World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

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World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions game.jpg
North American cover
Developer(s) Left Field Productions
Publisher(s) Activision
Platform(s) Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows
Release
September 21, 2006
    • NA: September 21, 2006
    • NA: October 2, 2006 (PC)
    • EU: November 10, 2006 (X360)
    • AU: November 29, 2006 (PC, X360)
    • AU: December 13, 2006 (PSP)
    • EU: January 30, 2007 (PC)
    • AU: February 7, 2007 (PS2)
    • EU: February 9, 2007 (PS2, PSP)
    Wii
    • NA: December 12, 2006
    • AU: March 14, 2007
    • EU: March 16, 2007
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.

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Reception

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]

Sequel

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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