Chris Paul
Named Cover
Athlete for
NBA® 2K8
2006 NBA
Rookie of
the Year to
be official
spokesman
for NBA 2K8
New York, NY
– July 19,
2007 – 2K
Sports, the
sports
publishing
label of
Take-Two
Interactive
Software,
Inc.
(NASDAQ:
TTWO),
announced
today that
Chris Paul,
starting
point guard
for the New
Orleans
Hornets and
one of the
most
exciting
young stars
in the NBA,
has been
named the
cover
athlete and
official
spokesman
for NBA®
2K8.
“It’s a
great honor
to be a part
of the best
NBA video
game title,
let alone
the guy on
the cover,”
said Chris
Paul. “I’m a
big time
video gamer
and it’s a
dream come
true to be
on the cover
and
represent
the next NBA
2K game, NBA
2K8.”
Chris Paul
has made an
immediate
impact in
the NBA.
Following
two
All-American
seasons at
Wake Forest
University,
the
Winston-Salem,
NC native
was the
fourth
overall
selection by
the New
Orleans
Hornets in
the 2005 NBA
Draft.
During his
rookie
season, Paul
led all
rookies in
points,
assists,
steals, and
minutes en
route to
earning
Rookie of
the Year
honors,
receiving
the most
votes (124
of 125)
since David
Robinson in
1990. The
only
unanimous
selection
for the
2005-2006
NBA
All-Rookie
First Team,
Paul
continues to
evolve as
one of the
most
exciting
players on
the USA
Basketball
Senior
National
Team that
represented
the United
States in
the 2006
World
Championship
of
Basketball,
playing in
all nine of
the USA’s
games, and
averaging
7.0 points
and 4.9
assists per
game. The
2007-08
season looks
bright for
Paul as he
will lead
the Hornets’
return to
New Orleans
and continue
to prepare
for his
expected
participation
on Team USA
at the 2008
Olympics in
Beijing,
China.
“Our success
with our NBA
2K series
has been
greatly due
to our
philosophy
for
innovation
and our
ability to
introduce
new and
unique
features
every year,”
said Greg
Thomas,
President of
Visual
Concepts, a
2K Sports
studio.
“There’s a
lot of
anticipation
for NBA 2K8
and it was
only natural
to select
Chris Paul,
one of the
most
exciting
rising NBA
stars, to
represent
it.”
The NBA 2K
series is
the top
rated* NBA
simulation
game series
over the
past three
years and
includes NBA
2K7, the
best selling
next
generation
NBA title.
As the
newest
offering of
this elite
series, NBA
2K8 will
elevate the
game of
basketball
to new
levels never
experienced
before for
the next
generation
systems. NBA
2K8 will
also
continue to
build and
expand the
groundbreaking
Signature
Style
feature that
will include
hundreds of
new
shooting,
passing, and
dribbling
animations.
NBA 2K8 will
be available
this fall
for the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
and the
PLAYSTATION®3
and
PlayStation®2
computer
entertainment
systems.
More new
next
generation
features
will be
detailed in
the near
future.
For more
information,
log onto
http://www.2ksports.com.
*According
to
GameRankings.com
average
scores of
2005-2007
NBA video
games.
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and
PLAYSTATION®3
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entertainment
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PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
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Xbox® and
Xbox 360™
video game
and
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Nintendo
GameCube™,
Nintendo DS™
and Game
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Company
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and develops
products
through its
wholly owned
labels
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Games, 2K
and 2K
Sports, and
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Software;
and
distributes
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hardware and
accessories
in North
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through its
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Games
subsidiary.
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