Archive for the ‘Misc Sports Gaming’ Category
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The Evolving Community Event
A new posting on the Inside EA Blog details an upcoming community event for NCAA Football 10 and how the philosophy and ultimate intentions of these events have changed over the years. EA Sports has especially engaged the community over the last five years or so and now SCEA has begun to do so with The Show. Both companies have recognized that the community is valuable not only as consumers but also as a resource for making their games better. Why tell you about the event if you won't hear ...
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EA Sports Season Opener Overview
Coming out of the EA Sports Season Opener event I wanted to drop a few thoughts on some of the games that were on display. I won't have full extensive write-ups on them but from my interaction with them will now have additional insight leading up to their releases. I also had the opportunity to interview Peter Moore which I'll be discussing in the near future. Check out the screenshot gallery for the latest images from these games. Tiger Woods 10 Outside of Fight Night I'd say this was t...
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EASW Adds Video Highlight Reel Feature
On Thursday EA Sports World launched a video mashup/highlight reel feature to the website. This is something that was actually alluded to in the survey I wrote about a month ago. With it you can string together highlights you have uploaded to the website and utilize some of the audio and visual effects that are provided to create a unique highlight reel. All highlights that you currently have stored on the website will be available for use and there is no restriction on using clips from d...
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First Tiger Woods 10 Details
Today EA Sports released the first significant details on Tiger Woods 10. That includes the addition of the USGA license, new commentary, dynamic weather, a new putting mechanic, and "tournament atmosphere". You can read about these features at length by visiting the EA Inside Blog here and you can see a Wii MotionPlus video demonstration here. As you hear the roar of the crowd from the next hole over, can you handle the mounting pressure while you stand over your tournament-winning putt? E...
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No Nascar Game This Year
An interview on Sporting News brought into question the plans for EA Sports' Nascar branded titles. Since then First Cuts and ESPN have been able to confirm that there will be no Nascar 10 released. The only Nascar branded game this year will have been Nascar Kart Racing for the Wii. NASCAR Kart Racing on the Wii is the only NASCAR-licensed videogame that will ship this year from EA SPORTS. Due to the family-friendly atmosphere of NASCAR, we felt that a title developed exclusively for the W...
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Ubisoft Wants To Challenge EA Sports
The CEO of Ubisoft came out yesterday and stated the company will be looking to increase their share of the sports game market this year. Leading up to the end of 2009, Shaun White Snowboarding was a big success for the company selling 2.3 million worldwide. They remain open to the acquisition of development studios in achieving this goal. Pointing to Shaun White Snowboarding isn't exactly a great example of how they would be able to take on EA Sports however. At this point it is difficul...
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Survey Gives Insight Into EASports.com Plans
A survey was recently posted on EA Sports World and it turns out that it mainly focused on prospective changes coming to EASW and EASports.com. It appears that EASW is going to merge into a new EASports.com and offer a wide array of new features. Some of the most exciting ideas are a video mash-up tool to edit and string together highlight reels uploaded from the games, using Photo Game Face in the creation of your online avatar, and a jersey creator tool that would allow for them (and th...
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EA Has Apparently Settled on the 10 Name
It looks like despite the backlash against naming each title 10 this year the EA Sports lineup will carry that name. Now that the promotion of the titles have begun (the Tiger Woods video and a media event being held today) they won't be changing it. So Tiger Woods 10, NBA Live 10, NCAA Football 10, NCAA Basketball 10, NHL 10, Madden 10, FIFA 10, and Nascar 10 are on the way. It is still baffling to me why the decision was made. No one likes the sound of it, this isn't the 10th iteration ...
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Tiger Woods Release Moved Up
A new promo video for Tiger Woods 10 on the EA Sports Community Blog reveals that the game is going to release in June and I have since confirmed this is the case. In the past Tiger has released in late August or September. Also the tagline of "Feel the Drama" is now known which could be an indication of a new feature or theme for this year. You can check out the video here and leave your thoughts in the comments. While I'm not sure if the release date change is due to Fight Night Round 4...
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FIFA 09 Ultimate Team Announced
FIFA 09 has been a tremendous seller for EA worldwide. The Online Team Play especially was extraordinary and has been credited with the uptick in online activity. Well EA Sports isn't done with FIFA 09 as they have announced that come March 19th a new downloadable game mode will be offered for the PS3 and 360 called Ultimate Team. Collect, trade and play your way to global supremacy by building your ultimate football club from over 4,000 available stars or creating and developing yourself i...
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