EA ships nfl street – new franchise features nfl player personality and style

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - January 14, 2004 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that NFL STREET has shipped to retail nationwide under the EA SPORTS BIG™ brand. The first game of its kind licensed by the NFL, NFL STREET boasts its ability to deliver a new brand of football. The game will be available on the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox^® video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube™.

NFL STREET, which was developed by EA Tiburon, the makers of the legendary Madden NFL football franchise, features fast-paced, 7-on-7 gameplay where players use stylin’ moves, pitches, and brute force to power their way down the field. Players include over 300 of the NFL’s biggest stars from all 32 teams plus NFL legends; Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, William “The Refrigerator” Perry, and Lawrence Taylor. Eight urban locales are more than just a place to play; they change how the game is played. Each field has unique dimensions and field surfaces like loose sand, dirt, mud, and turf can force a change in lineup and game plan.

NFL STREET also supports online play for the PlayStation 2 console (requires Broadband connection and Network Adaptor for the PlayStation 2), allowing players to choose from several gameplay modes or build a unique team from the ground up with the Create-a-Team feature.

The in-game soundtrack features an all original score from the X-ecutioners as well as licensed tracks from other Sony Music artists including Korn featuring Nas, Baby D featuring Bonecrusher and Dru, Bravehearts featuring Nas and Lil Jon, DJ Kayslay presents Three 6 Mafia featuring Lil Wyte and Frayser Boy, Fuel, Killer Mike, Grafh, Jakk Frost, Lil’ Flip, Lostprophets, Wylde Bunch, X-ecutioners featuring Good Charlotte, and X-ecutioners featuring B-Real.

NFL STREET is rated "E" (Everyone) by the ESRB and has a suggested retail price of $49.95. All of the NFL players featured in the game were made available from a license with PLAYERS INC, the marketing and licensing subsidiary of the NFL Players Association. For more information on the online features of the product, see the platform-specific pages at www.nflstreet.com, the official home page for NFL STREET.

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Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2003. The company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA GAMES™, and EA SPORTS BIG™. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.