Redwood City, CA - In what's believed to be an industry first, Redwood City-based game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (EA) said that it has teamed with The Weather Channel to offer real-time weather conditions and updates in its newly released NCAA Football 08 game. The latest version of the popular college football game will use information from The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI) -- transmitted through the Internet -- to reflect accurate, real-time weather conditions at NCAA stadiums. "It is the first sports game we know of where actual current weather conditions will affect weather conditions in the game," said Derek Van Nostran, the director of marketing for The Weather Channel Interactive. Each time a player with a live Internet connection loads a new game, they will have the option to choose real-time weather. The video game will then use the current conditions at the selected location to create the weather experience for that game. NCAA Football 08 is now available in retail stores for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 systems.

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