&#39;Madden NFL&#39; maker scores exclusive football deal
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts on Monday said it had signed an exclusive agreement with the National Football League and the marketing arm of its players&#39; union, giving EA the sole rights to put NFL players, stadiums and teams in its games.
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No deal. No surprise. Yesterday's deadline to sign franchise players to long-term extensions passed, with the Patriots and disgruntled cornerback Asante Samuel unable to strike a deal. The sides never were close to reaching an accord.
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THE BRAINS behind EA Gameâs early efforts at online gaming are to have a crack at building an online Star Trek universe. Perpetual Entertainmentâs Joe Keene and Chris McKibben have negotiated with Viacom
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It started when none other than John Madden spoke up and said DJ Williams was the only player he&#39;d seen who had the ability to make the jump directly from high school to the pros.
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The top game this year was Electronic Arts' "Madden NFL 08" for the Xbox 360, which sold 897,000 units.
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Electronic Arts, hoping to shore up its eroding dominance in the sports video game market, signed a deal giving it the exclusive right to use the ESPN brand in games.
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New M-rated, non-NFL game will feature off-field political fallout, on-field unnecessary roughness, and post-play partying. At least one sports video game publisher in the industry isn&#39;t bothered by the exclusive
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Electronic Arts has cornered the market on PC and console football games with one swift stroke of the pen. It was announced today that EA has been awarded the exclusive rights to players, teams and stadiums of the NFL for the next five years.
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Fans of American football who are too busy to watch every game may enjoy the latest edition of Cyberlink Corp.&#39;s MagicSports software.
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"Madden NFL 2005," the latest  version of Electronic Arts Inc.'s pro football video game  franchise, sold more than 1.3 million copies in its first week,  giving a strong kick-off to one of EA's top sellers, the  company said on Thursday.
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The National Football League is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States.
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The Patriots-Giants game will now be available to the entire nation under an agreement reached by NBC and CBS to simulcast it.
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US games giant EA is to buy two video game studios in a deal that adds role-playing titles to its portfolio.
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SAN FRANCISCO &#151; Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that sales of its latest "Madden" football video game grossed more than $100 million in its first week, the biggest launch in the franchise's 17-year history and the latest sign of an improving outlook for the industry.
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Michael Vick agreed to a 10-year contract worth more than &#36;100 million with the Atlanta Falcons that also guarantees the star quarterback an NFL-record &#36;37 million in bonuses, an official close to the negotiations said Thursday.
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Electronic Arts, the world's biggest computer games firm, signs exclusive agreements with the US National Football League.
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The Atlanta Falcons&#39; star quarterback signed a 10-year, $130 million contract extension Thursday that guarantees him an NFL-record $37 million in bonuses.