EA Teams With MGM

Electronic Arts and MGM Interactive have formed an alliance that will see EA handle "worldwide development and distribution for MGM's next slate of interactive titles."

MGM will create and develop titles for video game consoles and PC platforms, while EA will handle all global sales, marketing, and distribution under the terms of the alliance.

Tomorrow Never Dies, a third-person action-adventure PlayStation game based on the James Bond film, developed under license from Danjaq LLC and Eon Productions, will be the initial fruit of the alliance. Other MGM titles that will be covered under the terms of the deal include Rollerball, an action game based on the sport depicted in the movie Rollerball, and Too Human, an action-adventure game where a future police officer must go undercover to investigate the death of a fellow officer.

"This partnership with Electronic Arts provides us with a strategic edge over other available choices in retail market penetration," said David Bishop, president of MGM Home Entertainment, "which will certainly help cultivate MGM's brand awareness in the interactive arena as we launch an innovative and ambitious new slate of game titles."