One of the things I mentioned in my impressions of Blitz: The League II is the use of Frank Caliendo as an announcer in the campaign mode. Das Gamer has an interesting interview with BTL producer Jacob Beucler that goes discusses the use of Caliendo, Jay Mohr, and some of the other elements that make up what the game is all about. While NBA 2K9's dreadful online play experience continues 2K has explained a few workarounds to a couple online league related gripes. There is one for playing ...

Operation Sports has posted another producer blog for NCAA Basketball 09. This one focuses on the feedback that was received at the community event and changes that have taken place in direct response to it. FIFA 09 was released this last week to overwhelming praise. While it is difficult for me to imagine finding long-term appeal in a soccer game I would've said the same about a hockey game before playing NHL 09. Look for some basic impressions and a write-up on the 10 vs 10 Online...

Nintendo has announced a new Punch-Out coming to the Wii. You can check out screens and the trailer here. This is what Facebreaker should've been but didn't come near achieving. The Wii version of Facebreaker will be releasing next month and apparently has shown some promise but I've been soured on the concept of the game now. I like the thought of the more old school Punch-Out experience. For those who don't buy NBA Live 09 new the purchase of the Live 365 service is apparently sup...

The official release date for NCAA Basketball 09 is Tuesday December 2nd. In addition to finding out there was no Be a Pro mode we now know there is no Online Team Play either. I'm really struggling to find any reason to look forward to this title. Except for the above cheerleader picture that is. Make sure to get your week two selections for the NFL Pigskin Pickem in before the kickoff of the first game Sunday. The second patch for Madden 09 may be out by the end of the week....

2K Sports has announced a new game for the Wii coming out this fall (likely coinciding with the playoffs) called MLB Superstars and will be a collection of mini-games. This follows EA's announcement a few weeks ago of Celebrity Sports Showdown for the Wii which is also a collection of mini-games. Is there more appeal in controlling MLB players or people who could barely qualify as being described as celebs? This just makes me wonder even more though 2K...where is The BIGS 2??? ...

The NFL Head Coach 09 demo is now available for the PS3. I'm not sure how well a game like this is going to translate to the demo. At least it offers the opportunity to get a feel for it through the first full week of the season controlling the Colts including practices and the opening game against the Bears. A five minute long gameplay video of NBA Live 09 has been posted by Gamersyde. This is a pretty good opportunity to see the game in action for an extended period of time. It do...

A lot of people are curious when the first info on NCAA Basketball 09 will be out. News should be coming in the near future though I don't know exactly when that might be. There is a community event tentatively scheduled for early September. Right now there is nothing to report on Madden 09's online play being improved especially regarding the disconnect issues so many are experiencing. Word on what will be included in the second patch for Madden 09 may come as early as this w...

With so much focus going towards the new releases of Madden and Head Coach 09 it was easy to overlook news on other games and even some that were related to Madden. Here I recap items that may be of interest from the last couple days but didn't make the cut for a full posting. Jon Robinson, formerly of Gametap and IGN and now with ESPN, played 24 hours straight of Madden. He recalls the events of the night here. There is no way I would have been able to pull that off. Shawn @ 5WG h...