Como ya adelantamos a final de abril el catálogo de juegos de Gizmondo va aumentando en calidad y cantidad. Lo último es la confirmación por parte de EA Sports de publicar tres franquicias superventas. De momento se han confirmado dos de ellas: FIFA 2005 y SSX 3. Habrá que estar atento a las noticias sobre esta consola portátil en el E3. Fuente: GamesIndustry.

EA BACKS GIZMONDO WITH BLOCKBUSTER
TITLES AND CO-PUBLISHING DEAL

Line-up Kicks off with EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 and SSX

Los Angeles, CA – May 17, 2005 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc (other OTC, TGTL) today announced a strategic co-publishing partnership that will bring two of EA’s biggest games to the Gizmondo handheld gaming platform. The games confirmed include EA SPORTS™ FIFA Football 2005 and SSX™.

Nancy Smith, Executive Vice President of North American Publishing, EA, said: “We are seeing a dynamic swing towards mobile gaming. These titles are a superb opportunity for us to work with Gizmondo in delivering an exhilarating EA gaming experience on this exciting new format.”

Carl Freer, Managing Director, Gizmondo, added: “Each of these titles represents another step forward for us in delivering mainstream games content. These are among the strongest game franchises in the world, and a co-publishing relationship with EA has been a priority goal for us from the outset.”
 
For true Football fans that demand the finest gameplay and comprehensive game modes, EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 is the most complete and authentic football experience. A new Career Mode gives you the chance to take a team from the lower divisions, battle through ranks, sign new players, and turn them into champions. The action is deeper than ever with advanced levels of player detail and responsiveness. With immersive atmospheres, benchmark presentation, total realism with the world's premier clubs, and industry-leading gameplay, EA SPORTS FIFA Football 2005 returns as the true authority in football gaming.

SSX allows gamers to go anywhere gravity will take them. Players will discover a colossal mountain where they can immerse themselves in a free-roaming snow paradise. The ultimate all-mountain experience, SSX features all-new events and courses, awe-inspiring tricks, and a cast of cool, customizable characters. Discover the open terrain, explore its hidden crevices, and conquer its peaks. Produced under the EA SPORTS BIGTM brand, a new game play experience allows users to seamlessly ride from one awesome area to the next- entering competitions, taking on Big Challenges, and discovering hidden collectibles. SSX has blown out the trick component with unlimited combos and new over-the-top tricks.

The Gizmondo is powered by Microsoft Windows CE advanced real-time operating system, boasting a 2.8-inch TFT color screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates the GoForce 3D 4500 NVIDIA graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming, multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a digital camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location-based services, is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts MMC card accessories. The Gizmondo device and its games are currently launching in the UK and Continental Europe markets, with the North American launch planned for summer 2005.
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ABOUT ELECTRONIC ARTS
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company.  Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2005, EA posted revenues of $3.1 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.  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 SPORTS BIG, POGO and SSX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.  Official FIFA licensed product. The FIFA Logo (C) 1977 FIFA TM. Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Tiger Telematics and Gizmondo
Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc (TGTL) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a next-generation mobile entertainment device. Launched in 2004, the gaming device includes built-in music, video, messaging and picture functions and GPS.

Tiger Telematics is a designer, developer and marketer of mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers, primarily by the company’s United Kingdom based subsidiaries.

'Gizmondo', 'Smart Adds', 'Tiger Telecom', 'Gizmondo Games' and the 'Gizmondo' logos and devices are trademarks of Gizmondo Europe Limited. All rights reserved. All third party trademarks and/or copyright material are the property of their respective owners.

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