Electronic Arts and the Union of
European Football Associations (UEFA) announced they have signed an agreement for EA to
develop, publish and distribute the first official videogame of UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004
2005 under the EA SPORTS brand.
Following EA and UEFA's first successful
collaboration around UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal, the officially licensed UEFA Champions League
video game is currently under development at Electronic Arts' Canadian studio, home to some
of the company's most critically-acclaimed and best selling sports games.
UEFA
Champions League will offer followers of the beautiful game the opportunity to guide their
chosen club from qualification anxiety through to big night glory. It will add an element of
the unexpected allowing lower league teams into the glamour world of European football.
Throughout the game, players need to negotiate 50 unique and challenging on- and off-field
missions successfully to take control of their UEFA Champions League destiny.
With
more than 239 official teams, including official English Premiership and Football League,
German Bundesliga, French LFP and Spanish LFP, this is the first official football game to
truly reflect the UEFA Champions League.
Developed by a newly formed team at EA
Canada in Vancouver, B.C., UEFA Champions League 2004 - 2005 is scheduled to ship in early
February of 2005 and will be available for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, the Nintendo
GameCube and
PCs.
