America Online and Electronic Arts Provide AOL Members with Free Access to Exclusive Games from EA's Club Pogo Subscription Service.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003 Members Will Also Receive Special Rate and Extended Trial Period to Community Features of Club Pogo New Premium Service Features Big Prizes and Exclusive Games America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive service, and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ) today announced that it will provide AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R) and AOL(R) for Broadband members with free access to the games from EA's Club Pogo(TM) site, a new subscription service offering exclusive games and a variety of VIP services designed to enhance the game play and community experience. With the release of AOL(R) 9.0 Optimized, the latest version of the AOL(R) and AOL(R) for Broadband services, free access to exclusive Club Pogo games is available to all AOL and AOL for Broadband members. Members will also receive a special subscription rate of $2.99 per month, or $19.99 per year, as well as an extended 60-day trial period to the community features of Club Pogo. The non-AOL member subscription rate is $4.99 per month, or $29.99 for the entire year, and the trial period is 14 days. "Playing games online is one of our members favorite daily activities - in fact, it ranks most popular after email and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or - and Club Pogo is a great addition to our selection of online games currently available through AOL," said Matt Bromberg, VP and General Manager, AOL Games. "We are excited to be able to exclusively offer members this unique value as part of their membership. In addition to access to these popular premium games for free, they'll have the option to subscribe for more community benefits for about half the price." "AOL has always been a great partner with EA's online publishing group, because both companies are dedicated to fostering strong online communities and providing them with the highest level of entertainment," said Lesley Mansford, VP of EA Online Publishing. "AOL's gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger is among our most vibrant and active, and therefore we are pleased to reward them with this new enhanced and exclusive service at a discounted rate." The Club Pogo site offers a variety of premium services, including exclusive games with enhanced graphics, sound and player features; a variety of ways to win big prizes, including Double Jackpot Spinner, which doubles all jackpots up to $4999; Instant Win Prizes and Club Pogo Prize Drawings. (No purchase necessary to win prizes. See official rules for details.) Club Pogo also eliminates intermissions, pop-ups and advertising interruptions; features a one-time download, where members access new games with no additional downloads and provides members with access to private chat and special game challenges that award players special badges to display in their player profiles. Currently, Club Pogo offers AOL subscribers exclusive free access to five new games: Pop Fu: A sequel to Poppit!(TM) Sensei sen·sei n. pl. sen·seis 1. A judo or karate teacher. 2. A teacher or mentor. 3. Used as a form of address for such a person. Spike guides players through an exotic set of challenging puzzles. Dice Derby: Dice Derby is a fast-paced board game in which players try to beat their opponents by building poker-style hands with dice. Jungle Gin: Jungle Gin is a twist on the classic card game of runs, sets and melds. Players can play against the computer or challenge someone one-on-one. GreenBack greenback, in U.S. history, legal tender notes unsecured by specie (coin). In 1862, under the exigencies of the Civil War, the U.S. government first issued legal tender notes (popularly called greenbacks) that were placed on a par with notes backed by specie. Bayou: A casino game Games available in most casinos are commonly called casino games. In a casino game, the players gamble casino chips on various possible random outcomes or combinations of outcomes. Casino games are available in online casinos, where permitted by law. that takes a strategy to help frogs jump as many flies as possible for increased payout. Squelchies: This fast-action puzzle game requires quick wits along with well-placed power-ups to defeat the ever-growing army of squishy squish·y adj. squish·i·er, squish·i·est 1. Soft and wet; spongy. 2. Sloppily sentimental. Adj. 1. sea creatures. AOL Games is a leading online destination for consumers. AOL Games creates unique and exclusive features for online, PC and console games, as well as a wide range of unique broadband opportunities to maximize the gaming experience. AOL Games offers unique programming such as First Play, which features exclusive premieres of online, PC and video games See video game console. before they're available anywhere else; and Inside the Game which offers exclusive video footage and special features from the hottest new games before they hit stores. AOL 9.0 Optimized, the latest version of the AOL service, is designed to help consumers get the most from being online whether they connect via dial-up or add the AOL for Broadband service to a basic high-speed connection. New features include enhanced communications options, an upgrade for AOL(R) Mail, additional built-in safety and security protections, more on-demand and exclusive programming, AOL's new Top Speed(TM) Web acceleration technology that is designed to enhance Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. at no additional charge, and more. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc.. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif., 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. Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, EA GAMES are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Pogo, Club Pogo, Pogo.com and Poppit! are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pogo Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. |
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