WESTWOOD STUDIOS TO RELEASE COMBAT UPGRADES FOR EARTH & BEYOND IN NOVEMBER UPDATE

New content to go live Nov. 20

LAS VEGAS, NV (Nov. 15, 2002) - Westwood Studios(tm) today announced that the combat system of Earth & Beyond(tm) will be enhanced this month with several new features and upgrades.  Earth & Beyond is an online role-playing galaxy that is published by Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) under the EA GAMES(tm) brand. 

As part of the company's commitment to continuously update Earth & Beyond, Westwood plans to add features, enhancements and content to the game on a monthly basis.  This month's update adds new skills, additional enemies, and high-level, epic encounters intended for large groups of players.  All are designed to enhance the combat experience for each character class.

The specific enhancements include:

• Six new combat skills, one for each character archetype.

• More than 50 new enemies to fight.

• New behavior from the unknown aliens that are invading the galaxy.

• Three new high-level, epic encounters for groups of 20 or more high-level players.

For more details on the November combat update, visit the game's official website at www.earthandbeyond.com.  To talk about the update with the game's developers, log on to www.EBPortal.com, a leading Earth & Beyond fan site, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. PST.

Earth and Beyond is one of the best reviewed new games of the year winning many editors' awards, buy recommendations, and positive reviews from respected trade and mainstream publications like Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and http://IGN.com.

In Earth & Beyond, players become captains of their own starships and live futuristic galactic adventures in an evolving, online galaxy.  Every month Westwood will update the game world with new content, features and enhancements. 

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ABOUT WESTWOOD STUDIOS

Westwood Studios^TM is a prominent publisher of best-selling PC and next-generation console games.  Formed in 1985, Westwood is the creator of the 15-million + selling Command & Conquer^TM franchise that includes Command & Conquer^TM, Tiberian Sun^TM, Red Alert^TM 1 and 2 and Command & Conquer Renegade.  Westwood has also released award-winning titles such as Blade Runner^TM, Monopoly®, and the Lands of Lore^TM series.  Looking forward, Westwood is expanding to new franchises and genres with titles such as Earth & Beyond^TM.  More information can be found at the company's official website at http://www.westwood.ea.com. 

ABOUT ELECTRONIC ARTS

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