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Hit game for iPhone and iPod touch to land on new platform

LONDON – September 16, 2009 – Firemint today announced that its hit game “Flight Control” will soon be landing on Nintendo DSi. The game was revealed at an exclusive preview event held by Nintendo, and will be released as DSiWare for wireless download via the DSi Shop.

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New FLASH Application Gives Spore Players New Ways to Get Creative

Emeryville, CA – September 16, 2009 – The revolutionary Spore™ Creature Creator is going 2-D! Maxis™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced Spore™ Creature Creator 2-D, a new Flash application where players experience an all new take on the variety and creative fun offered by the original 3-D Spore Creature Creator. Now available for free* at www.spore2d.com, players can create a creature from scratch or import a creature from the Sporepedia™, the library of 120+ million pieces of user-generated content in Spore. Five legs or ten, bat wings or horns; there are no limits to what users create. Once players have created their 2-D creature, they can embed it onto their social networking pages, and share it with friends via email. Spore Creature Creator 2-D takes creature-creating to new heights by making it a social, shared experience.

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Skateboarding Just Became the Ultimate Team Experience

Vancouver, British Columbia  September 15, 2009  Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today revealed the next title in the companys landmark skateboarding franchise: SKATETM 3, and confirmed that it will ship in May 2010. SKATE 3 breaks new ground by taking all of the camaraderie and competitive excitement of real-life skateboarding and brings it to the hands of gamers. Whether online or offline, players can now team up to build the ultimate skate crew in the definitive skateboarding co-op experience. In SKATE 3, players take part in team-based challenges, compete against rival crews and leave their mark on the all-new skaters paradise, Port Carverton.

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Creativity and Combat Come to Life on Nintendo Platforms October 6

September 11, 2009 – The epic fight to save the galaxy is almost here as Spore™ Hero and Spore™ Hero Arena go gold – officially completed and ready for manufacturing! Built from the ground up exclusively for the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ platforms, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena introduce a new level of action-packed adventure, creativity and combat to the critically acclaimed Spore franchise. Both games will be available at North American retailers on Oct. 6 2009 and internationally on Oct. 9, 2009.

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The Epic Journey through Hell Features a Dramatic Original Score from Heralded Film, Television and Video Game Composer

Redwood City, Calif. - September 9, 2009 - Visceral Games", the developers behind the critically-acclaimed Dead Space" franchise and a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that award-winning film, television and video game composer Garry Schyman will be creating the hellish score for the highly anticipated 3rd person action adventure game Dante's Inferno. The renowned composer, who won many prestigious awards most recently for his work on BioShock, is creating a dramatic score that sets the tone for Visceral Games' adaptation of Dante Alighieri's epic poem.

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