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Wednesday January 09, 2002

EA SPORTS Debuts NCAA March Madness on PlayStation 2

Your "One Shining Moment(TM)" awaits. Under the EA SPORTS(TM) brand, Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) announces the release of NCAA(R) March Madness(TM) for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system.

In its fourth year, this year's game offers the deepest college hoops experience to date with over 130 NCAA teams and courts, 45 unique team specific chants, fight songs, and intense gameplay including backboard shattering dunks, wrap-around passes and big blocks. The first and only game licensed to feature "One Shining Moment," the renowned CBS tournament anthem, it also showcases coaching tactics offered by 11 of college basketball's finest such as Kansas coach Roy Williams, UCLA's Steve Lavin and others.

Developed by EA Canada, NCAA March Madness carries an ESRB rating of "E" for Everyone and a MSRP of US$49.99 for the PlayStation 2 console.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and EA.COM(SM).