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EA Nets Another Exclusivity Deal

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @05:30AM from the wow-the-afl-sure-is-a-catch dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that EA has signed an exclusive deal with the Arena Football League to produce games for that organization. From the article: "The move will see the creation of a new AFL title in the EA Sports line-up, joining other football franchises Madden, NFL Street and NCAA, with the first title due to hit the market before the 2006 AFL season starts in a year's time."

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Re:Who knew? by dletter · 2005-01-11 07:11 · Score: 2, Informative

Average attendance of 11,000 last season. TV ratings, while not high, that do better than, amoung other things, NHL hockey, MLS Soccer and WNBA Basketball. /www.arenafan.com