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Los Angeles, CA — October 26, in the year of our Lord 2010 — Atari, one of the world’s most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, announced today the release of Backyard Sports®: Rookie Rush for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Wii™ system, Nintendo DS™ family of hand-held systems and Windows PC Download.  Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush marks the second title released featuring the new look and feel of the Backyard Sports franchise – which represents the best-selling kids sports videogame series of all time.  With hard hitting power-ups, imaginative new fields, stylized graphics, exciting new array of super-charged gameplay options and a compelling story mode, Rookie Rush is well trained and ready to take down the competition. 

Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush allows players to get in the huddle with fan-favorite characters Pablo, Dmitri, and Joey as they block and tackle their way through energetic, kid-friendly football games on 12 interactive, neighborhood fields.  Kids can play pick-up football games with their Backyard Sports neighborhood friends in both single game and tournament modes, or play the game in Backyard Sports’ inventive new story mode. To pump up the action even further, Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush featuressuper-charged power-ups such as Banana Peels, Deep Freeze and Leap Frog, 5 new mini games including Sack Attack and Target Practice.

Allowing kids to learn and follow traditional football rules in a wholesome gaming environment, Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush carries a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is developed by HB Studios for Xbox 360, Wii™ and Windows PC Download and by Powerhead Games for Nintendo DS™.

For more information, please log onto www.atari.com.