblivion last year, and it seems parts of its catalog are also returning to the limelight. The rights to hundreds of the publisher's games went up for auction late last year, and it appears Throwback Entertainment scooped up a few of the highest-profile franchises on offer. The Toronto-based publisher today announced that it has acquired the rights to a number of the defunct publisher's recognizable titles, including Vexx and XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association.

"We are very pleased to have been afforded the opportunity to take these titles through the next generation, and onwards," the company said in a statement. "Many of the titles have all the elements required to establish franchises, with new services broadening the reach of games, Throwback will be well positioned for the expansion of the franchises."

The list of Acclaim titles Throwback now owns the rights to includes:

Aggressive Inline
Extreme-G Racing
Extreme-G 2
Extreme-G 3
Fur Fighters
Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
Iggy's Reckin' Balls
Legends of Wrestling
Legends of Wrestling 2
Re-Volt
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling
Summer Heat Volleyball
SX Superstar
Vexx
XGRA: Extreme-G Racing Association

56 Comments

  • PasQ

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 4:50 am PT

    cant wait for aggresive inline.. first one was awsome!

  • dustopants

    Posted Sep 22, 2007 10:35 am PT

    oh man! hopefully they make another Fur Fighters game, or Re-Volt!!
    Re-Volt was awesome!

  • sillyboydarryl

    Posted Nov 22, 2006 9:43 pm PT

    oh man.. lol.. I just read that article.. and realized that our families were having a revolt contest tomorrow on our networked pc's man.. i loved that game on the dreamcast!!!

  • Vexx15

    Posted Oct 10, 2006 4:07 pm PT

    I hope they either make Vexx 2 or redo Vexx (not that there's much wrong with it) by giving it next-gen graphics and maybe new unlockable levels

  • mike_me

    Posted Sep 14, 2006 10:57 pm PT

    Sweet, hopefully they will make a Vexx 2.

  • GreggD

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 1:37 pm PT

    Aggressive Inline was great. Especially it's stat-tracking system. Activision should borrow a page, you know?

  • Snipe_You_Out

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 6:16 pm PT

    YES!!! I love VEXX ^_^

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jul 12, 2006 5:39 pm PT

    hopefully they make a good new Xtreme-g game

  • Gooper_Blooper

    Posted Jul 11, 2006 8:48 am PT

    Holy- Iggy's Reckin' Balls?! Sweet Jesus.

  • MichealRoboto

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 5:24 pm PT

    oh yeah!!! aggressive inline was awsome, cant wait to hear more

  • s0l0123

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 10:59 am PT

    Iggy's Reckin' Balls! I loved that on the N64. They should make a sequel of it on the Wii.

  • rynmls

    Posted Jul 9, 2006 9:05 pm PT

    i dont any of these games...

  • juanito5

    Posted Jul 9, 2006 6:54 pm PT

    Fur Fighters, I loved that game.
    I only hope Throwback makes a new Fur Fighters for any console (Please for the 360 or the PSP)

  • jaimecerna

    Posted Jul 9, 2006 12:32 pm PT

    Why are they buying that showdown wrestling game when they don't even have the license anymore?

  • codenamesped

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 8:14 pm PT

    I look forward to possible new iterations to both the Extreme G series as well as to Aggressive Inline. In my opinion, Aggressive Inline is one of the best extreme sports games ever made. And I loved the first Extreme G.

  • riseagainst1

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 6:07 pm PT

    Extreme G was one of the greatest racers in the Playstation/64 era, in my opinion. I'd love to see another game in the series. Aggressive Inline was fun as well.

  • insinuendo

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 11:08 am PT

    taboo has a really good point, what about Forsaken?

  • masterx24

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 10:34 am PT

    Re-Volt is used during xbox live beta testing. It would be great if it came to xbox live arcade

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 5:44 am PT

    I would love to see another version of Extreme-G hit any console, that game was tight. And I agree with JediBmoney, a version of Extreme-G for the DS would be awesome. Iggy's Reckin' Balls was kind of fun too. I'm hoping these games are available on the Virtual Console. But yeah, I can see why Acclaim tanked.

  • insinuendo

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 2:31 am PT

    I have been waiting for news about Extreme G ever since Acclaim went under. It feels good to just finally actually hear something. I really hope we see a new XG title on one of the next gen consoles.

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