EA Unveils E3 Lineup, Dates RISK: Factions

Mega-publisher Electronic Arts has issued a breakdown of the games it will display next week at E3 2010, offering new release dates and windows for a few titles in the process.

RISK: Factions, the downloadable Xbox 360-exclusive revamp of the classic board game, will arrive on June 23, 2010.

Meanwhile, EA SPORTS NBA JAM--a Wii exclusive--will hit in October alongside the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of the recently renamed NBA ELITE 11.

For more details, and to peruse the company's lineup, simply read on:

Bulletstorm

Epic Games, People Can Fly and EA present Bulletstorm, a new

original intellectual property from the teams behind the award-winning,

multimillion-selling Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Painkiller

series of games. Bulletstorm delivers a blood symphony of

incredible gunplay and carnage on a grand scale in this unique,

action-packed, over-the-top first-person shooter. The Bulletstorm

skillshot system rewards players that "kill with skill" by laying waste

to enemies in the most imaginative methods possible. The more insane the

skillshot, the more points players collect to upgrade and unlock

weapons, which in turn allows them to execute even more inventive moves

and exaggerated skillshots. This is creative mayhem at its best.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation3, PC

• Ship Date - 2011

• ESRB - Rating Pending

Crysis 2

From the award-winning independent developers at Crytek comes Crysis 2,

the next explosive installment in the critically-acclaimed Crysis

franchise. In Crysis 2, New York is under the attack of a

frightening alien species that combines deadly weaponry and exceptional

sensory abilities to present gamers with the most challenging opponents

ever seen in a first person shooter. Surrounded by catastrophic

devastation, players will need to harness and master the power of the

Nanosuit, giving them a unique set of superhuman abilities, in order to

become the ultimate weapon and save New York.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

• Ship Date - Holiday 2010

• ESRB - Rating Pending

Dead Space 2

Visceral Games award-winning survival horror saga returns. The

blood-curdling Necromorph invasion explodes in Dead Space 2, the

terrifying sequel to the 2008 hit that sent players into deep space on a

mission to save humanity. In this chapter, engineer Isaac Clark takes

the action to the enemy, dominating an onslaught of gruesome monsters,

beasts and undead creatures that challenge him physically, emotionally

and psychologically. Armed with new advanced mining tools, Isaac takes

on hundreds of disgusting enemies, makes valued new allies and explores

an all-new space installation known as "The Sprawl". All this as Isaac

flirts with the possibility of falling into the abyss of his own

dementia. The action and horror are more intense than ever as Isaac must

do whatever it takes to save himself and defeat the relentless

Necromorphs.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

• Ship Date - 2011

• ESRB Rating - Rating Pending

EA SPORTS Active 2

EA SPORTS Active 2 is now in development with a new suite of

fitness programs launching this fall, featuring an innovative Total

Body Tracking wireless control system powered by motion sensors in

leg and arm straps that will provide complete freedom of motion.

Additionally, it will feature a heart rate monitor that provides

constant on-screen monitoring, allowing users to capture intensity and

optimize performance over time. Users will now also be able to track and

share workout data on the new EA SPORTS Active 2 online hub. EA

SPORTS Active 2 will make working out simple, effective and will go

with you wherever you are.

• Platforms - Wii, PlayStation 3, iPhone & iPod touch

• Street date - Fall, TBA

• ESRB Rating - Rating pending

EA SPORTS MMA

EA SPORTS MMA brings the authenticity of the world's most intense

combat sport home like never before. Choose from the world's top

fighters or climb the ranks of the worldwide circuit with your created

prodigy to become the ultimate mixed martial arts champion. Travel the

globe and learn a multitude of fighting techniques and skills from

masters in each discipline. Select from various weight classes, rule

sets, and take on all challengers in multiple cage types or a ring. The

challenge continues online with a robust offering that includes the

ability to create custom fighters, prize fights, and more. Are you

ready? Let's get it on!

