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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Sept. 24, 2008 -- Gather up your pies and wedges, round up friends and family
and join in
the fun with the Casual Entertainment Label of Electronic Arts Inc. as it celebrates the 25th year of
TRIVIAL PURSUIT by offering new ways and places to play one of America’s
favorite board games. TRIVIAL PURSUIT will be released on multiple
digital platforms including online at Pogo.com™,
across several consoles and on mobile phones.
The first version released is TRIVIAL PURSUIT ®
DAILY 20™ on Pogo.com.
Players will enjoy showcasing their knowledge and skills with a
daily dose of interactive online trivia. Answering the questions
correctly will earn the player points toward acquiring wedges in pursuit
of collecting all the pie pieces by the end of the week.
The console version of TRIVIAL PURSUIT brings the party to the
living room TV allowing players to customize the experience with several
ways to play. Players can connect with friends in classic TRIVIAL
PURSUIT mode, hone their knowledge with the single player mode, and
gather their buddies and bet on their brains with the high stakes mode
where every answer counts. TRIVIAL PURSUIT will release on Xbox 360™,
PlayStation®2, PLAYSTATION®3
and Wii™ in early spring 2009.
For even more fun, EA is bringing TRIVIAL PURSUIT to life on mobile
phones from EA Mobile™. Fans will learn fun
facts, discover odd answers and experience hours of thrills right on a
phone. The mobile version has two fun ways to play –
collect wedges and fill your pie in classic mode, or choose to race to
the finish line in pursuit mode. Players will be dazzled by rich
visuals, animations and sound effects. TRIVIAL PURSUIT from EA
Mobile will be available for purchase in North America, Europe and Asia
this winter. For more information on carrier availability and pricing,
please visit www.eamobile.com.
”TRIVIAL PURSUIT is a beloved game of
many families. We’re so excited to be able to
bring daily bites of fresh new trivia to our Pogo.com players. We have
thousands of questions to draw from ensuring every day delivers a new
set of fun facts,” said Andrew Pedersen, Pogo
General Manager. “EA‘s
goal is to give people many ways to play TRIVIAL PURSUIT. Whether
playing with family across the country online at Pogo.com, in your
living room with friends or on your cell phone while waiting to pick up
the kids from school, there’s a way for
everyone to have fun.”
“It promises to be an incredibly exciting
year for TRIVIAL PURSUIT fans around the world,”
said Mark Blecher, General Manager, Digital Media and Gaming, Hasbro. “Often
referred to as ‘a party in a box’,
TRIVIAL PURSUIT will celebrate its 25th
anniversary by breaking out of the box and landing on a variety of
popular online, handheld and console formats allowing a test of wits
showdown to unfold in the palm of your hand anytime, anyplace.”
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, Californaia, is world leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™,
EA SPORTS Freestyle™ and POGO™.
In fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27
titles that sold more than one million copies.
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. is a worldwide leader in children’s
and family leisure time products and services with a portfolio of
brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the most recognizable brands in the
world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings
to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional
to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as
TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER,
CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST.
Information Source: Business Wire
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