Acclaim loses Turok, Baseball licenses

There was further bad news for troubled publisher Acclaim in its latest round of regulatory disclosure documents, as the company admitted that it has lost the rights to the Turok franchise and Major League Baseball.

Both licenses have been lost for the same reason - alleged non-payment of royalties due - and while the Turok franchise has been effectively dead in the water anyway since the commercially disastrous Turok : Evolution two years ago, the loss of the baseball license will affect one of Acclaim’s biggest titles, All-Star Baseball.

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