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EA SPORTS PGA TOUR HITS THE LINKS IN SPRING 2015
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 9, in the year of our Lord
2014 – A return to the virtual links is near as today
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced EA SPORTS™ PGA
TOUR®. The new title will feature gorgeously detailed real-world
courses, as well as epic fantasy courses that offer not only new
settings, but their own unique challenges. EA SPORTS PGA TOUR
will launch on Xbox One, the all-in-one entertainment system
from Microsoft, and the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment
system, in Spring 2015.
The game will be the first EA SPORTS title to utilize the power
of the Frostbite 3 engine to render stunning courses and open up
the golf experience like never before. With the ability to
stream full environments, players will truly be able to play the
ball as it lies no matter where it lands.
“Frostbite 3 is really the perfect piece of technology for us to
use as we create EA SPORTS PGA TOUR,” said Executive Producer
Brent Nielsen. “There is no better engine out there for creating
complex, lifelike environments, and it has allowed us to
recreate some of the world’s most beautiful courses, as well as
create some new ideas of our own. Also, for the first time ever
we’re offering a game that’s completely free of load times after
you start your round, allowing you to move seamlessly from one
green to the next tee without breaking immersion.”
"The technology driving EA SPORTS PGA TOUR opens up so many new
opportunities," said Denise Humphreys, PGA TOUR Senior Director
of Partnerships. "Two of our favorite new features are the
ability to play from hole to hole with no load time, plus having
views of the entire course, allowing the gamer a more real-world
experience."
This newfound freedom will come in handy not just for PGA TOUR
courses fans know and love, but also in the new fantasy courses
that will make their debut in EA SPORTS PGA TOUR. Why take two
shots to get a ball around a beached battleship in the
Battlefield Paracel Storm course when you can fire a ball right
at the bow, bounce it off the deck and land on the green in one?
“One of my favorite things about the game is discovering new
shortcuts and alternate routes to the hole on fantasy courses,”
stated Nielsen. “Players are encouraged to wander off the beaten
path and find new roads to success. Now that the entire course
is open at all times you are as free to be as creative and
imaginative as you want in your pursuit of a low score.”
EA SPORTS PGA TOUR is developed in Orlando, Florida by EA
Tiburon and will be available in Spring 2015 for Xbox One and
PlayStation 4.