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1st December 2011

EA Mobile Launches New Tetris Game on the App Store

EA MobileEA Mobile™ and The Tetris Company, LLC, have announced the launch of a re-imagined version of the globally popular puzzle game on the App StoreSM. The new Tetris® App, available now for the introductory price of $0.99, gives fans access to new features that give them revolutionary ways to play on their iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®, including:

  • The fan-favorite Marathon Mode.
  • A brand new level-based Galaxy Mode, where players can use game-changing power ups to dig down and shatter their scores.
  • Innovative Marathon One Touch Mode, a simple and easy-to-use control scheme for Marathon mode that is specially designed for touch screen gameplay.
  • New gameplay challenges delivered via the never-before-seen Tetris Log system.
  • Tetris Rank functionality that tracks players’ lifetime “lines cleared” to assign an overall rank.
  • Ability to subscribe to the T-Club, the only Tetris fan club to give members exclusive access to new mobile challenges and content.Tetris 2011

“The Tetris App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch was specifically designed to let players experience a re-imagined Tetris universe including the traditional Tetris gameplay they know and love,” said Bernard Kim, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for EA™ Interactive. “The innovative new features are sure to bring hours of frenzied fun for both newcomers and seasoned Tetris fans.”

In addition to the inclusion of Marathon One Touch and Galaxy modes, as well as the fan-favorite Marathon mode, EA’s newest version of the Tetris game also delivers new in-game content for fans, including Tetris Log, an Origin-powered function that delivers fresh challenges and tracks lifetime accumulated “lines cleared” across multiple mobile devices to assign an official Tetris Rank. For a fee of $2.99 per month or $29.99 for a year, consumers who download Tetris can also subscribe to the T-Club, an elite Tetris fan club that gives members access to exclusive discounts and content, premium Tetris Log challenges, and a booster to progress their Tetris Rank faster.

“The One Touch feature in this new Tetris game is ground-breaking and it’s the type of inventiveness we have been waiting for. It’s the difference between driving a stick shift and an automatic,” said Henk Rogers, Managing Director of The Tetris Company. “We are always looking for new ways for our fans to play Tetris and this new mobile version makes a revolutionary addition to the Tetris family of games.”

 

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