FNR4 Highlight Clips

One of the features recently discussed in various media articles on Fight Night Round 4 is the ability to take replays and upload them to EA Sports World. At any point in a fight you can pause the game, go into replay mode for that round, and cut out a portion to upload. I’ve always enjoyed the highlight features in games and hope there is a way to save them following the conclusion of online fights also.

The demo actually contains this same functionality and a bunch of highlights are being uploaded to the site. You can find all of them here. While the earlier demo videos provide a better opportunity to evaluate the game these highlights can be entertaining to watch. Check some of them out and come back to leave your thoughts in the comments. If anyone uploads a particularly cool one feel free to link to it in the comments as well.

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 different games in a single reel. The screenshots that have been uploaded to the website can even be added into them. Not only can you use your highlights but you can search through and use ones made by other people. There are various visual effects that can be placed on a clip, a library of music to utilize, and a couple different sound effects and voice overs. Hopefully EA continues to expand on what is being offered for use. The sound effects and voice overs particularly are thin on options.

This is a pretty neat feature especially considering they aren’t charging anything for it. It will be most useful for those who are presenting running dynasties/franchises but will be a fun feature for everyone else. I’m curious to see just how creative some of the reels that are made turn out. I spent just a couple minutes messing around with it and created a basic one. Continue on to watch that and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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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 the downloading of other user’s created jerseys) to be used in the games. I’m not a big fan of putting money on the line for online gaming however which is something else that was discussed.

While it probably won’t come as a surprise some of the questions centered around monetizing particular features or potentially offering “premium” versions of them containing enhanced options. It should be stated though that surveys such as this one generally ask those type of questions and they very well may not end up charging for any of it.

So it sounds like there are some intriguing changes and feature additions coming down the line. I’ve been a big fan of the screenshot and video highlight uploading and the Top 10 videos that EA Sports World has been producing. So it is encouraging to find out that they are working towards expanding the content and features available and hopefully that’ll be in time for this year’s crop of games.

Get Your Name in NCAA Football 2010

EA Sports is now offering the opportunity to submit your last name through EA Sports World for the chance to have it voice recorded by Brad Nessler and included in NCAA Football 2010. While they likely won’t be able to get every name in there should be a large selection taken from the requests that are made.

Click here and then login to EA Sports World to get to the form where you enter in your last name along with how it is pronounced.

NBA Live Top 10 Highlights

EA Sports World has now started featuring highlights from NBA Live 09 in their weekly top 10 videos. Previously they had been doing so for several other 09 titles. You can watch the latest by clicking here and the video player is off to the right side of the page.

This one is definitely worth checking out. Not only does one of my videos make an appearance, but it is easily the most entertaining one to date. I didn’t expect it to be so damn funny. The Thompson Brothers have done a good job with the past Top 10’s but the addition of “The Judge” takes this one to another level.

Feel free to drop links to any of your Live 09 highlights in this forum thread where they’ll be considered on a weekly basis. All highlights are eligible regardless of when they were made.

Latest NCAA Football 09 Top 10 Highlights

The most recent Top 10 highlights of the week for NCAA Football 09 on EA Sports World featured some videos selected directly from the forum. Head on over to check it out.

Continue to leave your highlights in the forum threads as the EA reps that select them each week browse through to consider them. To head directly to the threads: Madden 09 – NCAA Football 09 – NBA Live 09 – NHL 09

Want Your EASW Highlight To Make The Top 10?

While the videos for the highlight contest will be up for voting on this weekend, there is another way to get attention for your favorite game clips. As mentioned a while back EA Sports World has a weekly Top 10 countdown with commentary by the Thompson Brothers. One of the initial complaints was that the clips weren’t that great…that they were too focused on offense, or spotlighted ridiculous events like Eli Manning stiff-arming guys down the field.

So here is an opportunity to put your clips in front of the person who chooses them. In the forums you can find threads for Madden 09, NCAA Football 09, NBA Live 09, and NHL 09. In those threads you can post links to the videos you think are worth consideration. The EA rep responsible for choosing the Top 10 each week will be stopping by on a regular basis for discussion and to check out the videos.

Online Dynasties Now Viewable on EASW

The EA Sports World functionality that allows an online dynasty in NCAA Football 09 to be viewed online has is available now. You can go directly to the NCAA Football 09 online dynasty page of EASW by clicking here.

This has apparently been functioning for a few weeks now, however it appears that you are left hanging when in the off-season portion of the dynasty. The page will just show a constant “loading” message. If it isn’t going to display anything during the off-season then they really should have some sort of notification when pulling it up on the website. As it is now it just makes it seems as though the feature doesn’t work. Once in the preseason you get the message that “this dynasty has not yet started” which at least lets you know it’ll be showing up once advancing into the regular season.

What can you view from the website? Just the basic information that you would be able to see from dynasty central in the game. Records, tasks, and games for the week as either complete or incomplete. Even though it isn’t offering more (such as being able to look through statistics) it is a welcome addition making for a much more convenient way to check on the status of a dynasty rather than having to fire up the game to do so. Just know that the result of games on display are reversed. So if a user team won 34-20 it’ll show it as “Loss 20-34″.

More Live 09 Screens and Highlights

Here is another set of screenshots and highlight videos via EA Sports World for NBA Live 09. This is easily the best highlight presentation for any game to use the feature thus far. Once you get comfortable with how to use the markers and get into editing each section it is quite easy. You really want to have a vision for your highlight before even producing it. With the ability to use any of the 10 set camera angles or the free floating camera which can be placed anywhere with any zoom there is a lot of potential for creativity. Being able to alter the speed makes it even better. Now that the highlights include sound it adds a lot to them and in the future we’ll likely see progression to something more akin of a highlight reel including the addition of music.

Continue on to view screenshots of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Rashard Lewis, Kevin Martin, Ron Artest, Jamario Moon, Rip Hamilton, Marc Gasol, Carlos Boozer, and Rudy Fernandez. The highlight clips feature a Michael Finley blocked shot, a Randy Foye crossover drive, a Brandon Roy alley-oop to Greg Oden, and a Josh Smith shot clock beater.

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First Set of NBA Live 09 Screens and Highlights

With XBL restored today I was able to upload the screenshots and highlight clips that I had collected yesterday to EA Sports World. Most of these come based off requests that have been made, so if you have a player or team you’d like to see feel free to let me know in the comments. The highlights especially are fun to make but those have to come more naturally through playing so grabbing screens is easier to do on an individual basis.

Continue on to see the screens and highlight videos. Included are screens of Greg Oden, Elton Brand, Kobe Bryant/Lebron James, Thaddeus Young, Deshawn Stevenson, Jose Calderon, Chris Bosh, and Michael Redd. Videos include a Jason Richardson three-pointer, an Andre Iguodala reverse dunk, the alley-oop to Michael Beasley from the Bulls vs Heat game, Randy Foye crossing over Tony Parker and driving in for the score, and a Lebron James circus shot. The Lebron highlight is probably the best play I’ve come across so far.

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