Archive for the ‘Misc Sports Gaming’ Category
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NBA and NCAA Football Avatar Gear
Back in October NFL jerseys arrived for Xbox 360 avatars. Now NBA and NCAA Football jerseys have joined them in the marketplace. Interestingly in the competitive NBA arena both companies have released similar content. EA Sports has out jerseys for 41 college teams and a generic jersey for each NBA team. 2K Sports has released a jersey for every NBA team which include a number representing a player from each (no name on the back). General response to the NFL jerseys were that they were overp...
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The Biggest Stories of 2009
At the end of each year I like to look back and recount thoughts on stories that made an impact. Not only because they were big at the time but also because they have an effect on future development and actions that could be taken. These are the stories that were most significant in sports gaming during 2009 or that will most influence the genre going forward. (more...)...
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Your Top Game of 2009
While the final four games in my countdown will be revealed this coming week here is an opportunity for you to express what your favorite sports game of the year was. I've narrowed the choices for the poll down to the 10 most likely to be cited however feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments whether your game is on the list or not! Your favorite of 2009(survey) ...
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The Latest Odds on the New EA Sports Game
Back when it was first made known that a new EA Sports game is going to be announced in January some natural possibilities arose as to what that could be. Given the circumstances at the time one of those appeared to be WWE. However it has just been announced that THQ and WWE have re-upped their exclusive deal for an astonishing eight years. I've been thinking more about the possibilities since then and now with this news. Of course we're taking the specific words and phrasing literally from...
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Talk of Take Two Acquisition Resurfaces
After the fourth quarter fiscal report for Take Two arrived, which foreshadowed the likely end of the NHL 2K franchise, some more news came to light. Investor Carl Icahn revealed he has purchased additional stock in Take Two and now owns 11% of the company. His past history of intervention suggests he could pressure Take Two executives to seek a sale of the company. Kotaku has a full write-up on the situation that is worth reading here. If it were to play out that way the obvious question...
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Madden 10 Top Sports Game in November
NPD released the official sales numbers for November yesterday. With the number of big titles that came out during the month the top 20 included just one sports game. What sports game that was does come as mild surprise. (more...)...
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EA Sports Announcing New Game in January
In a time where games are being shaved from the EA portfolio comes news that a new EA Sports game is on the horizon. As tweeted this evening by an EA Canada community manager a new title will be announced in January. So the speculation begins as to what that game will be. My gut feeling on this is that it will be a WWE offering. The license between the WWE and THQ had its deadline for notice of renewal pass. Once that happened the WWE extended that deadline to December 31st. It is possibl...
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Conan Shows Prospective Tiger Woods 10 Update
With the news reports and rumors swirling around Tiger Woods since his car accident late last week it has made for an easy punchline for late night comedians. On Tuesday's Tonight Show it was Conan O'Brien introducing this clip of a supposed update to Tiger Woods 10. ...
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