Acclaim

Acclaim
Founded	1987-??-??
Closed	2004-09-01
Headquarters	Long Island, New York, USA
Other Names	Acclaim Entertainment Acclaim Games Acclaim Studios Acclaim Japan

Acclaim was a highly-successful video game developer and publisher. They were founded in Long Island, New York in 1987. The company started out solely as a publisher, but as time went on and the company's success grew, they started to buy many game development houses, renaming them to their divisions. The company even had a division in Japan for both computer games and console games, Kabushikigaisha Akureimu Japan (株式会社アクレイムジャパン), or, Acclaim Japan Co., Ltd.

The company filed for bankruptcy on September 1, 2004, and subsequently closed their doors.

Divisions

Development

Here is a list of Acclaim's divisions, as well as their former names:

• Acclaim Studios Austin (formerly Iguana Entertainment)
• Acclaim Studios Cheltenham (former Psygnosis employees)
• Acclaim Studios London (formerly Probe Entertainment)
• Acclaim Studios Manchester (formerly Software Creations)
• Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City (formerly Sculptured Software)
• Acclaim Studios Stroud (former Psygnosis employees)
• Acclaim Studios Teeside (formerly Optimus Software)

Publishing

These are the various names and publisher names Acclaim used:

• Acclaim Coin-Operated Entertainment
• Acclaim Distribution
• Lazer-Tron
• LJN (Acquired by Acclaim)
• Flying Edge (for Sega games)
• Arena Entertainment (for Sega games)
• Acclaim Sports
• Club Acclaim
• AKA Acclaim

Games

• Games developed by Acclaim.
• Games published by Acclaim.