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EA Sports Extends Agreement with Premier League
Over 200 New Stunning Digital Player Models, New Broadcast Package, and All 20 Club Stadiums Now Featured in EA SPORTS FIFA 15
GUILDFORD, UK – August 6,
in the year of our Lord 2014 – Electronic Arts Inc.
(NASDAQ: EA) today announced that EA SPORTS™ and the Premier
League have extended their existing agreement until the end of
the 2018/19 season, which now incorporates the sponsorship of
the League’s Goal Decision System.
As a longstanding partner of the Premier League, EA SPORTS has
been connecting to real world football through a number of
partnership initiatives with the Premier League, including the
EA SPORTS Player Performance Index - an in-depth statistics
matrix measuring player’s all round contribution – and the
Fantasy Premier League game.
The new agreement will showcase the Barclays Premier League as
the most authentic league in EA SPORTS FIFA 15, with an
unprecedented level of detail in the players and all 20
stadiums, as well as the integration of broadcast quality
graphics, audio and commentary that ensures FIFA 15 fans will
feel the emotion and intensity of the most popular football
league in the world. The deal has given EA SPORTS access to all
20 Barclays Premier League clubs to enable the FIFA 15 team to
capture 3D head scans of over 200 players, build realistic
stadiums for all 20 League clubs, and capture the emotion of the
crowd by recording live match atmosphere during the 2013/14
season.
“We’re extremely pleased to announce the extension of our
partnership with the Premier League, the most played league in
EA SPORTS FIFA,” said Peter Moore, Chief Operating Officer, EA.
“It brings our award-winning game to new levels of authenticity
and realism, and enables fans to immerse themselves in the drama
and emotion of the league. And as a life-long Liverpool FC fan,
I know exactly how that feels!”
“EA SPORTS is a long term licensee of the Premier League and we
are extremely pleased to extend our existing agreements with
them, and to add new elements to our partnership including their
sponsorship of the Goal Decision System,” commented Richard
Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League. “They have
worked with our clubs to enhance the Premier League element of
FIFA 15 like never before and, combined with their sponsorship
of the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index and our Fantasy
Premier League game, they continue to engage with football fans
in a variety of innovative and exciting ways.”
The new agreement enables FIFA 15 to showcase the Barclays
Premier League in the most authentic representation ever, by
including the following features*:
· Broadcast Graphics – Broadcast quality overlay graphics that
are synonymous with the international TV broadcasts will
communicate to fans all the important game information: team
sheets, formations, score and clock, next fixture, player stats,
and more.
· Audio and Commentary – The ambience and cheers of over 20
Barclays Premier League matches were recorded and implemented
into FIFA 15 to bring realistic audio to goals, misses,
whistles, and crowd-specific chants. The Barclays Premier League
Anthem will also play at the start of each League match up.
· All 20 Stadiums – Every stadium in the Barclays Premier League
is in the game and looks, feels, and sounds just as it does in
real life, including authentic representation of animated LEDs
and advertising boards.
· Authentic Player Headscans – Using the latest 3D scanning
technology, the FIFA 15 development team visited every Barclays
Premier League club in the 2013/14 season to scan players and
capture their likeness. Over 200 new player heads will be
scanned into FIFA 15, giving them the most realistic player
model possible.
· Goal Decision System – Making its debut in FIFA 15, Goal
Decision System will leave no question as to whether or not the
ball crossed the line. Replay animations will emulate TV
broadcasts playing after close calls and goal line clearances.
FIFA 15, developed at EA Canada, will release 26 September in
the UK on PC, Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, and is available
for pre-order** now. A version of FIFA 15 will also release on
the Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft,
PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Wii™, Nintendo
3DS™, PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system this Fall.
Not all game features are available on all gaming platforms.
*Not all features available on all gaming platforms.
**Offer restrictions apply.