Acclaim Entertainment

defunct American game developer and publisher
Organization business Q339228
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 1 annual filings
Revenue
$0.00
FY2018
Net Income
$51.47M
▲ 46.0% YoY FY2025
Assets
$1.10B
▲ 5.2% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$0.60
▲ 46.3% YoY FY2025
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2018-12-31 · accession 0001564590-19-002860

Acclaim Entertainment

Summary

Acclaim Entertainment is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,615 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Acclaim Entertainment is Airwolf[3].
  • Acclaim Entertainment is in the country of United States[4].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's instance of is recorded as video game publisher[7].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's founder is recorded as Greg Fischbach[8].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Glen Cove[9].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's headquarters location is recorded as Glen Cove[10].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Valiant Comics[11].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Acclaim Studios London[12].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as Acclaim Studios Cheltenham[13].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's child organization or unit is recorded as AKA Acclaim[14].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's industry is recorded as video game industry[15].
  • January 1, 1987 marks the founding of Acclaim Entertainment[16].
  • Acclaim Entertainment was dissolved in September 1, 2004[17].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's location of formation is recorded as Long Island[18].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's official website is recorded as http://www.acclaim.com[19].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acclaim Entertainment games[20].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/acclaim-entertainment-inc-history/[21].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's product or material produced is recorded as software[22].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's replaces is recorded as LJN[23].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's legal form is recorded as public company[24].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's legal form is recorded as corporation[25].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's owner of is recorded as Acclaim Studios London[26].
  • Acclaim Entertainment's owner of is recorded as Software Creations[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Publisher[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8ddee99e-fdf4-4050-9cab-ae7444952376[30]

Body

Founding

Acclaim Entertainment's founder is recorded as Greg Fischbach[8]. January 1, 1987 marks the founding of it[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Long Island[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Glen Cove[9], a city in the state of New York[31], in United States[32]. Subsidiaries include Valiant Comics[11], a business[33], in United States[34], founded in 1989[35], headquartered in New York City[36]; Acclaim Studios London[12], a video game developer[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1984[39], headquartered in Croydon[40]; Acclaim Studios Cheltenham[13], a video game developer[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 2000[43], headquartered in Cheltenham[44]; and AKA Acclaim[14], an organization[45].

Industry

Acclaim Entertainment's industry is recorded as video game industry[15].

Ownership

Acclaim Entertainment's product or material produced is recorded as software[22].

Dissolution

Acclaim Entertainment was dissolved in September 1, 2004[17].

Why It Matters

Acclaim Entertainment ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,615 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [12] . Q612975. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . cbr.com. Retrieved . cbr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imgur.artemislena.eu. imgur.artemislena.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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