EA Sports recently announced a “legacy challenge mode” to the upcoming “Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13″ video game, featuring levels in which users play as Woods at various stages of his life, ranging from a two-year-old to a future Woods seeking a record 19th major title.

Tiger worked with EA Sports developers throughout the game design process, even contributing personal photographs and memories to help make the game as realistic as possible. Despite his recent struggles, EA Sports has been an ardent supporter of Tiger and now is helping to make his invincible persona more human.

“Our challenge with ‘Tiger,’ like all our games, is to raise the bar and bring new things in every year. But, here, we’re telling a story of a very human side of Tiger and his development as a golfer,” said EA COO Peter Moore. “It’s almost like we’re making the very first golf (role playing game).” The game is set for release March 27. To learn more, visit the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 website.

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EA plans to launch a public beta of its new “Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online” game later this month, and is expected to launch the next iteration of its “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” console game this summer.

Despite the golfer’s well-publicized recent “mistakes,” video game publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) still considers Tiger Woods “one of the greatest athletes in history” and will continue, at least for now, to use his name and likeness in its line of golf video games, EA Sports president Peter Moore told the Associated Press.

The company would not comment specifically for AP on whether the golfer’s sex scandal will affect release of the console game; Woods has been dropped by corporate sponsors including AT&T and Accenture.

AP notes that EA’s Tiger Woods games have to date generated more than $670 million in sales in the U.S. alone, according to NPD Group data.

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