News / 2005 / January / 18

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• EA hates you and your family
  In a brash statement yesterday, Electronic Arts, the world's largest game publisher, announced that it has inked a 15-year exclusive deal with ESPN. This liscense gives EA sole rights to the ESPN brand on all platforms, including console, handheld, PC, and others. However, EA assures gamers that they do not intend to leave behind the highly-popular Madden title. What this does do, unfortunately, is simply dig the hole Sega Sports is in even deeper. While rumor is that EA Sports is going after other exclusive liscenses including the MLB and NBA, nothing has been confirmed yet. Game Spot
  18 Jan 2005 by Andrew ↑ 30 ↓ 3 commentss permalink