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone & iPod touch

• Street date - Late 2010

• ESRB Rating - Rating pending

FIFA Soccer 11

FIFA Soccer 11 reinvents player authenticity - on and off

the ball - for every position on the pitch. All-new Personality+ sees

individual abilities reflected in game, allowing clear differentiation

for every player. Real Madrid's Kaka will deliver crisp, creative

passes, Barcelona's Andres Iniesta will utilize tighter turns and close

control to dribble through defenses, Manchester United's Wayne Rooney

will hold off defenders and strike shots from distance with pace, and

top-flight defenders like Giorgio Chiellini of Juventus will anticipate,

predict and react to offensive players to win back possession. Building

on the FIFA Soccer 10 gameplay that won 50 sports game of the

year awards, FIFA Soccer 11 introduces new Pro Passing

where pass accuracy is determined by a gamer's ability on the control

pad, and player skill, situation and urgency on the pitch. Visit www.facebook.com/easportsfifa

to share and connect with fans all over the world.

• Platforms - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, Nintendo

  DS, PSP, Mobile

• Ship Date - Fall 2010

• ESRB/PEGI - Rating Pending

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 The

Videogame

With all the action taking place outside of Hogwarts for the first time, Harry

Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 represents a shift in tone

for the Harry Potter games. On the run with a horde of merciless

enemies on your tail, you will find yourself in unknown territory, far

from the safety of the school grounds, fighting for survival at every

turn. You will need to muster your most powerful magic against

relentless assaults from all sides. A new game engine built specifically

to leverage the technology of HD consoles ensures high definition

graphics and intense combat gameplay that will immerse you in the action

like never before. There are no more lessons, no more training. This

time the danger is real. It's time to fight for your life!

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, Mobile

• Street date - Autumn 2010

• ESRB Rating - Pending

HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 3

Enjoy family fun with your favorite Hasbro game brands at the Family

Game Night Theme Park! HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 3 features five new

classic and remixed versions of THE GAME OF LIFE, CLUE, TWISTER, MOUSE

TRAP and YAHTZEE HANDS DOWN. Spin the wheel of fate in THE GAME OF LIFE,

find out "whodunit" in CLUE, tie yourself in knots with TWISTER, make

trigger crazy chain reactions in MOUSE TRAP and try your hand at the

YAHTZEE HANDS DOWN card game. Play with your own customized Xbox avatar

or Wii Mii, and challenge family and friends in online multiplayer for

Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 while keeping track of your victories on

online leaderboards.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii

• Street date - October 2010

• ESRB Rating - "E" for Everyone

iPad

EA Mobile recently launched best-selling iPad titles will also be

showcased at E3 in line at the EA booth. Players can experience a

top-quality mobile gaming experience with BOGGLE, SCRABBLE, Tetris,

Need for Speed SHIFT, Mirror's Edge and Command & Conquer Red

Alert, all available for the iPad from the App Store or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

• Platforms - iPad

Madden NFL 11

Madden NFL 11 redefines the way you experience the game of

football. SIMPLER: From 350 plays down to 1, the all-new GameFlow

system puts you in the helmet of an NFL quarterback to execute an

authentic, situational game plan, one play at a time. QUICKER: With

60-minute game times reduced to as little as 30 minutes, spend more time

on the field and less in the playbook. FULL games, HALF the time.

DEEPER: Madden NFL 11 is feature-rich including an all-new online

innovation, improved animations, more intuitive controls, and Madden

NFL Ultimate Team...all to the play-by-play of the most exciting

voice in sports, Gus Johnson. Madden NFL 11 is - SIMPLER.

QUICKER. DEEPER than ever before.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP,

  iPhone/iPod touch

• Street date - August 10, 2010

• ESRB Rating - "E" for Everyone

Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor is back with an all-new setting and a new hero.

For the first time in the franchise's 11-year history, Medal of Honor

is leaving the WWII theatre and putting players in war-torn Afghanistan.

