For the US launch on November 17 EA will have the likes of Madden NFL 07, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07 and Need for Speed Carbon ready to roll. The firm will then have a further eight to ten ready for the European launch next March including Fight Night Round 3 and the recently announced Def Jam: ICON, of which you can see the first shots right here.
President of EA Studios Paul Lee said "Each game has been custom designed to leverage the hardware power of the PlayStation 3 and serve as a launch pad for EA's next generation of HD gaming. This is only the beginning. In the months and years to come, developers will take greater advantage of the PlayStation 3's cell processors and blu-ray storage capacity to create games of stunning depth and texture."
Frank Gibeau, EA executive VP of North America publishing added, "Over the course of the next 18 months, EA will roll out groundbreaking new original properties and spectacular new versions of perennial hits that will further maximize the power of the PlayStation 3's unique cell processor and outstanding blu-ray disk capacity."
The complete list of EA's already-announced PS3 roster is:
Army Of Two
Burnout 5
Battlefield: Bad Company
Def Jam: ICON
Fight Night Round 3
Madden NFL 07
Medal of Honor Airborne
NBA Street
Need for Speed Carbon
SKATE
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07
And that leaves another 19 PS3 games to be announced...