September 22, 2003 -- Redwood City, Calif -- Nokia, together with Electronic Arts (EA) today announced that NCAA® Football 2004 will be developed for the Nokia N-Gage game deck. One of the best-selling titles from the EA SPORTS® range, NCAA Football on the Nokia N-Gage game deck gives mobile quarterbacks the chance to lead their team to the championship anywhere, anytime. The first college football season of NCAA Football 2004 on the Nokia N-Gage game deck will focus on a range of unique mobile features, including multiplayer gameplay via Bluetooth(TM) wireless technology.
"There's a lot of excitement about the connectivity features of Nokia's N-Gage," said EA Executive Vice President of North American Publishing Nancy Smith. "We believe there are a lot of interesting possibilities for providing downloadable features for players of both EA SPORTS and EA GAMES titles."
"We are obviously very excited to be announcing our first EA title for the N-Gage - NCAA Football 2004. With Nokia's longstanding involvement in college athletics and our Nokia Sugar Bowl title sponsorship, the synergies are tremendous," said Pasi Pölönen, Director of Game Publishing, Entertainment and Media Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones. "With the multiplay features of NCAA Football 2004 on the N-Gage, two players can compete head-to-head in real time, putting the excitement of an NCAA football game into their hands."
The Nokia N-Gage version of NCAA Football 2004 will offer football fans instant access to college football complete with the option play and college playbooks. Player's will relive the intensity, pageantry and spirit of college football and celebrate the loyalty and tradition of college football's storied football programs. NCAA Football 2004 will be available on the Nokia N-Gage game deck in time for the 2003 holiday season.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2003. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM), and EA SPORTS BIG(TM). 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 N-Gage
The Nokia N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active and hardcore gamers, the Nokia N-Gage is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The Nokia N-Gage also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers. Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation.
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