EA to Debut Club Pogo for Elite Online Players

Subscription Service Features Big Prizes and Exclusive Games

REDWOOD CITY, CA --  07/09/2003 -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced plans for Club Pogo™, a subscription service for players who love online games. Club Pogo debuts later this month with several new games offered exclusive to members and a variety of VIP services designed to enhance the game play and community experience. After a 14-day free trial, subscribers will pay $4.99 per month or $29.99 for an entire year.

“Every day, roughly three million people log onto Pogo.com and spend an average of one hour playing our games,” said EA Online Vice President Lesley Mansford. “Club Pogo is a service that will appeal to dedicated players who want even more of what they love on the Pogo.com site.”

Club Pogo offers a variety of VIP features:

Exclusive Games: In addition to more than 50 games available on Pogo.com™, the Club Pogo service will offer members-only games with better graphics, sound and player features. Members will also receive sneak preview of all new Pogo games.

Big Prizes: Club Pogo offers a variety of ways to win big prizes including Double Jackpot Spinner which doubles all jackpots up to $4999, Instant Win Prizes and Club Pogo Prize Drawings. (No purchase necessary to win prizes. See official rules for details.)

No Interruptions: Club Pogo eliminates intermissions, pop-ups and advertising interruptions.

Quicker Access: After a one-time download, Club Pogo members access new games with no additional downloads.

Deep Community Features: Members have access to private chat and special game challenges that award players special badges to display in their player profiles.

When Club Pogo launches later this month, subscribers will have exclusive access to five new games:

Pop Fu: A super sequel to Poppit!™ Sensei Spike guides you through an exotic set of challenging puzzles. Pop the most balloons and earn belts toward becoming a Pop Fu master.

Dice Derby: A roll of the dice sends your car racing around the track! Dice Derby is a fast-paced board game in which players try to beat their opponents by building poker-style hands with dice. The better your hand, the faster you race.

Jungle Gin: Escape to a tropical isle and get ready to knock or shout 'Gin!' Jungle Gin is a twist on the classic card game of runs, sets and melds. Play against the computer or challenge yourself to playing someone one-on-one.

GreenBack Bayou: A casino game that takes a little strategy and a whole swamp of luck. Help the frogs jump as many flies as possible and increase your payout! It's easy to learn and fun to play.

Squelchies: This fast-action puzzle game requires your quick wits along with well-placed power-ups to defeat the ever-growing army of squishy sea creatures. Group your Squelchies by color -- the more you squish, the more tokens you win!

Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2003. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA GAMES™ and EA SPORTS BIG™. 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 info.ea.com. 

Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, EA GAMES are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Pogo, Club Pogo, Pogo.com and Poppit! are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pogo Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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