SNK NEO GEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION Joins the Xbox Family of Third-Party Publishers
Publisher to Develop Versions of Their Popular Arcade Games for Xbox in 2004
WALL, NJ. – January 26, 2004 – SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION, the US publishing arm of the SNK NEOGEO CORPORATION, announced today that the company has joined the Xbox third party program and plans to bring METAL SLUG™ 3 and SNK VS. CAPCOM : SVC CHAOS™ to the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft in 2004. SNK VS. CAPCOM SVC CHAOS™ will be Xbox ™ Live compatible.
The company is reviewing plans to develop many other of their popular gaming franchises are in development and the company plans on making several of their titles Xbox™ Live compatible.
“We’re fortunate in that we have several titles with devoted fan bases,” said Ben Herman, SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION president. “Xbox users are serious about their gaming experience and our titles fit the Xbox user perfectly.”
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About SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION
Over the past 15 years, SNK has published classic arcade titles such as THE KING OF FIGHTERS, BASEBALL STARS, METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, and FATAL FURY on a wide variety of home gaming and handhelds systems. In June 2003, SNK opened SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION in Wall, New Jersey to again publish arcade classics on the current home and portable gaming systems. You can find more information about SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION games at
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