EA Signs Publishing Agreement with Castaway Studios

New action-RPG title due from start-up development studio

Chertsey, UK. - March 23rd, 2004 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with start-up development studio, Castaway Entertainment. Based in Redwood City, CA the independent game studio currently includes eight creative, artistic and technical staffers, who are credited with the creation of blockbuster hits Diablo®, Diablo II® and Diablo II®: Lords of Destruction expansion pack. Development of a new action-RPG title is already underway, and the team is beginning to staff up to produce this major title. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.