Award-Winning Action Adventure Game That Redefined First Person
Games Makes Its Way to the PC
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan 13, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that
the critically acclaimed first-person action adventure title, Mirror's
Edge(TM) has shipped for the PC to retailers in North America and
will ship worldwide on January 16th. Players who purchase the
PC version of the game will also receive a free copy of the Mirror's
Edge remix album. The album features the popular title track "Still
Alive" performed by Swedish rock/pop star Lisa Miskovsky and remixes by
some of today's hottest artists including Benny Benassi, Paul van Dyk
and Armand Van Helden.
DICE also confirmed today that downloadable content (DLC) for the
PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360(R) videogame and
entertainment system and the PC will be available January 29th.
This special DLC pack will challenge players to achieve the fastest
times possible on nine races across seven all-new and totally redesigned
Time Trial maps. The DLC pack will be available for $10 USD or 800
Microsoft points.
Mirror's Edge isa unique first-person action adventure
where players are introduced to Faith, a 'runner' in a world where
communication channels are highly monitored and the movement of
information is closely watched. When Faith's sister gets framed for
murder, Faith finds herself on the edge of the city, on the wrong side
of the law. The PC version of the game uses the NVIDIA(R) PhysX(TM) physics
engine to bring the world of Mirror's Edge to life with
real-world visual effects of wind, weapons impact, and free-motion
movements.
Gamers can download the free demo available now at the PlayStation(R)Store
and Xbox LIVE(TM) Marketplace. The demo features a tutorial of the game, a
segment of the single-player story mode and sections of the addictive
Time Trial mode.
Featured on the front cover of over 40 gaming magazines in 2008, Mirror's
Edge also won numerous critic awards including the Game Critics
Award for "Best Original Game" and the IGN award for "Best Action Game"
at E3. Mirror's Edge was developed at EA Digital Illusions CE AB
(DICE) in Stockholm, Sweden. The game is rated "T" by the ESRB and "16+"
by PEGI. For more information on EA DICE or Mirror's Edge, please
visit www.ea.com,
www.dice.se
or www.mirrorsedge.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 video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
FreestyleTM and POGOTM. 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.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Mirror's Edge is a trademark or registered trademark of EA Digital
Illusions CE AB. "PlayStation" and "PLAYSTATION" are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox
360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used
under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
Electronic Arts
Kelly Ekins, 514-664-8143
Sr. Publicist
kekins@ea.com
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Sr. PR Manager
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Senior Director, PR
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