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UFC Undisputed 3 Fighter Ratings Gradually Making Their Way Out
With just over a month until release of UFC Undisputed 3 a number of fighter ratings have started to appear on the game’s official roster pages. Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will enter as the highest rated in the game at 95 overall. Cover athlete and middleweight champion Anderson Silva and featherweight champion Jose Aldo (defending the title this weekend at UFC 142) are next in line at 93. Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez, and Dominick Cruz come in with 92.
Only some of the fighter profiles – primarily bantamweight and featherweights with a few others mixed in – have the complete ratings laid out so farĀ but those that do have the full breakdown of speed, strength, cardio, and footwork ratings along with the nine offensive and defensive individual skill categories. More are expected to be added soon. Continue on for the full list of names with links to those profiles that so far include all the ratings.Ā Read more
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Sports Genre Stumbles as Companies Take Fewer Risks and Reap Fewer Rewards
In 2011 EA Sports saw sales of their major franchises (Madden, NCAA, NHL, FIFA, Tiger) rise – what that really amounts to however is a blip rather than an actual expansion of the consumer base. Meanwhile other highly regarded series like NBA 2K and MLB: The Show had their sales drop off after especially strong years.
The sports genre of video games simply hasn’t grown this generation. As console sales continue to expand the potential number of consumers that hasn’t carried over in the past seven years to the pool of sports gamers. That is a major concern now and one that will have to be addressed soon – whether immediately or with the next generation of consoles. Read more
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Madden NFL 12 Roster Update #19 Details
The post Wild Card Weekend roster update for Madden NFL 12 is scheduled to arrive on Friday for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The update primarily affects those teams that competed in the first round of the playoffs but there are a spattering of changes to other teams as well. In addition to the full breakdown of roster and ratings changes all teams have seen adjustments to their depth charts that include players returning from IR to prepare for the offseason.
The combo of Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas get significant boosts as Tebow jumps up 3 points to 79 overall and Thomas 4 points to 81. As expected Calvin Johnson got an additional point after a huge playoff performance and for the first time joins the exclusive club of 99 overall rated players. Team wise with net players rising vs falling the winners are the Broncos and Giants (+8) and the Texans (+7) while the losers are the Falcons (-7) and Bengals (-6). Read more
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MLB 2K12 Expands Perfect Game Contest to Feature Eight Person Tournament
The first two years of the $1 million Perfect Game Challenge have for all intents and purposes ended on the first day but that is much less likely to occur with MLB 2K12. Now it will be the “top ranked” (whatever that means – but it isn’t the “first”) eight to accomplish the feat from April 4th through the end of that month will be slotted into a live tournament taking place in New York for the ultimate prize. That should also help to eliminate the embarrassment of having someone who doesn’t know anything about baseball or have ever played the series win yet again by adding a competitive element rather than all falling on efforts to exploit the CPU AI.Ā Read more
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Tim Tebow Cements Himself as a Madden NFL 13 Cover Favorite
During his initial run of comebacks and displays of fourth quarter ‘magic’ Tim Tebow catapulted himself into a group of elite players that should find themselves under serious consideration for the cover of Madden NFL 13. Three straight poor outings at the end of the season seemingly dropped him out of the conversation. Following the thrilling slaying of the Steelers however there is no avoiding it – Tebow will be a contender for the cover whether the decision is made internally by EA Sports or through a fan-voting initiative.Ā Read more
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Two Latest UFC Undisputed 3 Videos
THQ has released two new trailers for UFC Undisputed 3. The latest “fight sim” takes a look at this weekend’s UFC 142 Featherweight title bout between champion Jose Aldo and Chad Mendes while a secondĀ video spotlights the huge roster that will be featured in UFC 3.Ā If you missed any of the the complete roster reveals:Ā Light Heavyweights, Lightweights, Heavyweights, Featherweights, Middleweights, Bantamweights,Ā Welterweights, and Pride. Also make sure to claim your free Alistair Overeem before the January 20 deadline. Continue on to check out the two videos and leave any thoughts in the comments! Read more
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NCAA Football 12 To Get One More Patch
According to variousĀ comments coming out of a ‘community day’ currently taking place for NCAA Football 13 – yet another patch for NCAA Football 12 is on the way. The patch reportedly will attempt to further address the “transfer failed” issue that has plagued Online Dynasty mode since release. The issue has now been identified as having to do with the length of gamertags plus the dynasty IDs. Though attempts have been made to fix the problem previously it has continued to occur in many instances bringing dynasties to a standstill.
If the coming fix happens to take care of the problem completely it will be a welcome one even though it comes far too late for most people who have long since given up on NCAA 12. At the very least it shows an improved level of dedication to the product from EA Sports that has rightfully been questioned all along the way.
Update: EA has clarified this was to be a server side update not an actual patch. It apparently has already gone out too!
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Tiger Woods 13 Features List
Back at E3 the statement was made that Kinect for Xbox 360 would be integrated in many future EA Sports titles. The first instance of that will come with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and the company today released the full features list for the upcoming game which is set for release on March 27th. Tiger 13 will also include brand new swing controls and Online Country Clubs.
Check out the first official screenshots in the gallery or FB album and continue on to read up more on the features and watch the first two trailers.Ā Read more
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Grand Slam Tennis 2 Demo Out Now
Released prematurely in December and subsequently yanked from the marketplace only hours later – the demo for Grand Slam Tennis 2 has returned to XBL (queue up for download here) and will arrive on PSN later this afternoon. The demo provides an opportunity to play a three game set at Wimbledon between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. For a look at what to expect check out some of the demo videos that went up following the early release a few weeks back and the recent tutorial spotlighting the ‘Total Racquet Controls’.
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NFL Blitz: Hits and Misses
For the first time since 2003 the Blitz series carries the NFL license after having been acquired and subsequently rebooted by EA Sports. As a digital-download title the company hoped to bring back some of the magic of the beloved series while increasing the amount of content over what was provided in their previous attempts at arcade-style football. Were they able to achieve one or both? Continue on for the Hits and Misses review of NFL Blitz.Ā Read more
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