Expansion Mode for FIFA Soccer 09 Enables Fans to Create Their
Fantasy Team
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Mar 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that a new
downloadable game mode called FIFA 09 Ultimate Team is available
now to download to the award-winning EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA Soccer 09 on
the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360(R) video game
and entertainment system.
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team challenges gamers to collect the most
talented players in the world, develop them into a dream team and then
compete online. Feel the exhilaration as you take your carefully
assembled squad into matches and tournaments online against the most
formidably talented teams ever assembled--and out play them. Here is the
ultimate test of your skills as a player and manager.
Collect bronze, silver and gold virtual cards, including Player, Staff,
Contract, Formations, and Tactics, to create a fantasy team.
Strategically collect and manage players and different types of cards,
and then set the match strategy to win. Carefully select or trade for
the right Manager, then choose the best Tactics and Formations that
forge the team chemistry necessary to take your club to the top.
Write your own legend with FIFA 09 Ultimate Team. Create yourself
in game, line up alongside your heroes and captain your squad to glory.
Customize everything from players and stadiums to the kits and badges,
creating the world's next great soccer club. Compete offline and online
to earn more valuable cards or trawl the market for the ones needed to
complete a winning team. Climb the league table or compete in knockout
tournaments for the most coveted trophies.
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team is available now as a download to FIFA
Soccer 09 for 800 Microsoft points or $9.99. Fans are able to
experience the new game mode by creating a team with a starter package
of players and virtual cards and play a five game trial before deciding
to purchase the FIFA 09 Ultimate Team mode. FIFA Soccer 09
is required.
For more information about FIFA 09 Ultimate Team visit http://www.fifa09.ea.com.
Screenshots and product fact sheet can be downloaded at http://info.ea.com.
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team, scheduled for worldwide release on March
19, is developed by EA Canada in Vancouver, B.C. It is rated "E" for
everyone by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI.
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 video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA(TM), EA SPORTS(TM), EA SPORTS Freestyle(TM) and POGO(TM). In
fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27
titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online
game site is www.ea.com.
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