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ANNOUNCES ID SOFTWARE’S AWARD-WINNING ORCS & ELVES SERIES TO CONTINUE ON
NINTENDO DS AND
LOS ANGELES – July 12, 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced the
upcoming release of the award-winning* title Orcs & Elves® to the Nintendo DS™ and the second installment in the action-fantasy saga, Orcs & Elves II, coming to mobile. Orcs
& Elves and Orcs & Elves II are first-person fantasy role
playing games created by id™ Software and developed exclusively for EA by Fountainhead
Entertainment. Orcs & Elves marks
one of the first games developed specifically for the mobile platform that has
crossed over to another game-specific device.
The Orcs &
Elves franchise has been lauded for marrying the storytelling and visuals
of the fantasy RPG genre with the accessibility of the mobile format, which has
appealed to casual and hardcore gamers alike.
The game won numerous awards including IGN’s Best of E3 2006 and Mobile
Game of the Year at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.
“Orcs & Elves was a perfect fit for the DS,” said
John Carmack, founder and technical director at id Software. “We were able to
take excellent advantage of the 3D hardware and unique user input capabilities,
and expand the game to include a lot of wonderful features that we just
couldn't fit on the cell phones. Orcs &
Elves II is a polished gem of a game for the mobile platforms, opening up new
parts of the world to explore, while carrying forward and improving all the
elements that were loved about the original game.”
“Orcs & Elves changed a lot of people’s
perceptions by showing that you could build an easily accessible, story-rich
RPG for today's mobile phones,” said Travis Boatman, vice president of
worldwide studios for EA Mobile™.
id Software has crafted an entirely new version of Orcs & Elves that utilizes the Nintendo
DS unique technology platform. Orcs & Elves will feature higher
graphical fidelity, more levels, items and monsters as players explore a massive
Dwarven kingdom riddled with ancient treasures and fierce enemies. The game features hybrid gameplay, combining
the best of first-person action and fast-paced tactical RPG gameplay.
“With the franchise expanding to the popular DS
platform, we’re reaching a real milestone in handheld gaming,” said David
DeMartini, vice president and global GM of EA Partners.
Orcs &
Elves II for mobile continues the epic story from the
original game and expands the Orcs &
Elves universe. In Orcs
& Elves II, evil begins to spread throughout the lands after the fall of
King Brahm at
Orcs &
Elves II for mobile and Orcs
& Elves for the Nintendo DS is scheduled to be available for the
upcoming holiday season.
*Orcs &
Elves won ‘Best RPG – Wireless Best of E3 2006 Award’ – IGN; ‘Best Mobile
Game’ at the 2006 Leipzig Games Convention and
‘Mobile Game of the Year’ at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in
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in new media. With focus into combining the best elements of traditional media
with new emerging forms, Fountainhead Entertainment is dedicated to supporting
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dedication to quality and excellence. To find out more about Fountainhead
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