Highly-Anticipated Music Rhythm Game Arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 11, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Find your rhythm and get ready to set off the biggest round of
fireworks, as Boom Boom Rocket™, the first Xbox LIVE® Arcade game
from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS), explodes onto Xbox LIVE Arcade
today. The game is a hypnotic rhythm music game conceived by EA's
Pogo.com™ casual games design team and developed by Bizarre
Creations, the developer who brought fan-favorite Geometry Wars: Retro
Evolved to Xbox LIVE Arcade. Boom Boom Rocket will be available for
800 Microsoft Points, first launching in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and
is rated "E" for Everyone (except in Germany, where it currently is
unrated). The game also will be available in the near future in Japan,
Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
Players find their groove in Boom Boom Rocket, by triggering
rockets to the beat of the music while traveling through a 3D
cityscape. The fireworks are choreographed to 10 original tracks
created by Ian Livingstone. Players can play in single player mode or
go head-to-head against a friend on the same console, making it a
perfect social game. Easy mode allows players to get comfortable with
the controls while Endurance mode challenges the savviest of Boom Boom
Rocket players with its intense speed and complexity of fireworks
triggers. Loosen things up with the fun-for-all Freestyle Mode, or
watch your favorite tunes light up the sky with the built-in
Visualizer.
"The joint effort between the Pogo.com creative team and the
talented team at Bizarre Creations evolved the idea into what the game
plays like today. Seeing people's response to the game itself has been
such a great experience - it's what making games is all about," said
Spencer Brooks, EA's Boom Boom Rocket Producer. "We're so excited to
give Xbox LIVE Arcade fans this new game and have had so much fun
playing it ourselves - you can't help but have fun playing this game."
The game features three modes of gameplay: Normal, Speed and
multiplayer head-to-head. Each song is choreographed into three skill
levels to ensure that everyone can join in the fun. Successfully chain
fireworks to fill the bonus meter and activate the psychedelic bonus
mode for extra points. Players can unlock new firework designs by
mastering each music track. Players can utilize the connected online
element and see how their scores compare with other players on the
Boom Boom Rocket leaderboard.
About Bizarre Creations
Bizarre Creations is an independent developer, based in Liverpool,
UK. Established in 1994, the company is famed for such high profile
franchises as Formula 1, Fur Fighters and Project Gotham Racing.
Bizarre prides itself on providing high-quality next-generation gaming
experiences that excel in gameplay, graphics, audio and technology.
Find them on the web at www.bizarreonline.net or
www.bizarrecreations.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, cellular handsets 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. For more information about EA Arcade titles visit
http://www.ea.com/arcade/. For more information on Pogo visit
www.pogo.com.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, POGO, POGO.com and
Boom Boom Rocket are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic
Arts Inc. in the U.S and/or other countries. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox
LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other
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SOURCE: Electronic Arts