Dateline Caracas: Mercenaries Invade Venezuela

Pandemic Studios Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Attacks Stores Across North America on August 31 and in Europe on September 5

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Viva Venezuela! Pandemic(TM) Studios, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) is proud to announce that its highly anticipated action game, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames(TM), has shipped to retail across North America and will hit stores in Europe on September 5th.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is an explosive open-world game set in a massive, fully destructible Venezuela and features over-the-top action, characters and explosions. Showcasing the latest, and most-dangerous, civilian and military hardware, Mercenaries 2 screams: if you see it, you can buy it, steal it or blow it up. The game represents an impressive new standard for destructibility within an open-world action game and also features a seamless cooperative multi-player mode that allows friends to enjoy the entire action-packed experience together online.

"Can I? Yes I can! That is what we set out to achieve in Mercenaries 2 and I am proud to say that is what we are delivering," said Josh Resnick, President of Pandemic Studios. "With Mercenaries 2, we are bringing our signature style to a truly epic, fun experience with tons of weapons, airstrikes, and vehicles, wrapping it all up in a virtual Venezuela that should provide endless larger-than-life moments."

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will invade retail shelves in North America on August 31st for the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system and the PlayStation(R)2 entertainment system. The PC version will arrive in stores on September 4th. Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be available in Europe on those platforms September 5th.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is developed by Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios, www.pandemicstudios.com. The game is rated "T" by the ESRB and "16+" by PEGI. For more information please visit http://www.mercs2.com or our press web site at http://info.ea.com.

About Pandemic Studios

Pandemic Studios is one of the world's premier developers of console and PC entertainment and a wholly owned division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS). Over its 10-year history, Pandemic Studios has established a reputation for producing top-selling, award-winning and cutting-edge original content and enhancing the value of existing intellectual properties. Recent hits include the record-selling Star Wars Battlefront(TM), Star Wars Battlefront(TM) II, and three original Pandemic Studios- created intellectual properties: Mercenaries(TM), Destroy All Humans(TM), and Full Spectrum Warrior(TM). Following the 2006 release of Destroy All Humans(R) 2, Pandemic Studios is developing a number of new, original titles for next-generation platforms including Mercenaries 2: World in Flames(TM), Lord of the Rings: Conquest(TM) and Saboteur(TM) at its Los Angeles, California, and Brisbane, Australia, studio locations. For more information on Pandemic Studios and its games, please visit: http://www.pandemicstudios.com.

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 SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 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 Freestyle, POGO, Pandemic, Mercenaries and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Destroy All Humans, Spectrum Warrior and Saboteur are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. "The Lord of the Rings" and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of SZC under license to Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. "PlayStation" and "PLAYSTATION" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.

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