World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
2007 video game
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World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker. It is the sequel to World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions and is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows. There are many well-recognized professional poker players in this game, such as Scotty Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, and Johnny Chan.
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| Developer | Left Field Productions |
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| Publisher | Activision |
| Composer | Randall Ryan |
| Platforms | Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | September 25, 2007
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| Genre | Card game |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Reception
| Publication | Score | |||||
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| DS | PC | PS2 | PS3 | PSP | Xbox 360 | |
| IGN | 5.5/10[6] | 7.9/10[7] | 7.9/10[8] | 7.9/10[8] | 7.6/10[9] | 7.9/10[8] |
| Jeuxvideo.com | 11/20[10] | 8/20[11] | 11/20[12] | 11/20[13] | 11/20[14] | 11/20[15] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (UK) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7/10[16] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10[17] |
| TeamXbox | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8.3/10[18] |
The PC, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the Nintendo DS and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1][2][3][4][5]
