2K Admin Ron
April 3rd, 2008, 02:27 PM
Maria Sharapova and James Blake Face Off at Premiere of 2K Sports’ Top Spin 3 Video Game
While tennis fans clamored for a spot at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to see the pros play, it was the virtual court action that added a new twist to the festivities. 2K Sports hosted a special event on March 26th in which the hottest tennis sensations, including Maria Sharapova and James Blake, played Top Spin 3, the highly anticipated video game featuring their likenesses.
Top Spin 3 is heralded as the industry’s most realistic tennis experience and the Sony Ericsson Open provided the ideal backdrop to showcase the game, since it features many of the pros who were competing. The video game challenge featured tennis greats going virtual racket to virtual racket against each other in the first public display of Top Spin 3 on the Wii™ home video game system. Throughout the Top Spin 3 event, spectators experienced every adrenaline-fueled, Wii Remote™ shot as the tennis professionals battled their way to virtual tennis supremacy.
View this video: http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringReports/040308/870665/Y001370054/ to see the thoughts of Francois Giuntuni, Top Spin 3 Creative Director, who says that they changed the physics to make sure that players with a Wii Remote would feel like they were really playing tennis. Maria Sharapova and James Blake share their thoughts on how amazing the game feel is and about the game being realistic. Anthony Deluca, 2k Sports Producer, says that they have improved on the Internet features of the game.
Here's a video of Blake vs. Sharapova: http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/21051/All_Access_Top_Spin_3.html
For more information on Top Spin 3, visit www.topspin3thegame.com.
While tennis fans clamored for a spot at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to see the pros play, it was the virtual court action that added a new twist to the festivities. 2K Sports hosted a special event on March 26th in which the hottest tennis sensations, including Maria Sharapova and James Blake, played Top Spin 3, the highly anticipated video game featuring their likenesses.
Top Spin 3 is heralded as the industry’s most realistic tennis experience and the Sony Ericsson Open provided the ideal backdrop to showcase the game, since it features many of the pros who were competing. The video game challenge featured tennis greats going virtual racket to virtual racket against each other in the first public display of Top Spin 3 on the Wii™ home video game system. Throughout the Top Spin 3 event, spectators experienced every adrenaline-fueled, Wii Remote™ shot as the tennis professionals battled their way to virtual tennis supremacy.
View this video: http://media.vmsnews.com/MonitoringReports/040308/870665/Y001370054/ to see the thoughts of Francois Giuntuni, Top Spin 3 Creative Director, who says that they changed the physics to make sure that players with a Wii Remote would feel like they were really playing tennis. Maria Sharapova and James Blake share their thoughts on how amazing the game feel is and about the game being realistic. Anthony Deluca, 2k Sports Producer, says that they have improved on the Internet features of the game.
Here's a video of Blake vs. Sharapova: http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/21051/All_Access_Top_Spin_3.html
For more information on Top Spin 3, visit www.topspin3thegame.com.