EA Partners with AOL

Electronic Arts has entered into a five-year agreement to be the exclusive provider of games content on AOL's Games Channel as well as providing game content for additional AOL properties including AOL.com, Netcenter, and Compuserve. Electronic Arts will create all new games exclusively for the America Online Games Channel as well as using AOL's highly trafficked venue to showcase existing EA titles. AOL's Games Channel will be relaunched in the summer of 2000 with new content ranging from card games to massively multiplayer online worlds. "In addition to our own web site at EA.com, our strategic relationship with AOL will enable us to reach millions of new consumers," said EA president and COO John Riccitiello.