EA’S FIFA 06 HITS STORES ACROSS EUROPE
Best-Selling Football Franchise available today
Chertsey, UK - September 30, 2005 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, announces the availability of FIFA 06 under the EA SPORTSTM brand. FIFA, EA's top-selling European sports franchise, includes major enhancements to the gameplay and management modes, making FIFA 06 "The TOTAL FOOTBALL Experience".
FIFA 06 delivers a combination of attacking gameplay, complete customization, the deepest Manager mode ever, and pure authenticity. Intuitive gameplay enables you to command every move of your player with pinpoint accuracy. Passing, shooting, and tackling is now more responsive than ever and enables you to trap, shield, and dribble like a world-class football player.
FIFA 06 was developed by a multi-national team of soccer aficionados at the EA Canada studio in Vancouver, B.C., and is shipping on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCubeTM, PC-CD, PSPTM (PlayStation® Portable) handheld entertainment system, Game Boy AdvanceTM, and Nintendo DSTM. EA SPORTSTM FIFA 06 will also be available for mobile.
For further product information please visit: www.fifa06.ea.com
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers, and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS BIGTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2005, EA posted revenues of $3.1 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
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