Accenture Match Play Semi-Finalist Adam Scott To Take on Virtual Tiger Woods in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2004 from EA SPORTS

Business Wire, March 6, 2003

Entertainment Editors/Sports Editors/Business Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2003

Australian Adam Scott, the third-place finisher at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship this past weekend, has signed a deal with Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) to appear in EA's interactive golf software products, including Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(R) 2004. Scott, a 22-year old phenom who won the Qatar Masters and Scottish PGA in 2002 will now get the opportunity to compete with the likes of Woods, Colin Montgomerie, Jesper Parnevik and Charles Howell III on the virtual links in the latest installment of the best selling golf title from EA SPORTS(TM).

"I'm thrilled with the chance to partner with EA SPORTS," Scott said. "As a video game player myself, being associated with the makers of the sports games I've grown up playing is fantastic. There really is no other brand in games that carries the clout of EA SPORTS."

After his outstanding performance at the Accenture, Scott vaulted from 48th to 33rd in the Official World Golf Rankings. In his brief career he has already won three European Tour events, and in 2002 finished the season ranked #7 on the European Tour Order of Merit.

Scheduled to launch this fall, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2004 will feature some of the most prestigious PGA TOUR courses, including Pebble Beach Golf Links(R), St Andrews Golf Links as well as new courses, and 15 of the best golfers on the PGA TOUR. EA, continuing its exclusive partnership with the PGA TOUR and the world's best and most famous golfer, Tiger Woods, delivers the most realistic golf simulation for fans of PC as well as console golf on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube(TM).

EA SPORTS (www.easports.com) is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world. Its top-selling franchises and games include FIFA soccer, John Madden Football(TM), Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Golf, NHL(R) hockey, Knockout Kings(TM) boxing, NBA LIVE basketball and NASCAR Thunder(TM) racing.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.7 billion for fiscal 2002. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. EA markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and EA.COM(SM). More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

Note to Editors: Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA GAMES, John Madden Football and Knockout Kings are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. The name, likeness and other attributes of Tiger Woods reproduced on this product are the trademarks and copyrighted designs, and/or other forms of intellectual property, that are the exclusive property of those licensers and may not be used, in whole or in part, without their respective written consents. Pebble Beach Golf Links is a trademark of Pebble Beach Company. FIFA, NHL, NBA, NASCAR Thunder, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube are trademarks of their respective owners and used with permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.