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Ace Tennis Online — #1 Sports Game for iPhone and iPod

Ace Tennis Online is currently the #1 sports game for the iPhone and iPod. With this fun and inexpensive game, you can play 3D Tennis with players from all over the world! It takes only a few seconds to find a real player to play with, and with the integrated chat, profile and friends list, you will enjoy the game for a long time.

Other features to add to your playing pleasure include:
• Action tennis with realistic physics.
• Easy to control - lob, smash or drop shot with the accelerator! Fast graphics with particle effects.
• Multiplayer match-making; online profile with picture upload.
• Chat, private messages and friends list and an offline mode with tournaments against challenging computer experts.

Available from iTunes.com. 

Get Ready For Top Spin 3

If you've always wanted to compete against the worlds top pros, here's your chance — with Top Spin 3 you'll be competing against more than 20 top-ranked players including Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer and James Blake.

Not only will you be playing the best in the world, you will be playing on some of the most prestigious and visually stunning venues in tennis — Roland Garros in Paris (French Open), Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne (Australian Open), Wimbledon and the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York (US Open).

Play online or offline to rise in the ranks against current top ranked professional players. This is a visually and physically realistic tennis experience. Using next generation technology, gameplay and graphics, Top Spin 3 features dynamic weather changes, evolutionary player visuals and comprehensive online offerings. With a unique user-generated component, you can also use new player creator features that include free-form body sculpting, makeup and tattoos.

This weekend — play against the best at the venue of your choice!

For more information go to 2ksports.com. Available online at Amazon.com.

Tennis Titans: Whack, Volley and Win!

Looking for some casual fun this weekend that doesn't include lots of hard work and sweat? You might want to consider whacking and volleying your way to victory with Tennis Titans by Skunk Studios.

This lighthearted game features simple, easy-to-learn hitting and aiming, and a crazy crew of colorful cartoon characters who all want the same thing — to be Court Champion. Plus, it features two great game modes which means there's more ways to win!  Play the old-fashioned way in traditional Classic mode to become a Tennis Titan, or test your skill in Rings mode to see who can earn the most rings in a set amount of time. Earn enough rings and you'll advance to the next round. Either way you play, you're sure to see tennis in a whole new way.

Grab your racquet, get on the court and prepare for some exciting tennis fun.

Available online at Best Buy.

Bee Movie Game Adds A Little Tennis Buzz

Looking for something to give you a little buzz this weekend?

The new Bee Movie Game based on the DreamWorks movie written, produced by and starring Jerry Seinfeld, might get your juices flowing.

This weekend play Barry B. Benson and live in the dynamic Bee Movie™ Game universe with graphics that look amazingly similar to the film! The game features over 15 levels, addictive multi-player mini-games. Race, chase and fly your way through an adrenaline-fueled world of adventure as the witty and courageous Benson.

Fly, hover and dive through the skies at high speeds on the mission of a lifetime!

Enjoy an endless stream of fast-paced fun and adventure as you experience life from a bee’s perspective in Barry’s waxy home-town of New Hive City, an immersive and bustling wax city built by bees that is located inside a Central Park beehive. Embark on an adventure into the human world as you adventure through New York City with your hi-tech bee gear including the state-of-the-art collecting tool called “The Pollenator” and your super secret spy camera. Burn rubber in exciting racing challenges and take on driving missions in taxis, trucks, and scooters. Then, venture out into the human world as you experience thrilling chase sequences that take place throughout New York City. Learn to navigate an onslaught of traffic, narrowly avoiding collisions with speeding cars, tennis balls, angry hot dog vendors, and other hazards a bee must avoid.

In the tennis game, Barry is stuck to the ball and must rotate the ball before the humans playing the game strike it with their racquets. This is to make certain he is on the other side of the ball when it is struck.

Have a blast as you make your way through dangerous situations to solve the mystery of the missing honey.

Available for Wii, PC DVD ROM, Xbox 360, PlayStation®2 and Nintendo DS.

