Chertsey, UK, – January 18, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) unveiled today an international selection of artists and music that make up the soundtrack of FIFA Street 3, the newest installment of the EA SPORTS BIGTM street football arcade series. Hand selected to bring the exhilarating football experience to life through environments that pulsate to the beats, the FIFA Street 3 in-game soundtrack features 37 songs representing a resurgence in electronic music and brings the beautiful game back to the streets.

The third chapter in the FIFA Street series creates a hyper-real world that brings to life football’s biggest stars as stylized action heroes who perform to an eclectic selection of music seamlessly infused into their surroundings. The game’s environments pulsate and explode to life with every well-timed tackle, outrageous trick move or unstoppable shot on goal.

A playable demo of FIFA Street 3 for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system is now available for download. The PLAYSTATION3 downloadable demo is available at the PLAYSTATION Store and the Xbox 360 downloadable demo is available on Xbox Live Marketplace.

The FIFA Street 3 soundtrack boasts an extraordinary mix of music gathered from around the globe, hand picked to represent different regions and their passion for the game. It includes songs by Chromeo (Canada), MC Amilcka (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Junkie XL (Holland), M.I.A. (Sri Lanka/ London), and Underworld (London).

“This has always been a game with global underground credibility, and our responsibility is to always take its music to the next level,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “For FIFA Street 3 we’ve created a soundtrack that digs deep into hardcore electronic culture, bringing together the genre’s most radical breakthrough artists from more than a dozen countries. It’s more than just the world sound of the streets; it’s the sound of FIFA Street.”

To listen to streaming music clips and learn more about the bands visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.

The music in FIFA Street 3 includes:
Artist Song Region*
Hexstatic Red Laser Beam London
Hexstatic Tokyo Traffic London
Hexstatic Bust London
Tim Deluxe Let The Beats Roll London
Tim Deluxe Let The Beats Roll (Rennie Pilgrim Mix) London
Asian Dub Foundation Stop Start Bombay / London
Bassnectar feat. Ms. Persia Kick It Complex San Francisco
Bassnectar feat. Ms. Persia Kick It Complex (Bassnectar Remix) San Francisco
Bassnectar feat. Ms. Persia Bomb The Blocks San Francisco
Bassnectar feat. Ms. Persia Bomb The Blocks (Ghislain Poirier Mix) Montreal / Canada
Bassnectar feat. Kristinamaria Yo San Francisco
Bassnectar feat. Kristinamaria Yo (Speaker Junk’s Jackin’ Mix) Brazil
Buraka Som Sistema Yah! feat. Petty Portugal
Chromeo Fancy Footwork (Zdar Dub, Pee Thug Edit) Montreal / Canada
Chromeo Fancy Footwork (DIM Mix) Montreal / Canada
Coburn feat. Solidstate We Interrupt This Programme London
Coburn We Interrupt This Programme (Jean Claude Ades Mix) London
Datarock I Used To Dance With My Daddy (M.O.M. Mix) Norway
Datarock I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Subsource Mix) Norway
Does It Offend You, Yeah? We Are Rock Stars London
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Battle Royale London
Forro In The Dark Suor de Futbol Fina (Mawglee Mix) Brazil
Innerpartysystem Don’t Stop Philadelphia
Junkie XL feat. Lauren Rocket Booming Right At You Netherlands
M.I.A. Bird Flu Sri Lanka / London
M.I.A. Boyz Sri Lanka / London
MC Amilcka Humildade da Favela Brazil
No Bizzi feat. J2K Yeah Yeah London
Sasha & Paul Rogers Black Powder London
The Go! Team Grip Like A Vice London
The Planet People feat. Afrika Bambaataa Make It Break (La Resistance and Deemus Mix) London
The Tigerpicks Disco Punk Electro Funk Manchester, UK
Underworld Crocodile London
Underworld Crocodile (Huntemann Mix) London
Walter Meego Wanna Be A Star Chicago

Walter Meego Wanna Be A Star (Walter Sees Stars Mix) Chicago
Wax Poetic Bombeiro Brazil

FIFA Street 3 features over 250 of the world’s best players representing 18 of the top international teams. Decked out in authentic training kits, every player has been rendered into a stylized caricature and boasts his own, distinctive style of play with unique abilities to match. Whether you’re after brawn, brains, silky skills or crunching tackles to complete your team, the perfect street player is out there. Choose from Tricksters, Enforcers, Playmakers and Finishers to give you different options on the ball and make your mark on the street.

FIFA Street 3 will be available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS™. FIFA Street 3 is scheduled for release on February 22nd, 2008 in Europe. It is rated 3+ by PEGI. Screenshots can be downloaded at http://www.electronicarts.co.uk/press

* The region for an artist changes when the featured artist and/or remixer is from a different region but featured on the song.

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