“Poker has become the latest obsession,” said Vincent Bitetti, president, Crave Entertainment Inc. “Type the word “poker” in a search engine and more than 67 million websites emerge ready to inform, entertain, tutor or take ones money all in the name of poker. We’ve created World Championship Poker to satisfy this age-old drive to outsmart, outwit and out gamble one’s opponent.”
Get the low-down on high-stakes poker with 12 World Championship Poker games including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hold'em, Seven-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw and Pineapple. Players may advance their skills in “Career Mode” as they play their way through over 50 poker tournaments.
World Championship Poker also features poker tutorials and six tournament locations, ranging from a tropical island to a Mississippi riverboat. Players create customizable characters with more than 80 different options to mold your player’s look. Players can compete and voice chat online via “GameSpy” for PlayStation2 and via the world’s only unified global online console games service, Xbox Live.
Exclusive to the PlayStation2 version of World Championship Poker is support for the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation2), which allows you to see your online opponents, as well as allowing them to see you. Text chat is supported as well.
Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version of World Championship Poker are multi-player support for up to four players via the Game Boy Advance Game link cable, and bonus casino games including Blackjack, Video Poker and Slots.
Exclusive to the Xbox version is the ability to compete against gamers in 24 countries over the world’s only unified global online console games service, Xbox Live. Xbox Live features for World Championship Poker include Scoreboards, Voice/Chat and Live Aware. In-game user created content is also available, allowing gamers to create a custom profile and take it online to challenge other players.
Now available for the PlayStation2 and Game Boy Advance, World Championship Poker‘ has an MSRP of $19.99. World Championship Poker‘ will be available soon for Xbox.