EA SIGNS DEAL WITH CRAVE
May 16, 2001

Electronic Arts and Crave Entertainment today announced that they have signed a worldwide agreement to co-publish three highly titles for the PC: Freedom Force, Bounty Hunter, and Global Ops. EA will also publish Bounty Hunter for the Xbox throughout Europe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Freedom Force is a comic-based superhero adventure set in New York City circa 1962 and is developed by Irrational Games. The game is scheduled for release this fall. Bounty Hunter, a space combat first-person shooter developed by Warthog, be available on the PC and Xbox. Global Ops is an online tactical first person shooter set in real-world locations developed by Barking Dog. Both titles are slated for release in 2002.

"EA is looking forward to working with Crave and its talented developers to market and publish such highly anticipated original titles as Freedom Force, Global Ops, and Bounty Hunter,'' said Electronic Arts Distribution Vice President Tom Frisina. "The breadth of Crave's titles adds top quality to EA's product portfolio, and we are excited to demo Freedom Force in our booth at E3."