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GameSpy and Electronic Arts Team Up
EA and partners to use GameSpy's suite of development tools and technology.
Monday November 18, 2002 | Prophet

EA and GameSpy Team Up.
GameSpy and Electronic Arts today jointly issued a press release regarding a new online technology relationship that will see EA's games powered by GameSpy's suite of development and online tools. Press release below:
GameSpy Industries, a leading content and technology company, and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) , the leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced that the two companies have signed a multi-year technology licensing and services agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Under the agreement, Electronic Arts ("EA") will incorporate GameSpy's middleware into select PC games that feature online game play. GameSpy will also provide assistance in managing the back-end services for EA's online games that use the GameSpy middleware, providing server, bandwidth and reporting support.

"GameSpy's online gaming solutions provide us with code that's easy to integrate seamlessly into our games, and a reliable back-end infrastructure," said David McCombe, Director, Piracy Protection for Electronic Arts. "Once our games are released, GameSpy takes care of managing the online infrastructure, freeing up our resources to build new games."

As part of the agreement, Electronic Arts will also make GameSpy technology and services available to its co-publishing partners.

The multi-year agreement is an outgrowth of the two companies' prior work together, supplying middleware and back end online gameplay support for titles such as Medal of Honor Allied Assault(TM) and Freedom Force(TM).

"Having EA as a long-term partner is an exceptional endorsement for our company and its technology," said Mark Surfas, CEO of GameSpy Industries. "Their standards for third-party tools are among the toughest in the business, and we're proud to have earned their confidence."

GameSpy offers a suite of multi-platform SDKs to enable online gaming, and the reliable back-end infrastructure that has matched players in more than one billion gaming sessions for more than five years. GameSpy's middleware supports multiple gaming platforms, including PC, the PlayStation(R) 2 computer entertainment system, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo(TM) GameCube(TM), and Dreamcast.

About GameSpy Industries

GameSpy Industries is a leading content and technology company targeted at the gaming and entertainment industries. Its GameSpy Network of web sites, including GameSpy.com and FilePlanet.com, reaches the largest audience of hard-core gamers available on the Internet, according to all the leading Internet measurement firms including Media Metrix and comScore. GameSpy's other media property, the Mplayer Entertainment Network, is the largest online advertising network targeting tech-savvy entertainment enthusiasts, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. GameSpy is also the publisher of GameSpy Arcade, GameSpy 3D and Roger Wilco!, leading software products that enable multi- player gaming for millions of gamers worldwide. GameSpy also develops and licenses technology products and services which are incorporated into hundreds of PC and console games, providing multi-player functionalities, security, data collection, and in-game advertising to most major game publishers. The privately held company, which was founded in 1995, is based in Irvine, Ca.

GameSpy Arcade, GameSpy 3D and Mplayer are registered trademarks and GameSpy Industries and design are registered service marks of GameSpy Industries, Inc. Electronic Arts, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, EA GAMES 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. Medal of Honor Allied Assault is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA.com is a service mark of EA.com Inc. Freedom Force is a trademark of Irrational Games LLC. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.