EA.com Launches Premium Subscription-Based Sports Content.

Business Editors/Internet & Sports Writers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2001

Race at Bristol, Go 10 Rounds With Ali, or Play a Round with Tiger;

Unique Online Sports Content Available at

EA.com and on the AOL Flagship Service

EA.com(SM), the Web's largest multiplayer online interactive entertainment destination and a division of Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), today launched its first subscription-based premium content bundle, the EA SPORTS(TM) Service. With an introductory price of $4.99 per month, the service offers three exclusively licensed games for online play, including NASCAR(R) Web Racing, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(R) Web Golf and Knockout Kings(TM) Web Boxing, with more content to be added in the coming months.

Sports fans can check out each of these richly authentic Internet-based games in a single-player demo mode for free at www.easportsservice.com. When subscribing to the EA SPORTS Service, players will have access to multi-player versions of these adrenaline pumping sports experiences with the capability of challenging opponents anywhere on the Internet who also subscribe to the service. Exclusively available at EA.com, as well as AOL's Games Channel and AOL Web properties CompuServe.com, Netscape.com and ICQ.com, the EA SPORTS Service games do not require users to purchase any additional packaged goods or browser disk software in order to enjoy great head-to-head sports action.

"The EA SPORTS Service offers realistic interactive sports experiences that simply cannot be found elsewhere on the Web," said Tom Nichols, marketing director for EA.com's EA SPORTS Arena and Worlds Channels. "Sports legends such as Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali and Bobby Labonte come to life on the Internet through our service. EA.com then kicks it into high gear with the realistic sights and sounds of the authentic venues where those athletes compete. Our subscribers will have the unique opportunity of competing as or against these athletes as well as going head-to-head against opponents from all over the Internet in their quest to become a champion."

About the Games

NASCAR(R) Web Racing: NASCAR fans can get behind the wheel and go bumper-to-bumper with the best drivers on the Internet circuit. Players can select from 16 signature cars and drivers and compete on five NASCAR-sanctioned tracks such as The Atlanta Motor Speedway(TM), Pocono Raceway(R) or the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in their pursuit to become the top driver on the Web. Up to 16 drivers whip around turns at top speeds, while capacity crowds cheer them on. Get too close to the wall though and you'll pay for it in your car's performance, paint job and position. This game requires strategy and guts as you try to edge out the competition in single- or multi-player modes.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(R) Golf: Grab your clubs and tee off as or against Tiger Woods and three other PGA TOUR players on some of the most prestigious courses on the TOUR, including Pebble Beach Golf Links(R), the Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass(TM) and the TPC at Summerlin(TM). Based on EA's exclusive PGA TOUR and Tiger Woods licenses, this is where online duffers can crush a drive, snake in a birdie putt or hit 300+ yard drives like Tiger. You will feel like you're on the real PGA TOUR as you see golfers' signature moves such as Tiger doing his fist pump when he sinks a tough putt.

Knockout Kings(TM) Web Boxing: Lace up your gloves and go toe-to-toe with some of the best fighters in boxing history. Step into the ring as one of eight of the greatest boxers of all time, including Muhammad Ali, "Smokin'" Joe Frazier and current heavyweight champ Lennox Lewis. Each fighter looks, acts and boxes like their real-life counterpart, right down to the moves that have made them champions.

EA.com will be adding to the subscription's content in the coming months with games based on other popular EA SPORTS franchises. Gamers can look for online-only games based on Triple Play Baseball(TM) this spring and FIFA Soccer later in the year, as well as various other interactive online games, contests and tournaments.

About EA.com

EA.com, which went live in October of 2000, is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. and is a business division of Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's largest interactive entertainment software company. Under an agreement with America Online, Inc. (AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, EA.com provides exclusive games programming for the AOL Games channel, AOL.COM, Netscape.com, ICQ, CompuServe, in addition to the EA.com home site. The relationship between EA.com and AOL has created a leading online gaming community and provides several services, including the ability to download and play games, find online opponents, obtain game related information and join chat rooms to discuss games.

Note to Editors: Electronic Arts, Knockout Kings and Triple Play Baseball are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. AOL is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc. in the U.S. and elsewhere. Muhammad Ali provided courtesy of G.O.A.T. Inc. The name, likeness and other attributes of Tiger Woods, the "Tiger Woods" logo, and the name, logos and other indicia of NIKE, Inc. reproduced in this product are the trademarks and copyrighted designs and/or other forms of intellectual property, that are the exclusive property of Tiger Woods, ETW Corp. and/or NIKE, Inc. and may not be used, in whole or in part, without their respective written consents. PGA TOUR, TPC at Summerlin and TPC at Sawgrass are trademarks of PGA TOUR, INC and used by permission. Pebble Beach Golf Links is a trademark of Pebble Beach Golf Company. Used under license by Electronic Arts. NASCAR is a registered trademark of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. Pocono Raceway is the registered trademark of Pocono International Raceway, Inc., Atlanta Motor Speedway is a trademark of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.