NHL® 2004 Ships to RetailElectronic Arts today
announced that NHL® 2004, the #1 selling Pro Hockey franchise,
has shipped to retail under the EA SPORTSâ„¢ brand. The 12th installment of
EA’s legendary hockey franchise, NHL 2004 is now available for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system, the Xboxâ„¢ video game system from Microsoft,
Nintendo GameCubeâ„¢, and PC CD-ROM.

NHL 2004 delivers the most authentic hockey experience to date, with new features
that accentuate the fast-paced, physical nature of the game. New “Bruise
Controlâ„¢” lets players charge up huge hits to level the competition,
and an all-new fighting engine delivers thrilling, grappling-based fisticuffs,
for when talking just won’t settle things. Realistic in-game commentary comes
from long-time play-by-play man Jim Hughson, who is now joined in the booth
by Stanley Cup® winner Craig Simpson. . .

NHL 2004 also features an immensely deep Dynasty Modeâ„¢, which casts gamers
as the General Manager of their own hockey franchise for up to 20 seasons. Gamers
will have complete control over their team’s operations — from scheduling practices
and setting ticket prices, to hiring a marketing staff and upgrading equipment
for the team’s training facility.

In addition to EA SPORTS online play for PC-CD, NHL 2004 also offers online
play for the PlayStation 2 console via EA SPORTS Nation online, which includes
EA SPORTS Talk in-game chat (USB headset and broadband connection required)
and EAâ„¢ Messenger to connect with friends online.

For more information on the online features of the product, see the platform
specific pages at www.nhl2004.com, the official
home page for NHL 2004.

Electronic Arts’ EA SPORTS is the leading interactive sports software brand
in the world. Its top-selling titles and franchises include Madden NFL football,
NBA LIVE basketball, FIFA Soccer, NHL hockey, MVP Baseball™, NCAA® Football,
and NASCAR Thunderâ„¢.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA), 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 SPORTSâ„¢, EA GAMESâ„¢, and EA SPORTS BIGâ„¢.
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.

Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS BIG, Dynasty Mode, Bruise
Control, MVP Baseball and John Madden Football are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. NHL and
the National Hockey League are registered trademarks of the National Hockey
League. All NHL logos and marks and team logos and marks depicted herein are
the property of the NHL and the respective teams and may not be reproduced without
the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. © 2003 NHL. All Rights
Reserved. National Hockey League Players’ Association and NHLPA are trademarks
of the NHLPA and are used under license by Electronic Arts Inc. © NHLPA. NFL,
NBA, FIFA, NCAA, NASCAR, and NASCAR Thunder are trademarks of their respective
owners. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc. Nintendo GameCube is a trademark of Nintendo. Microsoft and Xbox are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or
other countries and are used under license from Microsoft. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.

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