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EA Teams up with Top Comic Book Talent Including Mark Millar and Terry Dodson on Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects; EA's Super Hero Fighting Videogame to Feature Character Back-story Written by Millar and Artwork by Dodson

 

July 14, 2005 13:00:00

At Comic-con 2005, Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS)

announced today that acclaimed comic writer, Mark Millar, and artist,

Terry Dodson, will be joining the roster of top comic book talent,

including Jae Lee, on the development of Marvel Nemesis: Rise of

the Imperfects. Set to release this fall, the game features

multiple Super Heroes from the Marvel Universe as well as a new

set of characters created by EA called, "The Imperfects."

Millar's past works include the hit Marvel Comics' series,

Ultimate X-Men, The Ultimates, and Ultimate Fantastic Four, the

highest-selling comic launches in the year they were released. He is

also currently working on two major screenplays. EA is working closely

with Millar to create the back-stories for the new family of Super

Heroes as well as the story-line for the single player mode in the

game.

"It's been an incredible experience to see this new family of

Super Heroes come to life from initial stages of character development

to the videogame screen," said Millar. "Videogames are not all about

mashing buttons anymore; they're filled with intriguing stories and

memorable characters. I'm thrilled to be a part of this project."

Dodson's credits include Marvel's X-Force, House of M and Marvel

Knights Spider-Man. Exclusive to the PSP version of Marvel Nemesis:

Rise of the Imperfects, Dodson has helped with the character concept

designs of the Marvel Super Heroes appearing in the game including

Spider-Man, Wolverine and Captain America. Captain America will be an

exclusive character only available for the PSP. Dodson is also working

on the front-end interface for the PSP version.

Jae Lee is lending his artistic talents on Marvel character

concept designs and the game interface for the PlayStation®2

computer entertainment system, Xbox® videogame system from Microsoft

and Nintendo GameCube versions. Lee has illustrated high-profile

comic titles including Spider-Man, Uncanny X-men, and X-Factor.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is being produced at EA

Canada and developed by Nihilistic Software. For more information on

the game, please visit: http://www.marvelnemesis.ea.com. Screenshots can be

found at http://info.ea.com.

 

About Electronic Arts

 

Electronic Arts, Inc. (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 http://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 Imperfects

and Rise of the Imperfects are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. PlayStation

is a registered trademark and PSP is a trademark of SCEI. Nintendo

GameCube is a trademark of Nintendo. Microsoft and Xbox are either

registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the

U.S. and/or other countries.

MARVEL, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Ultimate X-Men, The

Ultimates, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain

America, X-Force, House of M, X-Factor and all related Marvel

characters are © and trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc., and are

used with permission. Copyright © 2005 Marvel Characters, Inc. All

rights reserved. http://www.marvel.com.

Super Hero (es) is co-owned registered trademark.

 

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