Earlier this morning I reacted to the info provided by IGN regarding EA's Fantasy Football leagues. It turns out the details they provided weren't accurate (or at the very least weren't explained properly). It turns out that not only has the pricing not been finalized, but the $15 that was cited by IGN for the 360/PS3 draft application would be per league and not per owner. The optional live stats would be on an individual basis which is the norm with most league offerings. I have an int...

Update: Specific details coming soon. The IGN info isn't completely accurate. Update #2: Full details on EA Fantasy Football thanks to an interview conducted with the producers can be read here. While the details on EA Sports Fantasy Football were somewhat vague they sounded great. There would be drafting and live stats via the PS3 and 360 and importing of your teams into Madden 09. The leagues and teams would be free. Apparently they specifically mention those being free because the act...

The EA Sports Fantasy Football website now contains a trailer that details some of what to expect from their league system. It will officially be launching on June 11th. Leagues/teams are free Manage league drafts through the 360 and PS3 Live scoring on the 360 and PS3 Import your fantasy team into Madden 09 Advanced commissioner scoring and setup Back at the end of February EA was actively looking for suggestions on how to integrate fantasy football into the Madden experience. ...

Taking a page out of the wildly successful customization aspect in Forza 2, EA Sports is bringing the "Paint Booth" feature to Nascar 09. This will give players a way to completely customize their cars and race with them in the game. They'll even transfer into online racing. Utilizing the all-new Paint Booth feature, NASCAR fans can now take in-game personalization to the next level by giving users the ability to completely customize their car from start to finish. In addition, for the first ...

EA will be announcing the creation of a new label which will go by "EA Sports Freestyle". This sub-brand of EA Sports will encompass the non-sim sports titles. Essentially "Freestyle" will be replacing the "EA BIG" brand. EA Sports Freestyle games will be "about fun, inclusiveness, cooperation and suspending the normal rules associated with sports video games," according to the company. The first title, FaceBreaker -- a boxing game that offers cartoon violence -- will debut in September. Wit...

It goes without saying that today is GTA IV day. I doubt there will be much (if any) sports gaming news or info to be released with all the concentration around GTA. So I'll be online playing (360) this evening and anyone who'd like to get together for some matches just leave your info in the comments. If there is anything interesting relating to the sports titles that makes its way out today I'll be sure to get it up as usual. I expect the daily NCAA Football 09 screenshots to return on T...

Yesterday EA GameShow launched a flash version to go along with the downloadable version which has been available since October. That means you're now able to play GameShow online without having to download the program. It can be launched directly from the official website. I haven't yet been able to test it out to see if it is as responsive and as fully featured as the downloadable version. This is another in a string of updates to the very addictive live interactive trivia game and there ...

The annual Take Two stockholder meeting is scheduled to take place later today beginning at 6:30et/3:30pt. You'll be able to listen in live here. Normally this would just be business as usual however the looming takeover attempt by EA is prominent. Potentially something dramatic could happen such as a new board being elected (it happened last year) that is open to the bid. Or the stockholders could vote in a poison pill that would make it more difficult for EA to succeed at least at the curren...

Over at 5WG there is what I find to be a fascinating back and forth discussion regarding "skill" in sports gaming. It's definitely worth a full read through here and part two here. The trigger for the topic was a recent Game Informer issue which stated that MLB 2K8 requires more skill to play than MLB 08: The Show. Basically the thinking behind that is the unique control schemes force users to build up skill by utilizing them as opposed to The Show which is more traditional and straight forwa...