REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- August 10, 2004 -- Electronic Arts and Atomic Toys, LLC released details on a joint partnership today for the creation and distribution of the first Sims® toyline to stores this fall. EA, the leader in interactive entertainment software, will provide the art and concept for the toyline while Atomic Toys will produce the actual toys. The Urbz(TM): Sims in the City (TM) videogame is scheduled to ship on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube(TM), the Nintendo Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo® DS this November under the EA GAMES brand.
Atomic Toys will produce the first line of toys, titled Miniopolis Urbz, based on the characters and pets from the game's GBA version and will ship simultaneous with the game in early November. Console characters will be available later in the year in time for the holidays.
The Urbz(TM): Sims in the City (TM) is EA's newest franchise bringing the widely-popular Sims characters to the city. It's all about your reputation as you journey from each of the nine districts while accomplishing various jobs and maintaining your reputation level until you gain access to the highest penthouse in the sky and become the biggest player in the city.
"We're excited to be working with Atomic Toys on this new project," said Sinjin Bain, VP and Executive Producer. "Creating a line of collectible characters based on our games has been something we've wanted to do for our fans for some time."
"EA is the leader in their industry which makes them the ideal partner for us," said Chance Roth, President of Atomic Toys.
ABOUT ELECTRONIC ARTS
Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, EA posted revenues of $2.96 billion for fiscal 2004. The company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. In 2003, EA had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM) and EA SPORTS BIG(TM). EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
ABOUT ATOMIC TOYS
Atomic Toys, LLC, is a San Diego-based company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative products by merging new technologies with product development, sales and distribution. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.atomictoys.com.
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