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EA Ships EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 for PLAYSTATION 3.


Gamers Go Eye to Eye with Boxing's Greatest Pugilists via the Exclusive PLAYSTATION 3 "Get in the Ring" Mode

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 Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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) announced today that EA SPORTS[TM] Fight Night Round 3 for the PLAYSTATION[R]3 has shipped to retail stores nationwide. Rated nine out of 10 in Game Informer's January issue, the world's #1 computer & video game magazine, EA is delivering the next knockout sports title in the award-winning and top-selling boxing franchise.

The exclusive PLAYSTATION[R]3 mode called Get in the Ring allows players to experience the game through a unique first person perspective. Seen through their own eyes, the new mode immerses players in such a way that they feel like they actually are the boxers throwing furious combinations and experiencing the brutal impact of their opponents' punches. EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 takes the realism of boxing to an astonishing a·ston·ish  
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 height with visuals and audio effects that truly recreate the brutal sensation of the sport from ear ringing and restricted vision to flashes of bright light, color shifts and blur effects that simulate the feeling of getting punched.

Gamers can also play through an entire career of a boxing legend such as Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, pasha of Egypt
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 or go glove to glove with their friends online(1) or via split-screen using the unique first person mode. Players can also switch between the first person mode or play in the visually stunning third person perspective to mix up the fights.

EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 for the PLAYSTATION[R]3 is developed by EA Canada EA Canada is a video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia, close to Vancouver. The development studio was opened in January 1999 and is EA's largest studio. EA Canada alone employs more than one thousand people. . The game is rated "T" (Teen) by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
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 and has an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
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 of $59.99. The game's official website is www.fightnightround3.com.

In addition, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 marks the first time the EA SPORTS Fight Night franchise is offered on mobile phones. Available now on mobile carriers nationwide, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 from EA Mobile ensures boxing fans are never left outside the ring.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (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, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and POGO(TM). In fiscal 2006, EA posted revenue of $2.95 billion and had 27 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://info.ea.com.

(1) Internet connection required for online play. Online play may not be available on all platforms. See full product for detail.

Electronic Arts, 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. Muhammad Ali provided courtesy of G.O.A.T., Inc. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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