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EA Sports Football Club Delivers Revolutionary new way to Connect in Fifa Soccer 12
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 6, in the year of our Lord
2011 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced
today a new live service* called EA SPORTS™ Football Club that
will bring the world’s most passionate sports fans together and
engage them within the massive FIFA online community. EA SPORTS
Football Club—the heartbeat of FIFA Soccer 12 —connects players
to the real-world game with fresh, new content all the time,
enabling them to support their favorite club in new ways
connected to real-world events, and connect and compete with
friends, rivals and millions of other players around the world.
“The millions of fans playing FIFA online have shown us there is
a constant appetite for a deep connected experience, driven by a
love of the sport,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President and General
Manager of Soccer for the FIFA Soccer franchise. “EA SPORTS
Football Club is a new social experience that brings the world’s
soccer fans together, engaging and entertaining them in new ways
that have never been done before in a sports game.”
EA SPORTS Football Club creates a new social experience where
fans can connect and compete with their friends and millions of
other fans playing FIFA Soccer 12, where status, bragging rights
and progression are all measured and ever-changing. For the
first time ever, everything that happens within EA SPORTS FIFA
Soccer 12—and against friends—is measured in a meaningful way.
Every match matters, all season long. Earn experience points and
level up to build your status. Track friends, challenges and
status through the web at easportsfootball.com. Share and
compare accomplishments and spread the news on social channels
like Facebook.
EA SPORTS Football Club also ignites the passion of sports fans
and deepens their connection to their favourite team through
Support Your Club, a central experience in EA SPORTS Football
Club that enables fans to represent their club and compete
against rival clubs in everything they do in FIFA Soccer 12.
Earn club points and lift your club higher in the Support Your
Club League Tables or help them avoid relegation. Virtual league
tables are reset each week to create new challenges, renewed
rivalries, and fresh storylines.
Fans will be more closely connected to the sport than ever
before. Real-world storylines will drive content in EA SPORTS
Football Club, making the game feel fresh and new all the time.
Gamers will relive crucial real-world soccer events through
regular challenges. EA SPORTS Football Club will have a
dedicated team deliver new content and challenges so that FIFA
Soccer 12 will look, feel and play like the real-world season.
There will be no additional charge for EA SPORTS Football Club
as the service kicks off with FIFA Soccer 12 on the
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® videogame
and entertainment system and PC when the game launches this
fall.
To pre-order FIFA Soccer 12 visit
http://www.easportsfootball.com. For the latest news on FIFA
Soccer 12 join more than five million fans in the EA SPORTS FIFA
community at
http://www.facebook.com/easportsfifa or follow us on Twitter
at
www.twitter.com/easportsfifa.
FIFA Soccer 12 will be available in stores world-wide this fall
for the PlayStation®3, Xbox 360®, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, Nintendo 3DS™, PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) system, iPhone®, iPad™, and iPod® touch.
Additional feature details on all platforms will be revealed in
the months ahead.The game has not yet been rated.