EA Announces Strategic Partnership with Crytek GmbH; Worldwide Agreement to Develop and Publish New PC Franchise.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. -- Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced a worldwide strategic partnership to develop and publish a new game franchise with developer Crytek GmbH. The agreement builds on Crytek's success with its first title, the chart-leading first-person shooter  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. , Far Cry, and brings together the creative talent of Crytek with the publishing expertise and unrivalled reach of Electronic Arts. The highly regarded German developer will create an exciting new game franchise for the PC based on original intellectual property. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "Bringing original intellectual property to the interactive entertainment market is a key focus for EA," said Greg Richardson, Vice President, General Manager, EA Partners. "EAP's partnership agreement with Crytek is a testament to our commitment to nurturing creative development and we are delighted to be working with one of the brightest talents in Europe to create what we believe will be an innovative gaming experience." Cevat Yerli, President of Crytek said, "We are looking forward to this partnership with EA. Our advanced technology and creativity, together with EA's production support, marketing and sales, means that we have a great opportunity to bring an original gaming experience to our consumers, as well as grow our business. We are thrilled to see this development get underway." ABOUT ELECTRONIC ARTS Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $2.96 billion for fiscal 2004. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. EA 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. About EA Partners Electronic Arts Partners (EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) A protocol that acts as a framework and transport for other authentication protocols. EAP uses its own start and end messages, but then carries any number of third-party messages between the client (supplicant) and access control ) is EA's publishing studio that focuses on the development and co-publishing of 3rd party products from throughout the world. EAP, which posted revenues of $360M in FY04, would rank among the Top 5 U.S. game companies based on revenues, if it were an independently operated organization. Currently, EAP has worldwide development and co-publishing agreements with Black Hole Games, Castaway Entertainment Castaway Entertainment is a video game developer. It was established by former employees of Blizzard Entertainment's Blizzard North division, the studio responsible for creating Diablo and Diablo II. It is based in Redwood City, California. , Digital Illusions C.E., Free Radical Design, Gas Powered Games Gas Powered Games is a computer game developer located in Redmond, Washington. The development studio was started in May 1998 by Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation, and several other ex-Cavedog Entertainment employees. , Lionhead Studios Lionhead Studios is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and acquired by Microsoft Game Studios in April 2006. Lionhead started as a breakaway from the developer Bullfrog, which was also founded by Molyneux. and Warner Brothers Interactive. EAP also has regional partnerships including: Capcom, Koei, NovaLogic, NAMCO NAMCO Nakamura Manufacturing Company, Ltd. , LucasArts and Square Enix Co. EAP titles are both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. For Battlefield 1942, EAP and its co-publishing partner Digital Illusions C.E. won many prestigious awards including the 2003 Game Developers Choice Award for Excellence in Game Design and the 2002 Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Game of the Year. About Crytek Crytek(R), creator of the award winning true next generation first person shooter Far Cry, is an interactive entertainment development company located in Coburg, Germany. Crytek is dedicated to create exceptionally high quality computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG with their proprietary cutting edge 3D-Game-Technologies CryENGINE(TM) and Polybump(TM). For further information please visit www.crytek.com Electronic Arts, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS and EA SPORTS BIG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Crytek, CryENGINE and Polybump are trademarks of Crytek GmbH in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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