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EA Trax is the title of the in-game soundtracks on some of EA Games' video games featuring up and coming artists, as well as mainstream artists. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Music genres featured range from hip hop to rock, depending on the video game. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. It is usually attached to EA Games' sports and racing titles. A sports game is a computer or Video game that simulates the playing of traditional Sports Most sports have been recreated with a game including Many Board games can be said to be racing games such as Snakes and Ladders, Cribbage, or Formula Dé. Players can customize the playlist by selecting/deselecting songs to play by simply going to the EA Trax menu usually located at the options menu, and change the song through the same menu or by a button (varies between each game). In its most general form a playlist is simply a list of Songs The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of Radio Broadcasting and

A PlayStation Portable version of some video game titles from EA Games also feature EA Pocket Trax, which takes advantage of the PSP's music and video playing capabilities by giving users the freedom to upload their own music to the soundtrack, as well as watch music videos from songs on the original soundtrack. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Partnership

EA Trax began in 2001 when EA Games partnered with some major music labels to allow licensed music to play on EA's video games. The first video games to receive the feature were NBA Live 2003, Madden NFL 2003, NHL 2003, FIFA 2003 and NASCAR Thunder 2003. Madden NFL 2003 is an American Football Video game. It features former NFL MVP, St The partnership is intended for co-promotional opportunities on game launches, record releases, cooperation on advertising, events and at retail.

Music labels in participation include Elektra Records, Capitol, Atlantic, Interscope, DreamWorks, MCA, Lava, Island/Def Jam. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label DreamWorks LLC, also known as DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, or DreamWorks Studios, is a major American Film studio MCA Inc (or Music Corporation of America) was an American Corporation in the music and television businesses Lava Records is an American based Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Atlantic Records. For other record labels with the Island name see Island Records (disambiguation

Today

The EA Trax program has proven to be a success as it continues today. It has expanded from simply being a feature on EA Sports titles to features on some of EA Games' best known titles, such as the Burnout and Need for Speed series. EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on Sports Formerly a gimmick inside Electronic Arts sports Burnout, also known as Shiny Red Car (working title The GameCube version was released in North America on April 29[[ 002]] and Europe on May 3 Need For Speed ( NFS) is a series of racing Video games developed by Canadian based company EA Black Box

It has also expanded to some of EA Games' PlayStation Portable titles, enabling players to customize playlists and watch music videos.

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Today

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