In the Ultimate Open-World Super Hero Adventure You Have to Master
Your Powers to Save Metropolis
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2006--Electronic
Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) ships SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE VIDEOGAME,
licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, today to retail
stores nationwide. The game, which features storylines from both the
Warner Bros. Pictures' film Superman Returns and more than 60 years of
DC Comics' content, was developed by EA's award-winning Tiburon Studio
in Orlando, Fla., which develops Madden NFL football, the most popular
sports franchise in videogame history. SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE VIDEOGAME
is the ultimate open-world super hero experience and is available on
the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system, as well as
PlayStation® 2, Xbox®, Nintendo DS™ and Game Boy® Advance.
"We are really proud to ship SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE VIDEOGAME
today, as this is a huge milestone for our studio. We are thrilled to
deliver the largest open-world game to date and to have set a new
standard in super hero videogames at EA Tiburon," said Steven Chiang,
vice president and general manager of EA Tiburon. "Now players get the
ability to fly, fight and make decisions as Superman, the most
powerful super hero, and save Metropolis."
See firsthand what it is like to be Superman in the first
multi-dimensional open-world game, where you can go anywhere in the 80
square miles of Metropolis, from the street up into the clouds.
Revolutionary new flight mechanics gives the player full command of
all aerial maneuvers. As Superman, the player must protect Metropolis
from the most well-known villains in the DC Comics universe and
conquer more than 100 missions that only Superman can overcome
including saving Metropolis and its citizens from destruction,
battling enemies and saving the planet from natural disasters. The
game will feature all the classic superpowers, but learning to master
all of them during flight and combat will take work -- even for
Superman.
The game features the voice and likeness of Brandon Routh
(Superman/Clark Kent) as well as the voices of Kevin Spacey (Lex
Luthor), Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane), Parker Posey (Kitty Kowalski) and
Sam Huntington (Jimmy Olsen), all reprising their roles from the
Warner Bros. Pictures' film directed by Bryan Singer.
SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE VIDEOGAME is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB
and has an MSRP of $59.99 on the Xbox 360, $39.99 for the PlayStation
2 computer entertainment system and Xbox and $29.99 for Nintendo DS.
The version shipping for the Game Boy Advance has an MSRP of $29.99
and is titled, SUPERMAN RETURNS: FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE™. The game is
rated "E" (Everyone) by the ESRB for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy
Advance. SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE VIDEOGAME began shipping in Europe on
November 17. The game's official website is www.besuperman.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 2006, EA posted revenue of $2.95
billion and had 27 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.
ABOUT WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc., a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, is a premier licensor, publisher and developer
of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current
and future platforms, including consoles, PC-based gaming and wireless
applications.
ABOUT DC COMICS
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest
English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such
iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman.
These DC super heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies,
television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace,
thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' website is
located at http://www.dccomics.com.
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.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other
countries. ™, ®, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance are trademarks
of Nintendo.
SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of
and © DC Comics.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.