LOS
ANGELES, Calif.,
November 14, 2007 – Take WWII
action into your hands! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced
that Medal of Honor Heroes™ 2
is available at retailers nationwide for the Wii™ and the PSP®
(PlayStation® Portable) system. Medal of
Honor Heroes 2 for the PSP will be available in Europe
on November 23 and in the following months for the Wii. Designed
completely from the ground up for the Wii and the PSP, Medal of Honor Heroes 2 features 32-person
online play for the Wii and PSP, support of the Wii™ Zapper, and a unique
Arcade Mode that simplifies gameplay for players of all skill levels and plays
like an old-school rail shooter.
“We’re
excited to get Medal of Honor Heroes 2
into players’ hands and hope to see them online!” said Peter Choi,
Group Producer at EA Canada. “We wanted to deliver the most full-featured
FPS experience to date on both the PSP and the Wii while also customizing the
experience for each specific platform. With intuitive controls, rich
single player campaigns and huge 32-player multiplayer battles, we feel
we’ve raised the bar for shooters on these platforms and can’t wait
for people to play the game.”
It is June 6th,
1944 and you step into the boots of OSS Operative John Berg and infiltrate Normandy from behind
enemy lines to undermine the Nazi regime. On both the Wii and PSP
systems, players will choose to tackle missions in an all-new single player
campaign or engage in massive, epic online multiplayer battles where they can
jump into the battle at any time against anyone. On the PSP, Medal of Honor Heroes 2 will deliver the
most comprehensive shooter experience to date, with a robust single player
campaign and on-the-go 32-player multiplayer capability that allows you to
battle it out, anytime and anywhere.
Developed at EA
Canada, Medal of Honor Heroes 2
is rated Teen by the ESRB, 18+ by the USK, and 16+ by PEGI. The game has a MSRP
$49.99 for Wii and $39.99 for PSP in North America.
For more information, please visit the game’s official website at www.mohheroes2.ea.com. For screenshots
and artwork, please visit www.info.ea.com.
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About Medal of Honor
First launched in 1999, Medal
of Honor has become one of the most popular, celebrated, and
influential First-person Shooter franchises in the world. Originally
conceptualized by Steven Spielberg and inspired during the shooting of the film
Saving Private Ryan, Medal of Honor launched a whole genre of
WWII games as it became one of the best-selling franchises in the EA brand
portfolio. Combined sales for the franchise have topped 31 million units
worldwide. For more information on the Medal
of Honor franchise, please visit www.moh.ea.com.
About Electronic
Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California,
is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software
worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the
Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA
SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS BIGTM and POGOTM.
In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more
than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on
the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, POGO, and Medal of Honor
Heroes are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the
U.S.
and/or other countries. Medal of Honor is a trademark or registered
trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the
U.S. and/or other countries for
computer and video game products. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo.
“PlayStation” and “PSP” are registered trademarks of
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(sold separately). All other trademarks are the property of their
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