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New EA Sports Ignite Engine to Power Games on Next Gen Consoles
Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, NBA LIVE 14 and EA SPORTS UFC to Launch Within Next 12 Months
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 21, in the year of our Lord
2013 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced
today that it has developed EA SPORTS™ IGNITE, a new game engine
that will power EA SPORTS games on Xbox One, the all-in-one
games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and
PlayStation®4. Fueled by EA SPORTS IGNITE, EA SPORTS games will
be alive with players who think, move, and behave like real
athletes and dynamic living worlds, transforming the way people
play and experience games on next gen consoles. Created with the
EA SPORTS IGNITE engine, Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, NBA LIVE 14,
and EA SPORTS™ UFC, will each launch within the next 12 months.
EA SPORTS IGNITE blends new technology with the best rendering,
run-time physics, animation, intelligence, locomotion, and
online systems from across EA into one powerful, new engine.
Athletes will possess human-like intelligence for advanced
decision-making, players will have the agility required to
change speeds and directions with true athletic motion, and
living worlds will make the game experience as rich and dynamic
as real-world stadiums and arenas.
“Through years of investment and innovation, we have built
technology across EA SPORTS to create a game engine that will
deliver stunning accuracy, realism and experiences that we
previously could only dream about,” said Andrew Wilson,
Executive Vice President and Head of EA SPORTS. “With EA SPORTS
IGNITE and the power of next generation consoles, our games will
come alive—with more authenticity, more emotion, more
connectivity, and more fun.”
Athletes in EA SPORTS next gen games will be able to make
intelligent decisions with human-like reaction times. EA SPORTS
IGNITE computes four times more calculations per second than
previous consoles, unlocking nearly infinite potential for how
players think, and enabling them to make more difficult
decisions faster. Players are alive with contextual awareness
and instincts—thinking, anticipating, and reacting—just like
real athletes, and players are conscious of their environment.
In FIFA 14, for example, a player’s sense of urgency increases
as the match draws on and a goal is needed, rushing to take a
free kick, corner, or goal-kick if time is running down.
EA SPORTS IGNITE will deliver the dynamic movements and
biomechanics of the world’s best athletes. With 10 times more
animation depth and detail than previous consoles, and thousands
of new sport-specific animations to drive new locomotion
systems, players now plant, pivot and cut, quickly change
speeds, and shift momentum with the agility and explosiveness of
superstar athletes.
EA SPORTS games for the next generation will have stunning
accuracy and visuals. By creating living worlds, the in-game
environment is now as dynamic as real-world stadiums and arenas
that change throughout a match. For the first time ever, 3D
crowds and dynamic sidelines will impact the experience, and
rich sports atmospheres will change organically based on the
progress of a match. Player actions will change depending on the
situation, and crowds will have an expectation of how a game is
likely to play out, and react accordingly.
Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, EA SPORTS UFC and NBA LIVE 14, will
release worldwide within the next 12 months on Xbox One and the
PlayStation 4, and will be available for pre-order soon. Madden
NFL 25 will release in North America on August 27 and worldwide
on August 30 on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system
and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. FIFA 14 will
also be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PC and
additional platforms. The release date has not yet been
announced.