EA CALLS FOR THE WORLD'S BEST INTERACTIVE QUIDDITCH PLAYERS TO COMPETE IN AN INTERNATIONAL HARRY POTTER: QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP VIDEOGAME TOURNAMENT

U.S. Champion to Represent Country in International Finals; Videogame Offers Full Quidditch Experience for the First Time Ever

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - September 25, 2003 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is inviting Harry Potter fans to live out their dream of a Quidditch™ victory and compete in the first-ever Harry Potter™: Quidditch World Cup videogame tournament event. Videogame enthusiasts in the U.S. can enter the U.S. Tournament Sweepstakes at the official Quidditch World Cup website, www.quidditchworldcup.com,  or at any Toys R Us location. Eight lucky winners will be flown to compete in the U.S. finals, taking place at an undisclosed location in mid-November. There players will go head-to-head on the Nintendo GameCube™ playing the soon-to-be-released Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup videogame from Electronic Arts, which will ship under the EA GAMES™ brand.

The U.S. Quidditch champion will win the opportunity to represent his or her country in the international finals on December 21 in the United Kingdom. The Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup International Grand Final will feature champion Quidditch players from countries around the world, including France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Japan, Italy, and the UK, all competing for the prestigious world champion title and other prizes.

Entries for the U.S. sweepstakes will be accepted from September 15 through October 15, 2003. The contest is open to U.S. residents between the ages of eight to 14 years. EA's U.S. event partners include Nintendo of America, Amazon.com, and Toys R Us. Official sweepstakes rules can be found at www.quidditchworldcup.com.

In the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup videogame, Harry Potter fans will for the first time be able to fully experience the magical power, speed, and competition of Quidditch, the favorite sport of witches and wizards. Under development by EA's UK studios, the team behind the worldwide success of the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™ and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™ games that have sold over 20 million copies worldwide, the new title is scheduled to be in stores in the U.S. on October 31, 2003. Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup will be available on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy® Advance, and PC-CD.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, California, 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 http://info.ea.com.

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