REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 12, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR® 08 will be breaking new ground with two key
features. EA SPORTS™ GamerNet(1) is a revolutionary game play
system driven by interactive user created content. It allows gamers to
save their amazing shots, holes or rounds, and post the content online
for other users to compete against. In addition, players can now use
Photo Game Face(1) to generate photo-realistic game characters with no
artistic skill required, by uploading photos.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 will be produced by the EA Tiburon in
Orlando, FL which is best known for the award winning Madden NFL
Football and NCAA Football® franchises.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR is the world's #1 selling golf video game
franchise. With the EA SPORTS GamerNet system, players will be able to
challenge creator posted content and be rewarded with online points.
Utilizing Photo Game Face, players can take their created characters
and style, dress, and accessorize themselves through the game's
already deep customization systems.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 will be available on the Xbox 360™
video game and entertainment system, the PlayStation®2 and
PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, the PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PC. The
game's official website is www.easports.com/tigerwoods08.
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. 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. The mark "TIGERWOODS" is a trademark of
ETW Corp. and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the prior
written consent of ETW Corp. The name, and other attributes of Tiger
Woods are trademarks, copyrighted designs and/or other forms of
intellectual property that are the exclusive property of ETW Corp. or
Tiger Woods and may not be used, in whole or in part, without the
prior written consent of ETW Corp. or Tiger Woods. PGA TOUR is a
trademark of PGA TOUR, INC. and used by permission. "PlayStation",
"PLAYSTATION", and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. Memory Stick Duo ™ may be required (sold
separately). Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the
Microsoft group of companies. ™, ®, Nintendo DS and Wii are
trademarks of Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
(1) Feature Names Are Working Titles
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.