DTS And Electronic Arts Make Interactive Games More Immersive

With Multichannel Sound From DTS, EA's ""NHL 2002"" And ""SSX Tricky"" For The PlayStation 2 Console Offers Theatre-Quality Sound

7-Sep-01

Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, announced the first interactive games to completely integrate DTS Interactiveô audio technology into a next-generation console game. ""NHLÆ 2002"" and ""SSX Tricky"" for the PlayStationÆ 2 computer entertainment system will incorporate SurroundSoundScapeô audio technology to bring movie theatre audio quality to the home video game experience. Other EA titles for the PlayStation 2 console with SurroundSoundScape and DTS Interactive will be announced later this year.DTS, a popular audio technology used in theatres and on DVDs, is now available for interactive games. EA has developed the technology to integrate DTS Interactive into PlayStation 2 video games for the first time. Previously, the complexities behind synchronizing game sound effects with multiple speakers prohibited the use of theatre quality sound in interactive games. EA's innovative audio team used their experience with advanced in-game audio technology to integrate its SurroundSoundScape into DTS Interactive, to generate the first interactive game with DTS multichannel surround sound.""We are proud to have successfully developed the technology that will allow us to bring the leading technology in audio systems to our innovative and successful games,"" said Murray Allen, EA's Vice President, Post Production. ""The increased sound experience brings the audio feature of the game up to the graphic quality level that is now established, the two together provide a fully immersive feel to the game.""Jon Kirchner, President and COO of DTS, adds, ""DTS is pleased to work with an industry leader like EA to help drive the next generation of home video games with the dynamics and realism that only surround sound can bring.""Through the enhanced audio of DTS Interactive, ""NHL 2002"" for the PlayStation 2 console will allow a player to hear which direction approaching defensemen are coming in on him and respond appropriately. In ""SSX Tricky,"" surround sound integration allows a person playing ""SSX Tricky"" on the PlayStation 2 console to hear snowboarders approaching from behind, the left and the right.""NHL 2002"" will be available this fall for the PlayStation 2 console, the Xboxô video game system from Microsoft and the PC. ""SSX Tricky"" will be available this fall for the PlayStation 2 console, Xbox and Nintendo GameCubeô.For more information about Electronic Arts, visit www.ea.com. For more information about DTS, visit www.dtsonline.com.

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