REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2006--Electronic
Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) announced today that EA SPORTS™ Fight Night
Round 3 has shipped to retailers nationwide. The third installment in
the award-winning EA SPORTS Fight Night series assures that no fight
is over until the final bell rings. In the sport of boxing, one punch
can change a fight and with the all-new in-game Impact Punches, you
can shift the momentum or end it all instantly with one explosive
punch.
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 features amazingly detailed graphics
that capture every emotion of the fight. The game delivers an
unparalleled boxing experience and is one of the best-looking and
playing sports game for the Xbox 360™ system. Whether you're
hammering away at opponents with nasty hooks and uppercuts or setting
them up for a wicked Impact Punch, you have the most complete boxing
videogame experience in your hands.
Create a championship boxer from the ground up and take him
through the ranks for a shot at the title belt in Career mode. Or
re-create boxing's greatest rivalries in ESPN CLASSIC™ mode,
including such storied rivalries like Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier,
Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales, Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermaine
Taylor, and many others.
Developed by EA Chicago, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 is
available for the Xbox 360™ system, Xbox® videogame system from
Microsoft, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and
PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system. The
game is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB and has an MSRP of $39.99 for
Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PSP and $59.99 for Xbox 360. The game's
official website is www.fightnightround3.com.
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 videogame systems,
personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its
products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS
BIG™ and POGO™. 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's products and full text of press releases can be found on the
Internet at http://info.ea.com.
Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the
U.S. and/or other countries. Muhammad Ali provided courtesy of
G.O.A.T., Inc. PSP is a trademark and PlayStation is a registered
trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox
360 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
CONTACT: Electronic Arts
Peter Nguyen, 650-628-3607
pnguyen@ea.com
Robin Chandler, 650-628-3610
rchandler@ea.com
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.