Slang and Konami Enter the Ring to Bring Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring to Next Generation Consoles

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Slang announced today an exclusive distribution deal with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. to handle the supply and sales of the highly anticipated wrestling video game Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring to retail shelves and into hands of fans across the United States, Canada and Latin America with the exception of Mexico, which will be distributed by Slang's parent company Gamexpress.

Slang received the Secretariat of Economy's (Secretaria de Economia) award in the category of Innovation and Technological Development for their work on Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring. Developed by Immersion Games and Sabarasa, and published under license of Televisa Home Entertainment, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring brings the wildly popular sport of Mexican Lucha Libre to next generation consoles. Complete with superstar Luchadores from Mexico's most popular wrestling league, AAA, fans will have to use cunning strategy, a wide variety of aggressive strike and counter-strike moves and grapple holds, and acrobatic aerial assaults in order to gain the support of the crowd and decide the combat's outcome in their favor.

"In committing ourselves to honoring the rich tradition and culture of Lucha Libre we have amassed a team of passionate and dedicated individuals to create Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring," said Abraham Bautista, CEO of Slang. "To further ensure that Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring will be the best wrestling game on the market we approached Konami, another company steeped in rich tradition of creating highly successful entertainment experiences, to help handle the distribution and sales of our game to retailers."

Konami, a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties possesses an unparalleled catalogue of top tier software franchises including Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution, Castlevania, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, among other top sellers.  Slang will leverage Konami's industry leading distribution and sales expertise in the American, Canadian and Latin American markets to ensure the game's success.

"We are thrilled at the opportunity to share in the launch of Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring," said Shinji Hirano, President of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.  "This is an important title for us because it is our first entry into the licensed wrestling sports category. We have a strong track record for delivering great content and this title will serve to further enhance our reputation as a pre-eminent third party video game company."

Slang and Konami will distribute AAA Lucha Libre: Heroes del Ring to retailers August 9, 2010.

About Slang

Slang is a console video game publisher dedicated to promoting the creativity and innovation of Hispanic culture and is the publishing venture of Latin America's foremost videogame distributor for over 20 years, Gamexpress. Based in Redwood City, CA, Slang specializes in delivering entertainment products derived from Hispanic culture into the mass market for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™. Slang's upcoming Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring will be released in Summer 2010.

For more information on Slang go to www.slang.vg.

About Konami

Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at www.konami.com.

KONAMI is a registered trademark of KONAMI CORPORATION.

SOURCE Slang

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