Westwood Studios teams with Igames to offer Earth & Beyond.

WESTWOOD STUDIOS TEAMS WITH IGAMES TO OFFER EARTH & BEYOND 
Game to be
featured at more than 50 game centers around the country

LAS VEGAS, NV (August
30, 2002) –
Westwood Studios(tm) announced today it’s teamed
with iGames(tm), a national organization of PC game centers, to open the
public test of Earth & Beyond(tm)
to more than 50 centers around the country. 
Earth & Beyond, the first online
role-playing galaxy, will be published by Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) under
the EA GAMES(tm) brand this fall. 

Today, more than
50 iGames centers will host simultaneous
preview parties of Earth & Beyond,
giving all attendees a chance to play in the public test before the game is
released.  For a full listing of the iGames centers that will be hosting the
events, and to register to attend one of the parties, visit:




http://www.igames.org/Events.asp?Event=608

"If you want to
play in the public test of Earth & Beyond, this is the perfect opportunity to
see what you’ve been missing," said Craig Alexander, vice president and
executive producer of Earth & Beyond.  "iGames is a
great partner, and we’re glad to be able to work with them to get the game out
to the fans."

"Earth and Beyond looks absolutely fantastic.
It’s gotten a lot of attention at our member centers who are already
participating in the public test," said Mark Nielsen, executive director at
iGames.  "The Earth and Beyond Preview Parties will provide all players
interested in playing in the public test with their own account and the
opportunity to play with other fans in a social, high-bandwidth environment."

Westwood is
ramping up the public test of Earth &
Beyond over the next few months.  Thousands of new testers will be
selected in August and September, and anyone wishing to participate in the
public test can sign up online at

www.earthandbeyond.com
or visit one of the iGames game centers around the country
that is hosting the game.   

In addition,
gamers who pre-purchase the retail version of
Earth & Beyond at Electronics
Boutique, GameStop, Amazon.com, or EA.com stores
will be automatically included in the public test without having to sign up at
the official Earth & Beyond
website. 

Earth & Beyond
is the world’s first online role-playing galaxy.  Players star in their own
sci-fi epic as they become the captains of their own starships, and
explore, trade and fight with thousands of others.
As the struggle to colonize the stars unfolds, players will determine the fate
of humanity and the course of the galactic history.

ABOUT
WESTWOOD STUDIOS

Westwood Studios^TM
is a
prominent publisher of best-selling PC and
next-generation console games.  Formed in 1985, Westwood is the creator of the
15-million + selling Command &
Conquer^TM

franchise that includes
Command & Conquer^TM, Tiberian
Sun^TM, and
Red Alert^TM 1 and 2 and Command &
Conquer Renegade.  Westwood has also released
award-winning titles such as
Blade Runner^TM,
Monopoly®, and
the Lands of
Lore^TM
series.  Looking forward, Westwood is expanding to new franchises and genres
with upcoming titles such as
Earth and Beyond^TM.
More information can be found at the company’s official website at

http://www.westwood.ea.com. 

ABOUT
ELECTRONIC ARTS

Electronic Arts, 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 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.

ABOUT IGAMES

iGames
is an organization of independent and franchised game centers working together
to prosper as a whole.  By working as a group, game centers are able to attain
larger discounts, create better events and make a much larger impact on the
games industry. Some of the products and programs facilitated and/or developed
by iGames include software licensing, hardware discounts, exclusive game
previews / demos, classes, game launch events, tournaments, leagues and WAN
parties. iGames has established strong
relationships with a broad group of industry leaders in order to provide a
wide variety of products, services and programs to member game centers and
gamers.  More information can be obtained at

www.igames.org.

Electronic Arts, Westwood Studios, Earth & Beyond, Command & Conquer, Command
& Conquer Renegade, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert, Lands
of Lore, Earth and Beyond, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and EA GAMES are
trademarks or  registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the United
States and/or other countries.  EA.COM is a service mark of EA.com Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners