If you’re a football fan you’ll know that there has been a ton of talk circulating recently regarding a possible lock out. This would essentially see no NFL season beginning in 2012 – something would surely anger a ton of fans. However, it seems that regardless if there is a lock out or not, Madden NFL 12 will be forging ahead. News comes to us straight from EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore to let us know that Madden will be shipping on August 30th, 2011 of this year no matter what happens to the NFL.
Of course, this doesn’t really come as a surprise considering football fans everywhere are going to be looking for a game to play if/when the lockout goes into effect.
Just about every commercial industry in the market today is making the shift towards environmentally friendly practices. This can be seen very clearly in the auto industry as many automakers make the shift towards fully electric or hybrid vehicles. In the video gaming industry, it seems that EA Sports will be taking a similar route announcing today that they will no longer be printing paper manuals instead including digital manuals on the actual games themselves.
According to EA, this is in a move to make their game production greener and save money in the long run. Printing all of those manuals and then stuffing them into the boxes can’t be cheap so we’re going to assume that this will be a major cost cutting maneuver for the company.
However, it may come as a bad thing to some consumers who enjoy looking at the printed imagery in some of these games. You win some, you lose some, right?
If you’ve paid attention to pretty much any media outlet you’ll know that Tiger Woods doesn’t have the cleanest of track records which has seen many of his sponsors fly the coop. One sponsor that has stayed with him through thick and thin is none other than EA Sports but that looks to be changing very quickly. As you’re sure to know, the box art for PGA Tour 12 was released not too long ago and showed us that Tiger Woods’ name was featured much less prominently than previous years.
Now, reports have surfaced that say EA Sports has just signed a new brand ambassador for the PGA Tour series named Rhys Davies. The professional golfer will wear the EA Sports logo during all competitions. While this is great for Mr. Davies, it might not be soo good for Tiger Woods. Does this mean that EA Sports is slowly phasing Woods out? If he doesn’t return to greatness our best guess would be yes.
EA Sports line up of different sports titles have long been regarded as some of the best sports simulators on the market. Fight Night is no different being regarded as the go-to boxing franchise applauded for its realistic gameplay, graphics and control scheme. However, while the Fight Night franchise is regarded as one o the best, it doesn’t exactly follow a storyline which should come as no surprise considering it’s a boxing simulator.
However, EA Sports has just released the official trailer for Fight Night Champion which we’ve included for you above. As you can see, this new title will feature an actual plot that includes prison, bare knuckle fighting and the works.
I don’t know about you guys but I’m definitely liking what I’m seeing. Will you pick up Fight Night Champion when it drops for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 1st?
Tiger Woods may be dropping sponsors left and right but EA Sports has stuck with him. Many have wondered if the company would drop him in favor of another golfer but it seems that they are pressing on with their Tiger Woods PGA Tour series going on to announce that the next title in the series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: Masters, will be hitting store shelves for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii on March 29th.
What’s interesting to note from the above box art is the fact that Masters is much more highlighted than Tiger Woods’ name. Could this be the first step towards the phasing out of Mr. Woods from EA Sports highly successful golf game? We’ll have to wait and see.
If you’ve checked out just about any major media outlet you’ll without a doubt know the huge fiasco that led to Tiger Woods taking quite the break from professional golfing. While he was one the greatest golfer in the world, he has strayed from this title with a dismal performance since his return to the game. This lackluster play has led many to wonder if EA will drop Tiger Woods from their popular line up of golfing games and instead head alternate routes.
Well, while EA has long said that Tiger Woods is here to stay, some new reports have surfaced today that may say otherwise. Below EA CEO John Riccitiello comments:
“We have no plans to move away from [Tiger Woods], but it’s a business relationship on the basis of we make the best golf game and he’s the best golfer. Both of those things need to be true in the long run for the partnership to make sense.”
While this is true that it wouldn’t really make sense to put his name on a video game if he wasn’t the best, who else would they put? Sure, other golfers are winning tournaments but unless you follow golf, can you name another golfer? The only other golfer I can name is Arnold Palmer and that’s because his drink is godly.
On another note, the amount of pressure that is resting on Tiger Woods’ back must be tremendous. Then again, the dude’s rich as hell so does it really matter to him?
While the FIFA World Cup has reached its semi-finals stage in South Africa, EA has announced that their manager version of FIFA, FIFA Manager 11, will be out this Fall. FIFA Manager 11 is the 10th edition of the franchise, and according to EA, it will be simpler to pick-up and play for newer users.
While the current rendition of EA’s NHL, NHL 10, has some Canadian teams, the penetration is none too deep. Well, according to various sources including people who are associated with the Canadian leagues say that teams from the WHL , OHL and QMJHL will be featured in NHL 11.
While this may not make any of you American players excited, it’s great news for Canadian hockey fans looking to play as their favorite team in the game.
Of course, it’s just a rumor at this point so don’t get too excited until an official announcement is made.
Tiger Woods may be having some problems in his personal life but that hasn’t stopped consumers from anxiously awaiting Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. While not much has been said about the game’s until now it was just announced by EA that it will in fact support the Playstation Motion Controller.
Other than that they let us know that the game will feature the Ryder Cup which lets gamers create 2 12-man teams and pit them off against eachother.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be out for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii on June 8th.
Do you remember NBA Jam? The basketball title that made its debut on consoles like the SNES and had a pretty good run until Midway dropped it back in 2004? Well, fans of the series will be happy to hear that we may be looking at a possible reboot of the series but this time in the hands of EA.
News comes to us from ESPN who says EA Sports has secured the rights to the NBA Jam franchise from Midway and will be tasking their Vancouver development studio with a new title. Unfortunately, if ESPN is correct, we will only be seeing it on the Wii as it’s apparently an exclusive title. Bummer.
Alternatively, other sources are hinting at a possible XBLA and PSN title. All hope may not be lost.