To download a demo version go to beemoviegame.com. Available online at Amazon.com.

Prince Joins The Wii World

Good news for the miliions of die-hard Nintendo Wii Tennis fans!

Prince has created a Wii Tennis racquet designed specifically to make the playing experience for gamers even more realistic and fun, as if it wasn't fun enough already, and they are arriving just in time for the 2007 holiday gift-giving season!

Around the globe, people of all ages have gotten up off the couch to engage in a new form of video competition that lets friends and families play “virtual” tennis against each other, complete with real footwork and real follow-throughs. 

Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in real life sports, such as swinging a tennis racket. It measures which angle you use, can gauge top spin if you angle it forward like a normal racket, puts up lobs, backhands, etc. For the real tennis player, I have to admit, it did feel a bit strange to try and serve a remote.

Available in multiple colors, these safe, scaled-down racquets house the Wii remote and give players an unparalleled sense that they are playing a real match with a real racquet!

The Prince Wii Tennis racquets will be available beginning November 15, 2007 at all Circuit City locations as well as online at circuitcity.com.

Daily Racquet Weekend Guide

WEAR
Official U.S. Open Apparel
Why: You can get some post-tournament super savings on great stuff 
Where: Online at usopenshop.com.

READ
The Roger Federer Story, Quest For Perfection by Rene Stauffer
Why: Time to get a better acquainted with the 2007 US Open Champ
Where: Online at amazon.com. 

EAT
Figamajigs
Why: Healthy and hits the sweet spot 
Where: Online at figamajigs.com

DO
Play Hot Shot Tennis 
Why: Arcade style fun is the name of the game!
Where: Online at amazon.com.   

DRINK
Heineken Premium Light
Why: Still on tap and still savoring the great 2007 US Open matches

Game, Set, Match For Hot Shots Tennis

Tennis freaks are you ready? Hot Shot Tennis, a new game exclusively for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system is ready to test your skills. 

The Hot Shots series of games is renowned for mixing kooky fun with the thrill of sports, and now Hot Shots Tennis is ready to bring this wacky sensibility to the courts for an experience unlike any other. With 14 over-the-top characters, all flaunting a personal style of play, and five different chair umpires ready to make the big calls, you’ll find countless match possibilities to keep the rallies screaming over the net. Throw in 11 different court locales, each bursting with unique, lively animation, and you have a formula for never ending tennis antics.

Arcade style fun is the name of the game, and Hot Shots Tennis employs an intuitive pick up and play control scheme that will appeal to casual gamers.  Bring friends into the mix with two-player matches or four-player doubles action, turning the game into an instant party. Don’t be fooled by the quick initial learning curve though. Hot Shots Tennis goes deep enough to challenge even the most ardent of gamers with realistic physics and a single player challenge mode where additional items, such as new players and costumes, can be unlocked.

The sport of Tennis will never be the same.

Available online at Amazon.com.

Tennis freaks are you ready? Hot Shot Tennis, a new game exclusively for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system is ready to test your skills. 

The Hot Shots series of games is renowned for mixing kooky fun with the thrill of sports, and now Hot Shots Tennis is ready to bring this wacky sensibility to the courts for an experience unlike any other. With 14 over-the-top characters, all flaunting a personal style of play, and five different chair umpires ready to make the big calls, you’ll find countless match possibilities to keep the rallies screaming over the net. Throw in 11 different court locales, each bursting with unique, lively animation, and you have a formula for never ending tennis antics.

Arcade style fun is the name of the game, and Hot Shots Tennis employs an intuitive pick up and play control scheme that will appeal to casual gamers.  Bring friends into the mix with two-player matches or four-player doubles action, turning the game into an instant party. Don’t be fooled by the quick initial learning curve though. Hot Shots Tennis goes deep enough to challenge even the most ardent of gamers with realistic physics and a single player challenge mode where additional items, such as new players and costumes, can be unlocked.

The sport of Tennis will never be the same.

Available online at Amazon.com.