Gamers Return in April To Aperture Science Labs For The Most
Anticipated Game of 2011
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today
announced an agreement with Valve to distribute Portal 2 in
retail channels.
Recently named the most anticipated game of 2011 at the Spike TV Video
Game Awards, and releasing worldwide in April 2011, Portal 2 will
see players introduced to a host of fresh puzzles, devious new test
chambers in never-before-seen areas of Aperture Science Labs and be
reunited with GLaDOS, the occasionally murderous computer companion from
the original Portal. The game's all-new co-operative mode will
feature its own unique campaign and characters, and will force players
to both act and think together.
"Portal 2 is Valve's most innovative title in the company's
history and will be launched with a first-class launch campaign this
April," said Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve. "We're
excited to be working with Electronic Arts to deliver this title as we
expand our platform strategy to include the Mac and PlayStation 3
platforms."
Portal 2 will be available for the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PC
and Mac on April 21, 2011. For more information on Portal 2,
visit www.thinkwithportals.com
and follow Valve on Twitter at www.twitter.com/valvesoftware.
About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in
1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of
entertainment properties includes Half-Life®, Counter-Strike®, Day of
Defeat®, Team Fortress®, Portal™ and Left 4 Dead™.
Valve's catalog of products accounts for over 35 million retail units
sold worldwide, and over 80% of PC online action gameplay. In addition,
Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies, such as the Source
game engine and Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and
management of digital content. For more information, please visit www.valvesoftware.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2010,
EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold
more than one million units. 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 Mobile and POGO are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc.
Xbox, and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Electronic Arts
Jonathan Goddard, +44 1923 801 318
Snr
International PR manager
jgoddard@ea.com
or
Valve
Doug
Lombardi
VP, Marketing
dlombardi@valvesoftware.com
or
Electronic
Arts
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
VP, PR
tschachter@ea.com
Source: Electronic Arts Inc.
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