Fans Unanimously Vote to Have Boxing Legends Share Cover Worldwide
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Mar 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that "The Greatest of
All Time", Muhammad Ali, and "Iron" Mike Tyson will share the cover of
one of the most anticipated games of 2009, Fight Night Round 4. Fan
voting on www.AliorTyson.com
started in late December 2008 and the final results favored having both
legends together on the cover. Fight Night Round 4 is being
developed under the EA SPORTS(TM) brand by EA Canada in Vancouver, B.C. and
will ship to retailers worldwide this summer.
Muhammad Ali, the most celebrated boxer of all time, was famous for his
quick tongue and his even quicker hands that wore down his opponents
fight after fight. Ali was the first fighter in history to win the
undisputed heavyweight championship three times, and is highly revered
for his contribution to the sport of boxing. Mike Tyson, a knock out
legend, will join Ali on the cover. The youngest boxer ever to win a
heavyweight championship, Tyson enthralled the world with his precision,
power, and ability to put away his opponents in the first round. These
two boxing icons finally come face to face in Fight Night Round 4.
"I'm honored to be on the cover of Fight Night Round 4 with Ali.
He was a special champ, and I have the highest respect for him as a
person and a fighter," said Tyson. "People always ask me if I think I
would have beaten Ali if I had the chance to fight him when we were both
in our prime. Now you can figure it out for yourselves. Fight Night puts
you right in that ring and gives you the gloves to settle the score."
The addition of Mike Tyson to Fight Night Round 4 fills a hole in
videogame rosters that has existed for almost a decade. Users will
finally be able to fight as 'Iron Mike', or fight against him as one of
many other all time greats. Promising to revolutionize the fighting
genre, Fight Night Round 4 features an all new physics based
gameplay enginethat brings the most authentic interpretation of
the sweet science to the videogame world. The action inside the ring
will be faster than ever, delivering a true representation of the
sport's incredible speed, accuracy, timing, and power. Fight Night
Round 4 allows you to create dozens of legendary match ups,
including Tyson vs. Ali, with unprecedented realism.
Consumers can step into the ring sooner with GameStop's exclusive
pre-order program. By pre-ordering Fight Night Round 4 at their
local Gamestop, or online at www.gamestop.com,
fans will receive early access to the game's demo. The game will be
available for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and Xbox
360(R)(TM) video game system from Microsoft. This game has not yet been rated
by the ESRB or PEGI. For more information, log onto http://fightnight.easports.com.
Media can find images of the cover, screenshots and video at http://info.ea.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
Freestyle TM 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
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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. Muhammad Ali provided courtesy of G.O.A.T., Inc. Microsoft
and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
"PLAYSTATION" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. (C) 2008 by GameStop(R). All rights reserved. GameStop is a registered
trademark of GameStop, Inc. "Power to the Players" is a trademark of
Elbo Inc.
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