World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions | |
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Developer(s) | Left Field Productions |
Publisher(s) | Activision |
Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows |
Release | September 21, 2006 |
Genre(s) | Card game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker and the second licensed WSOP video game released for home video game systems, after the World Series of Poker video game. It was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows.
Aggregator | Score | ||||
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PC | PS2 | PSP | Wii | Xbox 360 | |
Metacritic | 58/100 [1] | 68/100 [2] | 70/100 [3] | 46/100 [4] | 69/100 [5] |
Publication | Score | ||||
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PC | PS2 | PSP | Wii | Xbox 360 | |
GameSpot | 5.8/10 [6] | 6.4/10 [7] | 6.4/10 [7] | 5.2/10 [8] | 6.4/10 [7] |
GameZone | N/A | 6.5/10 [9] | N/A | N/A | 6.8/10 [10] |
IGN | 7.2/10 [11] | 7.2/10 [11] | 7.2/10 [11] | 4/10 [12] | 7.2/10 [13] |
Jeuxvideo.com | 7/20 [14] | 14/20 [15] | 14/20 [15] | N/A | 14/20 [16] |
NGamer | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35% [17] | N/A |
Nintendo World Report | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6/10 [18] | N/A |
Official Xbox Magazine (UK) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6/10 [19] |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10 [20] |
TeamXbox | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.1/10 [21] |
The Sydney Morning Herald | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3/5 [22] |
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms except the Wii version, which received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2007, the sequel to WSOP:TOC was released, titled World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets . It is available on the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and all major seventh-generation platforms except the Wii.
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