REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – December 12, 2005 – Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) throws a killer combo in this top-rated sports game franchise. EA announced today that Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward will serve as cover athletes and spokespeople for EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3 for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft. Both boxing champions renowned for their intense rivalry in the sport will be featured on the cover of the highly anticipated boxing videogame scheduled to come out in February 2006. EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 for the Xbox 360™ and PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) systems will showcase an exclusive cover athlete to be unveiled at the world’s largest annual technology tradeshow, the International Consumer Electronics Show in January 2006.

Former IBF junior lightweight champ and current junior welterweight contender, Arturo “Thunder” Gatti, and former world boxing union light welterweight champion, “Irish” Micky Ward, bring their intensity of the sport to the virtual ring. The three epic bouts between Gatti and Ward are recognized as one of the greatest trilogies in boxing history.

Knocking out the competition, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing videogame experience to gamers. Film-quality graphics establish EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 as one of the best-looking and playing Xbox 360 sports game on the market. The graphics showcase devastating punch impacts unparalleled in any game or film.

On the way to becoming boxing’s greatest legend, train to fight like the best including Muhammad Ali or create a boxing style unique only to your boxer. Go toe-to-toe with greats such as De La Hoya, Ward, Gatti, Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. The critically-acclaimed EA SPORTS™ Fight Night series is back to defend its title as the undisputed champion of boxing videogames.

Developed by EA Chicago, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 is scheduled to ship in February 2006. The game’s official website is www.fightnightround3.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 videogame systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2005, EA posted revenues of $3.1 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.

Source: EA

Source: Wired News