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FEATURES - *YOU CALL THE SHOTS

Play as 144 NCAA teams, including 117 Division I-A and 27 Division I-AA schools.

• SHINE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Top 25 and BCS rankings, plus individual honors such as the Heisman Memorial Trophy

• THE ROAD TO THE ROSES

Earn a bid to play in one of the 26 postseason bowl games including the Rose Bowl, Nokia Sugar Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, and Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

• NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND

Commentary from the broadcast superteam of Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, and Brad Nessler.

• GRIDIRON 101

Campus Challenge rewards your big plays with unlocked teams, stadiums, and bonus features.*

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NCAA Football 2002 from EA SPORTS Debuts on The PlayStation 2 Console
Leading College Football Videogame Features New Graphics, Game Engine and 3D Mascots

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – July 24, 2001 – This year’s road to the National Championship leads to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and NCAA Football 2002, launched today from Electronic Arts, is the first to offer a way to get to all four Bowl games this year. The top-selling college football game is back making its debut on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system featuring a new game and graphics engine. NCAA Football 2002 was developed by one of the leading sports game developers in the country, Electronic Arts - Tiburon, known for its development of EA SPORTS Madden NFL franchise.

NCAA Football 2002 showcases high-resolution polygonal football players in a level of detail never seen before in college football on any gaming platform. Division 1-A stadiums are replicated to include lighting, scoreboards, band and visitor sections in the crowd. The true college feel arrives on a next-generation system with stunning graphics, including the introduction of 3D mascots and incredible player detail such as helmets featuring Buckeyes, Tomahawks and many other team specific pride stickers.

Gamers have the ability to track their team’s national ranking throughout the season on NCAA Football 2002 with the Top 25 standings and BCS rankings. If they are good enough, gamers can take their team to one of 26 Bowl games, including the National Championship at the Rose Bowl, the Nokia Sugar Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl and Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. NCAA Football 2002 is the only game to feature these top four bowl games. If a team does not earn a bowl bid, individual honors such as the Heisman Memorial Trophy, and All-American awards can be earned.

“NCAA Football 2002 is by far the most detailed and graphically superior football game available,” said executive producer Steven Chiang. “This next generation version really gives you the feel that you are sitting in a college stadium somewhere in the U.S., watching a quarterback option play, listening to the band play in the stands, while watching the team mascot perform on the sidelines. We have brought all the emotion, passion, tradition of college gameday to the PlayStation 2.”

Gamers can select from any of 117 Division 1-A or 27 Division 1-AA teams. With an award-winning broadcast booth featuring Brad Nessler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit, NCAA Football 2002 includes play-by-play and color commentary for the first time. New features also include Campus Challenge, a reward-based system that awards redeemable credits. Gamers can earn credits by rushing for over 100 yards or by throwing to a receiver for three consecutive complete passes. With credits in hand, gamers can purchase Campus Cards that unlock special teams, including the ability to play as team mascots, the 1991-2000 All-American teams and 15 All-Time teams

Dynasty Mode is deeper than ever this year and can support up to 12 players. It is now possible to analyze the BCS rankings, track year-by-year and cumulative career stats for any player, save a draft class at the end of each season, and go deeper into the recruiting mode with personal information such as hometown, GPA and 40 time. Players can even be drafted into Madden NFL 2002, which is scheduled for release in August.

NCAA Football 2002 is rated “E” (Everyone) by the ESRB and is only available on the PlayStation 2. NCAA Football 2002 is analog controller compatible and supports up to 8 players. Consumers may purchase the game directly at the EA Store (http://eastore.ea.com) or by calling EA Direct Sales at 1-877/324-2637, for a suggested retail price of $49.95.

EA SPORTS (www.easports.com) is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling franchises and games include FIFA Soccer, John Madden Football’, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® Golf, NHL® Hockey, Knockout Kings’, NBA LIVE Basketball, Triple Play Baseball’ and NASCAR®.

About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading independent interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts (EA) posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS’, EA SPORTS BIG’, EA GAMES’ and 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.

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