Top Spin 3 is a photo-realistic tennis game with all of the great players to ever grace the court. 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. revealed the lineup for the upcoming title.

Players like Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, as well as Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Monica Seles are only a handful of who will be appearing in the game. It is the first time that the older, iconic players will be featured in a next-gen video game.

“With Top Spin 3, we wanted to give gamers the choice to play with their favorite tennis players, as well as classic legends, an option that no other tennis game is offering,” said Chris Snyder, Director of Marketing for 2K Sports. “Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Monica Seles have given the game of tennis such great history, and we are excited to have them join the current roster of professionals in the most realistic tennis video game to date.”

The Top Spin 3 lineup includes: Mario Ancic, Tomas Berdych, James Blake, Roger Federer, Tommy Haas, Justine Henin, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Amelie Mauresmo, Gael Monfils, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, David Nalbandian, Mark Philippoussis, Andy Roddick, Mario Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova and Caroline Wozniacki. The legends that will appear in the game are: Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Monica Seles.

There is an exception, however, to the lineup. Rafael Nadal will only be playable on the Playstation 3 copy of the game, and the legends will not appear on all platforms.

A few features that Top Spin 3 will have are the option to create your own tennis player with a deep customization mode, over 40 courts to play on all from around the world and online play for those who want serve it up with players around the globe.

Top Spin 3 is set for a Spring 2008 release for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS, and the PS3.

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