Gamers Team Up for the Ultimate Co-Op Skateboarding Experience
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Black Box, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced
that SKATE(TM) 3, the top rated skateboarding game, is now
available on the Xbox 360(R) and PlayStation(R)3 in North America and
worldwide on May 14th. Bringing definitive revolutionary
co-op skateboarding experience to the critically acclaimed franchise, SKATE
3 offers gamers a chance to team up and throw down with their
friends. Players complete unique team challenges, compete against rival
crews online and shred the streets of the all new skaters' paradise,
Port Carverton.
In SKATE 3, even new skate fans can look like a pro. To learn the
ins and outs of skateboarding, SKATE 3 introduces the all-new
Skate.School. Players will go through a fun and humorous tutorial with
Coach Frank where he teaches players of all skill levels how to own the
streets of Port Carverton. The franchise also continues to raise the bar
for user-created content with the Skate. Create feature suite, an
innovative toolset that empowers gamers to truly express their skate
style by creating their own graphics, using the object dropper to set up
the perfect line or park creator to build the ultimate skate park.
Gamers will also receive a one-time-use VIP code that comes included in
retail and digital versions of the game which will activate the Skate
Share Pack.* Additional codes are available for purchase. This pack will
give players the ability to share and view Skate.Reel videos/photos and
Skate.Parks from inside the game. Players with the VIP code will be
eligible to receive additional content which may include items like new
characters and in game locations.
Developed by Black Box, SKATE 3 is rated "T" for Teen and "16+"
by PEGI and is now available on PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment
system and Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system for $59.99. More
information can be found at www.skate.ea.com,
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* Restrictions and conditions apply. Please see www.ea.com
for more details.
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 SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 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 Mobile, POGO and SKATE are trademarks of Electronic
Arts Inc. Microsoft, 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.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
Dana Sissions, 604-456-5004 (PR Manager)
dsissons@ea.com
Peter Nguyen, 650-628-3607 (PR Director)
pnguyen@ea.com
Tammy Schacter, 650-628-7223 (Sr. PR Director)
tschacter@ea.com
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