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The company ended a 15-year relationship with Tiger Woods in
2013 and has not released a new golf video game since. EA plans
to release "Rory McIlroy PGA Tour for the PS4 and XBox One in
early June, seeking to "re-energize" the franchise with the
world's top-ranked golfer.
"When you grow up playing golf you never really dream of being a
character in a video game, let alone the guy on the box,"
McIlroy told GolfDigest.com. "The technology powering the game
is incredible. The courses are absolutely gorgeous, and looking
at screenshots from the game you think someone just took a photo
of the actual holes."
EA said the "Frostbite" engine will enable the company to
provide more realistic depictions of famous golf courses and new
modes of game play.
The company has not said if the plan is to release a new version
of the game each year.
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