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EA SPORTS Reveals Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Cover Art
Collector’s Edition Features Masters Tournament’s Iconic Green Jacket; Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy Join Tiger Woods on Standard Edition Cover
November 30, in the year of our Lord 2011 – EA
SPORTS™ revealed today cover art for both the standard and
collector’s editions of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 13 with artwork
that showcases the great golfers of today while also
commemorating the Masters Tournament’s historic legacy. The
standard edition of the game features superstar golfers Rickie
Fowler and Rory McIlroy alongside Tiger Woods in the US and
European editions, respectively, while cover art for Tiger Woods
PGA TOUR 13: The Masters Collector’s Edition features the famed
Green Jacket. Cover art for both editions can be viewed at the
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR
Facebook page.
“The dream of winning a Green Jacket has inspired golfers for
many years, so we are very proud to provide our fans the only
game that allows you to compete in the Masters and attempt to
win golf’s ultimate prize,” EA SPORTS Marketing Director Craig
Evans said. “In addition, Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy are two
of the most exciting young golfers in the game today and we’re
thrilled to put them alongside Tiger Woods on the cover of Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR 13.”
Since first being awarded to Sam Snead in 1949, the Green Jacket
has become one of the most revered prizes in all of sports. The
collector’s edition cover also includes an image of the Calamity
Jane putter made famous by legendary amateur golfer and
Tournament co-Founder Bobby Jones.
Headlining the in-game features of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13: The
Masters Collector’s Edition is a new Green Jacket presentation
ceremony that was developed for winners of the Masters. This
comes in addition to every course and feature available in the
standard edition, five additional golf courses, Augusta
National’s Par 3 course and world-class Tournament Practice
Facility, and much more.
In October, for the first time in franchise history, EA SPORTS
provided fans the opportunity to choose who will join Tiger
Woods on the cover of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13. Similar to
previous EA SPORTS cover athlete votes for Madden NFL and NCAA
Football, community reaction to the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13
Match Play cover vote was overwhelmingly positive as more than
250,000 votes were cast from over 35 countries during a
three-week period that saw debates amongst golf enthusiasts and
campaigning by the world’s top golfers through their personal
social media channels.
On the heels of last year’s successful integration of the
Masters into Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, which Kotaku
recently named its 2011 Sports Game of the Year, Augusta
National Golf Club is back in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 giving
fans another chance to play one of the most celebrated courses
in all of golf. The game will also feature all-new experiences
around Tiger Woods’ memorable golf accomplishments throughout
his lifetime and will be the first controller-free,
voice-enabled and body tracking sports simulation game to
support the Kinect™ motion control system for the Xbox 360®
videogame system from Microsoft.
Over the past two decades, EA SPORTS has introduced a series of
immersive and authentic golf experiences across a variety of
game platforms that has helped expand the popularity of the
sport amongst fans. The EA SPORTS golf product portfolio
includes the award-winning Tiger Woods PGA TOUR franchise,
Tiger
Woods PGA TOUR Online and EA SPORTS PGA TOUR® Golf Challenge
for Facebook.