July 8, 2005 (SEATTLE) - WizKids Inc., creator of the runaway hit games HeroClix® and Pirates of the Spanish Main™, is proud to announce that the MechWarrior®: Age of Destruction game has been named the Hobby Outlook Magazine Game of the Year. Hobby Outlook Magazine, an online publication produced by HobbyTown USA, is the largest magazine in the hobby industry, with a monthly readership of over 215,000 hobbyists. HobbyTown USA is the United States' largest hobby retailer, with more than 155 stores in the country.
"Everyone who has worked on MechWarrior: Age of Destruction is honored by this award," said Mike Samora, vice president of Sales and Marketing at WizKids®. "Being named Game of the Year is a wonderful acknowledgment of all our hard work, and we are proud to be recognized by the gaming community." Hobby Outlook Magazine annually presents this award to the manufacturer of the year's best game in the business.
Founded by 25-year game-industry veteran Jordan Weisman, WizKids is a Seattle-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating tabletop games driven by imagination. Its Mage Knight®, MechWarrior and HeroClix® CMGs and Pirates and Rocketmen™ CSGs are among the most successful games on the market today, and the company has sold hundreds of millions of game pieces worldwide. WizKids Inc. is owned by The Topps Company Inc. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.
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