EA’S MVP™ 06 NCAA® BASEBALL ROCKS
THE FIELD… AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES WITH MUSIC FROM VICTORY RECORDS
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 8,
2005 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) gets the jump on the baseball season with
the year’s most cutting-edge, college-bound in-game soundtrack with MVP™ 06 NCAA®
Baseball. Slated for release in Spring 2006, the game heralds in the new season
with the ping of the aluminium bat, the roar of the crowd and an electrifying
in-game soundtrack provided exclusively by Victory Records, the #1 independent
record label in the country. Designed to celebrate everything that makes NCAA®
baseball unique, the new title features intense action, stadiums filled with
school spirit and 10 hot rock tracks that intensify the attitude and
authenticity of college sports in the game.
Making their debut in MVP™ 06 NCAA®
Baseball is “This Is Who We Are” from Hawthorne Heights whose album is slated
for release at the end of February. Also launching through the game are new
tracks “Paper Cliché” from Action Action and “Repeater” from Waterdown.
To further boost the musical
experience of the game, fans who participate in the pre-purchase program will
get a free CD sample disk with over 20 songs from Victory Records including
nearly all of the tracks featured in the game. Available now, the CDs are
available while supplies last at all EB and Gamestop retail outlets nationwide.
“Anyone on campus will tell you that
Victory Records is the coolest brand in rock. Pairing them up with EA SPORTS was
a perfect fit,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music
Marketing at EA. “Each one of these songs intensifies the thrill of victory… or
the agony of defeat.”
Victory’s Leader Tony Brummel said
“Teaming up with EA is a natural for us. They are a brilliant company that has
really utilized the power of music to increase the overall entertainment value
of their games, and, at the same time, help in the development of many fantastic
artists. They have their ear to the street and are leaps and bounds ahead of
their competition.”
The music in MVP ™ 06 NCAA® Baseball
includes:
ARTIST SONG
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Action Action/ Paper Cliché
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Aiden/ Die Romantic
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Bayside/ Devotion And Desire
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Hawthorne Heights/ This Is Who We
Are -
Silverstein /Smile In Your Sleep
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The Forecast/ These Lights
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The Audition/Approach The Bench
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The Black Maria/ Organs
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The Junior Varsity/ Get
Comfortable -
Waterdown/ Repeater
MVP™ 06 NCAA® Baseball will debut EA
SPORTS™ Load and Fire Batting and Precision Throw Control, the nation’s top
universities and conferences, and a deep college-specific Dynasty Mode™ that
takes you on the “Road to Omaha®” with baseball’s brightest young stars.
Complete with an engaging visual presentation and ESPN’s Mike Patrick and former
Stanford All-American Kyle Peterson calling the action, MVP™ 06 NCAA® Baseball
features an all-new Custom Ballpark feature and a robust Create a Player option.
The game also includes exclusive new online* features for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system and Xbox Live®.
The game, which joins NCAA® Football
and NCAA® March Madness® in the EA SPORTS™ family of popular NCAA-licensed
properties, is slated to ship on the PlayStation 2 console and Xbox® video game
system from Microsoft in Spring 2006.
