EA Partners to Publish Upcoming Title for PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360
and PC
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
EA Partners today announced that it has teamed up with Starbreeze
Studios, the award-winning developers of The Darkness and The
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay to reinvent one of EA's
most acclaimed classic franchises. The title, with the internal code
name Project RedLime, is being developed for the PLAYSTATION(R)3
computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(TM) system from Microsoft and
PC.
"EA Partners is thrilled to hand over the keys to one of EA's most
acclaimed franchises to Starbreeze Studios," said David DeMartini,
vice president and general manager of EA Partners. "Starbreeze's
pedigree is undisputed and we could not be happier to welcome them to
the EA Partners family. The team is creating an incredibly innovative
take on a classic property and EA Partners is poised to deliver a
blockbuster launch on the global stage."
"EA Partners gives independent developers like Starbreeze access
to EA's unrivaled global publishing infrastructure, letting us focus
our energy on what we do best - making incredible games," said Johan
Kristiansson, CEO of Starbreeze Studios. "We're already deep in
development on Project RedLime and the team at EA is giving us the
time we need to perfect our vision. We're excited to bring a new
perspective and gameplay innovation to this beloved fiction."
Additional information about the Starbreeze project will follow in
the coming months. For more information about other EA games, please
visit http://info.ea.com.
Developers interested in working at Starbreeze can search
available jobs at http://www.starbreeze.com
About Starbreeze Studios
Starbreeze is a videogame developer based in Uppsala, Sweden. The
studio was founded in 1998 and currently employs a staff of about 75.
The team has developed action/adventure games including 2004's "The
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay" (Xbox and PC) which
averaged a 90% Metacritic rating, and 2007's "The Darkness" (Xbox 360
and PS3) which averaged an 82% Metacritic rating.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), 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(TM),
EA(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and POGO(TM). 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 can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, POGO, are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Xbox 360 is a trademark of the Microsoft group of
companies. "PLAYSTATION" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
EA Partners
Bryce Baer, 650-628-5102
bbaer@ea.com
or
EA Games Label
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
tschachter@ea.com
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