EA Takes It to the Street with International Music Soundtrack for FIFA Street 3
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EA Takes It to the Street With International Music Soundtrack for FIFA Street 3 Environments Pulsate and Explode to Life With the Beat of the Music REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) unveiled today an international selection of artists and music that make up the soundtrack of FIFA Street 3, the newest instalment of the EA SPORTS BIG™ street soccer arcade series. Hand selected to bring the exhilarating soccer experience to life through environments that pulsate to the beats, the FIFA Street 3 in-game soundtrack features 37 songs representing a resurgence in electronic music and brings the beautiful game back to the streets. The third chapter in the FIFA Street series creates a hyper-real world that brings to life soccer's biggest stars as stylized action heroes who perform to an eclectic selection of music seamlessly infused into their surroundings. The game's environments pulsate and explode to life with every well-timed tackle, outrageous trick move or unstoppable shot on goal. The FIFA Street 3 soundtrack boasts an extraordinary mix of music gathered from around the globe, hand picked to represent different regions and their passion for the game. It includes songs by Chromeo (Canada), MC Amilcka (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Junkie XL (Holland), M.I.A. (Sri Lanka / London), and Underworld (London). "This has always been a game with global underground credibility, and our responsibility is to always take its music to the next level," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. "For FIFA Street 3 we've created a soundtrack that digs deep into hardcore electronic culture, bringing together the genre's most radical breakthrough artists from more than a dozen countries. It's more than just the world sound of the streets; it's the sound of FIFA Street." To listen to streaming music clips and learn more about the bands visit www.ea.com/eatrax/. The music in FIFA Street 3 includes: Artist Song Region(1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hexstatic Red Laser Beam London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hexstatic Tokyo Traffic London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hexstatic Bust London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Deluxe Let The Beats Roll London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Deluxe Let The Beats Roll London (Rennie Pilgrim Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Asian Dub Foundation Stop Start Bombay / London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Ms. Kick It Complex San Francisco Persia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Ms. Kick It Complex San Francisco Persia (Bassnectar Remix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Ms. Bomb The Blocks San Francisco Persia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Ms. Bomb The Blocks Montreal / Canada Persia (Ghislain Poirier Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Yo San Francisco Kristinamaria ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bassnectar feat. Yo (Speaker Junk's Brazil Kristinamaria Jackin' Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Buraka Som Sistema Yah! feat. Petty Portugal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chromeo Fancy Footwork Montreal / Canada (Zdar Dub, Pee Thug Edit) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chromeo Fancy Footwork (DIM Mix) Montreal / Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coburn feat. Solidstate We Interrupt This London Programme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Coburn We Interrupt This London Programme (Jean Claude Ades Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Datarock I Used To Dance With My Norway Daddy (M.O.M. Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Datarock I Used To Dance With My Norway Daddy (Subsource Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Does It Offend You, Yeah? We Are Rock Stars London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Does It Offend You, Yeah? Battle Royale London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forro In The Dark Suor de Futbol Fina Brazil (Mawglee Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Innerpartysystem Don't Stop Philadelphia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Junkie XL feat. Lauren Booming Right At You Netherlands Rocket ---------------------------------------------------------------------- M.I.A. Bird Flu Sri Lanka / London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- M.I.A. Boyz Sri Lanka / London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MC Amilcka Humildade da Favela Brazil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No Bizzi feat. J2K Yeah Yeah London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sasha & Paul Rogers Black Powder London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Go! Team Grip Like A Vice London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Planet People feat. Make It Break London Afrika Bambaataa (La Resistance and Deemus Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tigerpicks Disco Punk Electro Funk Manchester, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Underworld Crocodile London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Underworld Crocodile (Huntemann Mix) London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Meego Wanna Be A Star Chicago ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Meego Wanna Be A Star (Walter Chicago Sees Stars Mix) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wax Poetic Bombeiro Brazil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FIFA Street 3 features over 250 of the world's best players representing 18 of the top international teams. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player has been rendered into a stylized caricature and boasts his own, distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Whether you're after brawn, brains, silky skills or crunching tackles to complete your team, the perfect street player is out there. Choose from Tricksters, Enforcers, Playmakers and Finishers to give you different options on the ball and make your mark on the street. FIFA Street 3 will be available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS™. FIFA Street 3 is scheduled to ship to stores on February 15th, 2008 in Europe and February 18th in North America. It is rated "E" for Everyone and 3+ by PEGI. Screenshots can be downloaded at http://www.info.ea.com. (1) The region for an artist changes when the featured artist and/or remixer is from a different region but featured on the song. 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 SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. 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://www.info.ea.com. EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Official FIFA licensed product ' © The FIFA brand OLP logo is a copyright and trademark of FIFA. All rights reserved.' Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts Inc. 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