PRESS RELEASE — Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has announced that Need for Speed™ ProStreet will hit stores in North America on October 31 and across Europe on November 1, 2007. In Need for Speed ProStreet, you have to build the ultimate battle machine, take it to multi-disciplinary showdowns and pit your skills and reputation against the world’s best street racers. This is your chance to prove that you have what it takes to be crowned the next street king.
“The Need for Speed franchise has always been on the cutting edge of car culture,” said Executive Producer, Larry LaPierre. “Street racing is getting more organized and Need for Speed ProStreet is our interpretation of where we anticipate the culture to be in three to five years. We’re delivering on the ultimate proving ground, bringing you out of your neighborhood back alleys and on to the world stage. This is a next-gen game, packed with the raw intensity and visceral aggression that defines street racing at the highest level.”
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PRESS RELEASE — The king of speed and destruction is back but this time it’s a first for mobile! Electronic Arts (NASAQ: ERTS) today announced that a new Burnout™ game is currently in development for the mobile platform. Fans of the award winning racing game series are going to be able to take their dangerous driving experience wherever and whenever they are on the move when the game becomes available from all major operators this August.
Burnout has been tailor made for the mobile platform delivering speed, destruction and chaos never seen before on mobile. Fans of the franchise will be pleased to see features they enjoy from the console version of the game included but will also be delighted with new game modes exclusive to the mobile platform. Expect to see takedowns, supercharged boosts and much more, all taking place at break neck speed on your mobile phone.
“With Burnout in your pocket, you can tap into the adrenaline fuelled excitement of fast and reckless driving at the push of a button no matter where you are,” said Javier Ferreira, VP European Publishing, EA Mobile™. “The game is incredibly easy to get into and enjoy, whether you’re a racer at heart or prefer to stick to the Highway Code.”
Current and new fans to the franchise are going to be surprised with features that have been implemented for the platform, ranging from high speed takedowns, multiple game modes, unlockable cars and regions but also at the sheer speed it’s being delivered at, this is pure Burnout on your mobile.
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I-play, the mobile entertainment company, today announced that the largest global sweepstakes promotion in mobile game history is now live across Cingular Wireless, lusacell, Amp’d and Sprint. Participants can enter to win a trip for two to Mexico and compete in their very own “Jewel Quest” through the mysterious Mayan ruins to find a $25,000 diamond! The global sweepstakes promotion celebrates I-play’s latest mobile game releases from the multi-million unit selling Quest series of mobile games, licensed from the masters of online casual gaming, iWin: Inca Quest, Jewel Quest II, and Jewel Quest Solitaire.
“I-play’s Jewel Quest promotion is one of the largest sweepstakes giveaways on mobile to date,” said I-play CEO, David Gosen. “In honor of the release of Jewel Quest II and the success of the Quest series, one of the top selling mobile game franchises in history, I-play is giving gamers a true taste of adventure, with the opportunity to win a trip to Mexico and a chance to find a $25,000 diamond!”
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Namco Networks today announced plans to bring the classic arcade hit Popeye to mobile phones through a partnership with King Features, the world’s premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to newspapers, and one of the world’s most experienced organizations in merchandising and entertainment licensing.
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NASCAR fans nationwide can shift their mobile phones into high gear with the launch of EA SPORTS™ NASCAR 07, available today exclusively on Sprint wireless phones. Available now for the first time on the mobile platform, NASCAR 07 from Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) features NASCAR’s most popular drivers, famous racetracks, realistic graphics and challenging strategy., NASCAR 07 launches today on capable Sprint and Nextel wireless phones, and will be available on all other major US mobile carrier networks on March 1st.
“NASCAR is an incredible partner and the sport is a visceral, adrenaline-filled experience that really gets people fired up. For the mobile version of the game, we wanted to capture that spirit of action and intensity,” said Travis Boatman, vice president worldwide studios, EA Mobile. “NASCAR 07 delivers gameplay way beyond any other racing title on the platform – gameplay that will appeal to a wide range of players. If you like racing games, you will enjoy the challenge, and if you’re a fan of NASCAR, you will love the authenticity.”
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San Mateo, CA & London, UK – March 8, 2006 - Mobile users worldwide now have the chance to accept a high priority, time-sensitive assignment from CTU agent Jack Bauer, as the mobile game version of the hit television series “24™” launches this week. I-play, the mobile games company, and strategic partner of Fox Mobile Entertainment, unveils one of the market’s most desirable licenses – “24” – following the widely-anticipated launch of the 5th season of the hit TV series.
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