LOS ANGELES, CA  [Thursday Jul.8.2004]  /WMQT.com/ -- Hoobastank gets in the game--the video game, that is. The band's song "Same Direction" is featured on the next edition of Madden NFL 2005. Electronic Arts recently announced the soundtrack for the latest edition of the popular video game, which features over 20 songs consisting of Top-40 hits, tracks by up-and-coming artists and exclusive remixes. Along with Hoobastank's song, players will hear Green Day's as-yet-unreleased single, "American Idiot." The song is from the band's upcoming album of the same name. The Madden NFL 2005 soundtrack will also include singles from Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, The Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am, Ozomatli and New Found Glory, among others.

Madden NFL 2005 is set for release on August 12 for Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube and Game Boy Advance versions. PlayStation and PC versions hit stores in September.

Tracklisting:

* Wylde Bunch – "Last Day of School"
* New Found Glory – "This Disaster"
* Earshot – "Wait"
* Hoobastank – "Same Direction"
* Ozomatli – "Saturday Night"
* Jazze Pha – "Da Heavy Hittas"
* Strata – "Piece By Piece"
* Yung Wun – "Yung Wun Anthem"
* Z-Trip feat. Soup of J5 – "Listen to the DJ"
* The D.O.C. vs. Earshot – "The Madden Re-Match"
* Will.I.Am – "Go!"
* Hazen Street – "Fool the World"
* Midtown – "Give It Up"
* Alter Bridge – "Open Your Eyes"
* Green Day – "American Idiot"
* JR Ewing – "Time to Get Dirty"
* The Hives – "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones"
* Mooney Suzuki – "Alive and Amplified"
* Chevelle – "The Clincher"
* Faith No More – "From out of Nowhere (Throwback Track Powered by Rhino)"
* Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"

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