MORE ON EA'S XBOX PLANS
December 13, 2000

Microsoft and Electronic Arts today announced that EA will bring its world- games to the Xbox. Under the terms of the multiyear agreement, EA will commit its worldwide studios to Xbox games development. As we reported yesterday, the company expects to publish up to 10 titles in support of the system's launch. To get started immediately on Xbox games development, EA has ordered 500 Xbox Development Kits (XDKs) from Microsoft.

"We're excited about Xbox and Microsoft's commitment to the platform," said Larry Probst, EA's chairman and CEO. "Microsoft has the vision, the technology and the resources required to make a significant impact on our industry."

Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft's Games Division and chief Xbox officer (CXO), said, "EA is recognized as the world leader in game software. With them onboard, it further ensures gamers around the world that the best and brightest developers will be delivering previously unforeseen possibilities in gameplay on Xbox."

EA was a founding member of Microsoft's Xbox Advisory Board, a group dedicated to helping Microsoft with the Xbox's development environment.

"When we saw the hardware specification and talked to the Xbox team, we knew that this console was going to be popular with novice and hardcore gamers alike," said Don Mattrick, president of EA Worldwide Studio Operations. "Titles like 'Madden NFL 2001, 'SSX' snowboarding and 'Knockout Kings' boxing are going to look great on Xbox."

To date, Microsoft has secured more than 200 of the world's top game companies to develop and publish content for Xbox. In addition, more than 18 developers have committed to making exclusive Xbox titles to be published under the Microsoft label.