EA has assembled a powerhouse team at EALA to develop the single-player

campaign and is coupling their expertise with the multiplayer know-how

at DICE. This fall, Medal of Honor will introduce players to the

Tier 1 Operator: a relatively unknown entity directly under the National

Command Authority who takes on missions no one else can handle. Inspired

by real events, Medal of Honor reveals the mission of today's

most elite American soldier - his will, his mindset and his

uncompromising professionalism.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

• Ship Date - October 12, 2010 (NA), October 15, 2010 (EU)

• ESRB - Rating Pending

MONOPOLY Streets

Play the world's family favorite game brand in a dynamic 3D world on

next-gen consoles as you buy properties, auction with your friends,

build hotels and create the ultimate MONOPOLY digital experience! To

celebrate the 75th anniversary of everyone's beloved and well-known

family game, the world of MONOPOLY comes to life through a living,

breathing city that you can build and own. It has everything fans love

about the time-tested Hasbro game, presented as a fully animated street

level tour through the eyes of MR. MONOPOLY. Players will be engaged in

a head-to-head race to build the greatest city and accumulate the most

wealth. Play against friends locally or online and see their Xbox

avatars or Mii populate the world! New features such as property

auctions also add unique elements to the classic play. From the

economical motels on Baltic Avenue to the luxurious Boardwalk suites,

there is excitement around every turn of this re-imagined favorite.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS

• Ship Date - October 2010

• ESRB Rating - "E" for Everyone

MySims SkyHeroes

Take to the sky to lead the resistance against Morcubus and his drone

army and to stop his plans to take over the skyways! MySims SkyHeroes

is an all new adventure that brings the thrill and high-speed action of

flying to the creative, immersive world of MySims. Go from unknown pilot

to celebrated hero as you defeat dangerous enemies in aerial dogfights,

test your reflexes in fast-paced speed challenges, and take on massive

enemy bosses that demand all your skill as a pilot to survive. As you

progress, you build, customize and tune your aircraft to give you an

edge in combat. Face Morcubus' drones with an ally in split-screen

cooperative gameplay, or take the game online to challenge your friends

in fun, competitive 12-player high speed action.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS

• Ship Date - September 28, 2010

• ESRB Rating - E10+

NBA ELITE 11

NBA ELITE 11 is the new moniker of the long running EA SPORTS NBA

videogame franchise. NBA ELITE 11 will revolutionize the way

basketball simulation games are played, with an all-new technology base,

a new control scheme and a real-time physics system. Centered on

delivering the ultimate control to users, NBA ELITE 11 will

redefine what is expected in a basketball videogame.

• Platforms - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

• Ship Date - October 2010

• ESRB Rating - Rating Pending

NBA JAM

Boomshakalaka! It's baaaaaaaaack... EA SPORTS NBA JAM revives the

classic franchise with vintage NBA JAM gameplay, and all-new

features that deliver a fresh new take on the game. Featuring the sights

and sounds that fans of the franchise will instantly recognize, EA

SPORTS NBA JAM mixes the old school with the new, to deliver

a one-of-a-kind sports presentation on the Wii.

• Platforms - Wii

• Ship Date - October 2010

• ESRB Rating - Rating Pending

NCAA Football 11

With remarkable presentation and gameplay improvements, along with an

innovative online-based feature, NCAA Football 11 delivers the

greatest product transformation in the history of the award-winning

franchise. NCAA Football 11 will give players real college

offenses that, for the first time ever, reflect the authentic style of

all 120 NCAA FBS schools in-game. With striking presentation elements

like team-specific pre-game run-outs and ESPN's broadcast graphics

package, NCAA Football 11 recreates the intensity of college

football Saturdays, achieving all-new levels of quality in presentation

and core gameplay by delivering an experience true to your school and

providing 120 ways to win. NCAA Football also includes the

new Dynasty Wire online feature. With Dynasty Wire, players create

stories that recap their Dynasty game, complete with video and photo

highlights, then share the news of the victorious triumph or devastating

loss by publishing the story through social networking sites for the

world to read.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2

• Street Date - July 13, 2010

• ESRB Rating - E for Everyone

NHL 11

Celebrating its 20^th anniversary, the franchise that captured

22 'Sports Game of the Year' awards, over the past three years, has

raised the bar yet again with NHL 11. Powered by an all-new

Real-Time Physics Engine, and introducing broken sticks, quick dekes and

an all-new faceoff system, NHL 11 lets you create highlight reel

moments as you experience the most authentic NHL action yet.

• Platforms - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

• Ship Date - September 2010

• ESRB Rating - Rating Pending

NHL SLAPSHOT

EA SPORTS is bringing its first ever hockey game to the Wii with NHL

SLAPSHOT. The game includes the revolutionary NHL SLAPSHOT

Hockey Stick, a plastic hockey stick that allows you to insert the Wii

Remote and Nunchuk in and use the device as a hockey stick control, to

offer the most accessible and intuitive hockey controls on the Wii.

