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Two new Game Modes Headline Free SSX Update
3-2-1-Go! Events and Freeride Game Modes Now Available as SSX Drops to $39.99 in North America
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Aug. 7, in the year of our Lord
2012 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced
today the availability of two new game modes as part of a free
title update* for EA SPORTS™ SSX™. Building upon the successful
re-launch of the SSX franchise with 25 review scores of 9/10 or
higher, 3-2-1-Go! Events and Freeride bring a new multiplayer
and single player experience to SSX. The SSX title update is now
available on Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation®Network.
3-2-1-Go! Events:
3-2-1-Go! Events are a completely new way to experience
multiplayer in SSX. Unlike the asynchronous competition found in
Global Events, this new game mode will allow you to compete with
up to five riders simultaneously in fast paced Trick it and Race
it heats. The rules for 3-2-1-Go! Race Events are simple - the
first rider to cross the finish line wins. 3-2-1-Go! Trick
Events introduces a countdown timer for the entire run, so the
winner is determined by who can post the highest score and cross
the finish line before the clock hits zero.
Freeride:
One of the most requested modes from the SSX community, Freeride
is a single player experience that allows you to endlessly
explore every inch of the massive mountains of SSX at your own
pace and with your own style. There are no rules, no ghosts, no
clock, no score and no other riders. In Freeride, it is just
you, the mountain and your music.
SSX by the numbers**:
· Players have dropped into the world of SSX more than 200
million times
· Players have completed 18 million runs in Global Events
earning them more than 3.5 trillion credits
· Players have uploaded over 10 million ghosts that are
currently stored on the SSX servers
· Players have earned over 67 billion credits from hiding
geotags
A modern day reinvention of one of the most critically acclaimed
arcade franchises of all-time, SSX allows players to experience
the franchise’s signature fun and adrenaline-packed gameplay
across iconic regions all over the world. Using NASA
topographical satellite data, SSX has a massive world for
players to explore. Throughout nine expansive regions, SSX packs
reality-defying gameplay into every run letting players Race,
Trick, and Survive as they descend huge open mountains. In
addition, Explore, Global Events and RiderNet – the SSX
recommendation engine - headline an online feature set that will
redefine social competition for gamers, making it fun and easy
to compete with friends with no lobbies or wait times.
Become a fan of SSX on Facebook via
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@EASPORTSSSX. For more information visit
http://www.ea.com/ssx. SSX was developed by EA Canada and is
rated E by the ESRB, and PEGI 3.
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*Must have an online connection to access title update
** Statistics only represent online connected users from EA
internal data as of Monday, July 30, 2012