REDWOOD CITY, CA -February 19, 2002 - Before over 37 billion people worldwide come to a standstill to follow the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ competition this spring, EA SPORTS™ offers soccer enthusiasts the opportunity to determine for themselves who will win the world's most coveted trophy with 2002 FIFA World Cup. Announcing today that it will release exclusively the official interactive FIFA World Cup game, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) gives consumers globally the opportunity to kick-off the FIFA World Cup frenzy by playing in the tournament before it begins. The game promises to capture every moment of glory, every emotion, every sound and every aspect of a truly global event, giving consumers the opportunity to kick-off the FIFA World Cup frenzy by playing in the tournament before it begins. Gamers will find a whole new world of showboating and high-tempo, high-impact action, obvious from the first touch of the ball.

2002 FIFA World Cup will ship in April for PC-CD, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PlayStation console, the Xbox™ video game system by Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube™.

"We've gone to great lengths to sets out to develop the most realistic, enjoyable FIFA World Cup experience," said Executive Producer Marc Aubanel. "In order to do so we've signed an unprecedented number of licenses in so we can deliver soccer fans their favorite players and teams in FIFA World Cup uniforms, competing in sanctioned World Cup Stadiums, replicated with lifelike detail."

Released: 2/19/2002