Slang Lowers Price of Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring Just in Time for the Holidays

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for the start of the holiday shopping season, Slang has announced that a retail price adjustment will take place immediately for Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring. Available on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is now available for $39.99.

"Just in time for the holiday season we are lowering the retail price of Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring making it more affordable for shoppers and the perfect gift for gamers," said Abraham Bautista, CEO of Slang. "Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is a festive entertainment offering value priced for families this holiday season and filled with over-the-top action, humor, intrigue, intense competition making it an authentic Mexican Lucha Libre experience."

Distributed by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. and published under license of Televisa Home Entertainment, Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring provides fans with an arcade extravaganza of Mexican Lucha at a holiday friendly price point.  It bends the sport's rich tradition and history with the spectacle, flavor and over-the-edge acrobatic action found only inside the six-sided ring. Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring allows fans to experience with thrilling single or multiplayer gameplay modes using one of more than 30 of the most superstar luchadores from the AAA league or their own one-of-a-kind character created using the critically applauded Character and Mask editor.  

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring offers fans several new and improved gameplay features to the genre including Hair vs. Mask which is a winner takes all battle between rivals where the loser must endure the loss of pride and their characters mask or hair. Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring offers an entertaining story mode, offers experience where players fight as either a Rudo or Tecnico and along the way unlock new signature moves and hidden luchadores while defending their honor inside the ring. Multiplayer includes the highly touted Hair vs. Mask as well as Triple Threat and Fatal Four Way.

Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is rated T for Teen by the ESRB, and is currently available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring for Wii™system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system will be available March 2011.

For more information, please visit www.heroesdelring.com.

About Slang

Slang is a console video game publisher dedicated to promoting the creativity and innovation of Hispanic culture and is the publishing venture of Latin America's foremost videogame distributor for over 20 years, Gamexpress.  Based in Redwood City, CA, Slang specializes in delivering entertainment products derived from Hispanic culture into the mass market for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.

For more information on Slang go to www.slang.vg.

About Konami

Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at www.konami.com.

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SOURCE Slang