EA'S ONLINE TEAM PLAY NOW LIVE FOR FIFA 08 ON NEXT-GEN CONSOLES
Online Team Play Connects 10 Players on 10 Different Consoles
CHERTSEY, UK - November 8, 2007 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) threw the switch today on a free downloaded feature called Online Team Play that will enable 10 people on 10 different consoles anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match of FIFA 08. The new feature is automatically available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system when connected online.
Be A Pro: Online Team Play in FIFA 08 enables up to five friends on five different consoles to select and take control of their own individual players on the same team, supported by AI teammates, to play against up to five rivals playing on five different consoles of another team. You can choose to play as a single, fixed player the entire game, with free roaming players, or teams can have a combination of both. Anyway you choose to play, Be A Pro: Online Team Play challenges you to master the same disciplines as a real football player-from positioning and tackling to reading the field and passing.
FIFA 08 is developed by EA Canada in Vancouver, B.C., and is rated "E" (Everyone) by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI. FIFA 08 is available in stores now for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PC and mobile.
Screenshots can be downloaded at www.electronicarts.co.uk/press.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (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 video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS, EA, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.electronicarts.co.uk More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at www.electronicarts.co.uk/press.
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