GAMERS SKATE BACK INTO ACTION…
THIS TIME ON NINTENDO WII AND DS
‘Skate It’ Delivers Popular Flickit Controls and Introduces Support for Wii
Balance Board to Deliver Unique Skateboarding Experience.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 12, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today
announced Skate It, a new game in the awardwinning
Skate franchise that taps into the heart and soul of being on a skateboard. Designed exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems, Skate It has Nintendo players riding with the skate pros, owning the best spots in San Vanelona and pulling off the sickest tricks using the popular FlickIt controls. Loaded with allnew gameplay features, Skate It breaks new ground by introducing innovative support for the Wii Balance Board which gives players a fresh way to create their own signature skateboarding style.
“We knew it would be an exciting challenge to bring the soul and feel of skateboarding to the Wii
and Nintendo DS,” said Scott Blackwood, Executive Producer Skate
franchise. “With fresh new designs and gameplay components built from scratch, we’ve been able to, once again, capture
the true experience of skateboarding in a completely innovative way.”
Skate It unleashes the FlickIt revolution on to the Nintendo platforms, letting gamers use the Wii
remote or the Nintendo DS stylus to string together their best tricks for the ultimate skate line. The
Wii remote becomes a skateboard and reacts to gestures that mirror actual skate flips and
moves. Players can also deepen this experience by planting their feet on the Wii Balance Board.
Skate It brings the hit Skate franchise to a new level of creative ingenuity and gameplay
excellence.
Skate It will ship in 2008. The game has not yet been rated by the ESRB.
Separately, Skate 2 is also currently in development for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system.
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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 SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of
$3.09 billion and had 24 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
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