• Platforms - Wii

• Ship Date - September 2010

• ESRB Rating - Rating Pending

RISK: Factions

Developed by Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers

studio Stainless Games and featuring cinematics from veteran animation

studio Power House Animation, this new take on Hasbro's globally popular

game of strategy will offer innovative ways of experiencing the timeless

turn-based board game in both objective-based and world conquest modes

when it hits Xbox LIVE Arcade on June 23^rd for 800MSP.

Players will be able to engage as one of five playable factions, each

with different strengths, as they wage war on new maps with dynamic

terrain in their quest for missile silos in order to strategically

dominate the game. RISK: Factions features outlandish

factions, a unique art style, new gameplay twists and off-beat humor

that promises to challenge and captivate both new and seasoned RISK fans

on their quest for world domination.

• Platforms -Xbox LIVE Arcade

• Launch Date - June 23, 2010

• ESRB Rating - E 10+

The Sims 3 for console and handheld

Create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires�¢ï¿½�¦or not, and

control their lives within a living neighborhood in The Sims 3

for console and handheld this fall. All-new features make it easier than

ever to play with life as players can unlock the ultimate "Karma Powers"

for instant control and unleash them on their Sims. With Karma Powers,

players can help their Sim "get lucky," bless them with "instant beauty"

or be deviant and curse them with an "epic fail." Exclusive to the Wii

version, players will be able to enjoy an all-new beach town with unique

residents, traits, careers and lifetime wishes. Never before seen on

Nintendo DS, players can use the stylus to build their Sims' homes,

craft their Sims' including facial features, hair styles and clothing,

and dictate personalities in the most robust Create a Sim yet for a

handheld game.

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS

• Ship Date - October 26, 2010

• ESRB - Pending

The Sims 3 Ambitions

Sims can now experience some of the most exciting and varied jobs ever

in The Sims 3 Ambitions. For the first time, be in charge of how

your Sims' career progresses and get to decide if they will work for

good or evil, pursue creative endeavors or technical affairs, climb to

the top quickly or be a slacker. Put out raging infernos as a

firefighter, hunt down vengeful spirits as the ghost hunter, invent

brilliant and potentially destructive gadgets as an inventor, craft

glorious masterpieces as a sculptor, and solve riveting cases by any

means necessary as an investigator with dozens of cases to solve and

numerous clues to find. Change the look and feel of your Sims' town and

the residents by becoming an architect or stylist.

• Platforms - PC, Mac, Mobile

• Ship Date - June 1, 2010

• ESRB - T for Teen

Spare Parts

In this new online action adventure from EA Bright Light, players join

courageous robots Mar-T and Chip as they find themselves dumped with the

trash on a strange planet. Working together in co-op mode, the

mechanical duo must find a way to repair their ship and escape the

planet before nefarious Lord Krung can dispatch his henchmen to destroy

them. Mar-T and Chip will need to collect upgradable action parts to

unlock new abilities that will aid them as they battle countless enemies

including the evil Krofax, hostile spider monkeys and even a Super Huge

Mega Laser! Can our heroes rescue their other stranded robotic friends

and unearth all of the spare parts they need to make their escape?

• Platforms - Xbox LIVE Arcade / PlayStation Network

• Launch Date - Winter 2010

• ESRB Rating - Pending

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11

Lead your team to glory in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11! Fight for

honor, fight for country in the all-new Ryder Cup Challenge on The

Celtic Manor Resort in Wales in 2010, which is the course of this year's

Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup brings together the best American and European

golfers in a team competition format, and the cover of Tiger Woods

PGA TOUR 11 is a direct reflection of the tournament - as Tiger

Woods denotes the U.S. team and Rory McIlroy represents the Europeans.

In addition to The Ryder Cup, gamers will be able to create their own

team and take on others in Online Team Play - up to 12 versus 12. In

addition, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 will be supporting the all-new

PlayStation Move controller for an authentic golf swing experience. So

swing away and hit the links!

• Platforms - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, iPhone

• Street date - June 8, 2010 (NA), July 2, 2010 (WW)

• ESRB Rating - "E" for Everyone