EA Names Colorado Crush Quarterback for Arena League Video Game Cover
December 15, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Colorado Crush News Release
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - December 15, 2005 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that John Dutton, quarterback for the 2005 Arena Football League⢠Champion Colorado Crush, will serve as cover athlete and spokesman for Arena Footballâ¢, available in stores on February 7, 2006 under the EA SPORTS⢠brand.
In a 51-48 win over the Georgia Force in ArenaBowl XIX this past June, Dutton led the Colorado Crush to its first-ever Arena Football League championship in just their third year in the league, throwing for 347 yards and three touchdowns. Dutton, a seven year Arena Football League veteran, previously led the San Jose SaberCats to an ArenaBowl title in 2002 where he was named MVP of ArenaBowl XVI. As the quarterback at the University of Nevada, Dutton helped Nevada earn its first bowl win with an 18-15 defeat over Ball State in the 1996 Las Vegas Bowl.
"I'm honored to be the first cover athlete for this new franchise and very excited about working with EA on Arena Football," said John Dutton. "I think it's great that fans can now experience the true action of Arena Football from the leader in sports video games."
Arena Football brings all the big hits and non-stop passing plays to life as gamers are put in the middle of the action from the season's kickoff all the way to the ArenaBowl. Staying authentic to AFL® rules, Arena Football will feature 8-on-8 play, including six players who play both sides of the ball, and the ability to send players into and over the walls with each exciting play. Arena Football will be available on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Screenshots for Arena Football can be found at http://info.ea.com. The game 's official website is www.easportsarena.com.
About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSâ¢, EAâ¢, EA SPORTS BIG⢠and POGOâ¢. In fiscal 2005, EA posted revenues of $3.1 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. 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.
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