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EA ANNOUNCES NASCAR CHAMPION TONY STEWART AS COVER ATHLETE FOR NASCAR THUNDER 2004

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., September 9, 2003 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that reigning NASCAR® Winston Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart will be the official cover athlete for NASCAR Thunder™ 2004 from EA SPORTS™. Tony's likeness will appear on all NASCAR Thunder 2004 packaging and merchandising.

"Being on the cover of NASCAR Thunder 2004 is an honor for the entire Joe Gibbs Racing team," commented Tony Stewart. "I look forward to working with EA SPORTS and playing NASCAR Thunder 2004 while on the road and against other drivers and my crew."

In just four years of NASCAR Winston Cup Series competition with Joe Gibbs Racing, Home Depot driver Tony Stewart secured one of the most coveted honors in all of motor sports-the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship. It was Stewart's ninth driving title since he first wheeled a go-kart at a racetrack in 1978.

"We feel that Tony Stewart epitomizes the competitive spirit that we are capturing in this year's game," said Chris Gray, Executive Producer for EA SPORTS NASCAR Thunder. "The grudges and alliances gameplay makes you feel like there are real drivers inside the other cars, an experience that is unmatched by any other driving game on the market."

NASCAR Thunder 2004 is slated to ship this fall for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PlayStation console, the Xbox  video game system from Microsoft, and PC CD-ROM next week. NASCAR Thunder 2004 is being developed by EA Tiburon.

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2003. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under three brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA GAMES™, and EA SPORTS BIG™. EA's homepage and online game site is EA.COMSM. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

ABOUT NASCAR® Licensing
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, NASCAR, is the sanctioning body for one of America's premier sports.  With 75 million fans spread throughout the U.S. and ranking second among sports on television and third in licensed product sales, NASCAR has catapulted into the American mainstream.  The Passion and brand loyalty of NASCAR fans have attracted many of the best known brands in America: more Fortune 500 companies are involved in NASCAR than any other sport.  Based in Daytona Beach, Fla, with offices in Charlotte, New York and Los Angeles, NASCAR sanctions 1,800 races at 120 tracks in 38 states.

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