EA'S MVP(TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball Rocks the Field ... and College Campuses with Music from Victory Records

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2005--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) gets the jump on the baseball season with the year's most cutting-edge, college-bound in-game soundtrack with MVP(TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball. Slated for release in Spring 2006, the game heralds in the new season with the ping of the aluminum bat, the roar of the crowd and an electrifying in-game soundtrack provided exclusively by Victory Records, the #1 independent record label in the country. Designed to celebrate everything that makes NCAA(R) baseball unique, the new title features intense action, stadiums filled with school spirit and 10 hot rock tracks that intensify the attitude and authenticity of college sports in the game.

Making their debut in MVP(TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball is "This Is Who We Are" from Hawthorne Heights whose album is slated for release at the end of February. Also launching through the game are new tracks "Paper Cliche" from Action Action and "Repeater" from Waterdown.

To further boost the musical experience of the game, fans who participate in the pre-purchase program will get a free CD sample disk with over 20 songs from Victory Records including nearly all of the tracks featured in the game. Available now, the CDs are available while supplies last at all EB and Gamestop retail outlets nationwide.

"Anyone on campus will tell you that Victory Records is the coolest brand in rock. Pairing them up with EA SPORTS was a perfect fit," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. "Each one of these songs intensifies the thrill of victory ... or the agony of defeat."

Victory's Leader Tony Brummel said "Teaming up with EA is a natural for us. They are a brilliant company that has really utilized the power of music to increase the overall entertainment value of their games, and, at the same time, help in the development of many fantastic artists. They have their ear to the street and are leaps and bounds ahead of their competition."

The music in MVP (TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball includes:

ARTIST                            SONG
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Action Action                     Paper Cliche
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Aiden                             Die Romantic
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Bayside                           Devotion And Desire
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Hawthorne Heights                 This Is Who We Are
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Silverstein                       Smile In Your Sleep
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The Forecast                      These Lights
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The Audition                      Approach The Bench
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The Black Maria                   Organs
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The Junior Varsity                Get Comfortable
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Waterdown                         Repeater
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MVP(TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball will debut EA SPORTS(TM) Load and Fire Batting and Precision Throw Control, the nation's top universities and conferences, and a deep college-specific Dynasty Mode(TM) that takes you on the "Road to Omaha(R)" with baseball's brightest young stars. Complete with an engaging visual presentation and ESPN's Mike Patrick and former Stanford All-American Kyle Peterson calling the action, MVP(TM) 06 NCAA(R) Baseball features an all-new Custom Ballpark feature and a robust Create a Player option. The game also includes exclusive new online* features for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and Xbox Live(R).

The game, which joins NCAA(R) Football and NCAA(R) March Madness(R) in the EA SPORTS(TM) family of popular NCAA-licensed properties, is slated to ship on the PlayStation 2 console and Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft in Spring 2006. Screenshots of the game can be found at http://info.ea.com.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (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(TM), EA(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and POGO(TM). 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.

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 360,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA Championships in Division I, II and III sports. For more information, go to www.ncaa.org.

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