Thanks to the App Store Apple’s iOS powering devices like the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has become a premiere gaming platform. Sure many of the titles aren’t as full fledged as something you’d find on a dedicated portable console like the Nintendo 3DS but many big studios have gotten down on the fun releasing many top notch titles.

EA, for example, is one of the biggest game studios getting down on iOS with several of their hardest hitting franchises already available. In fact, just today it was announced that EA will be holding a sale on their iOS games bringing many of the hottest titles to a more palatable price tag. For example, Dead Space, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, SimCity Deluxe, The Sims 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and The Simpsons Arcade.

All of these titles have been dropped to $5 or less with several of them dropped to just $1.

Thanks to the emergence of online services like the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live gamers are able to download a whole slew of content without ever leaving their couch. Folks who have been paying attention to the media will know that Tiger Woods has come under a bit of fire last year but luckily things seem to be settling down despite his recently poor golfing record. Despite this, EA Sports is going on to make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters which will hit shelves on March 29th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii.

Die hard fans of the series who just can’t wait a minute longer to get knee deep into The Masters tournament will be happy to hear that a demo for the game is now available to download for the Xbox 360. Check it out and let us know what you think.

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.

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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?

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Tiger Woods has been through lots of controversy over the past few months, and he’s lost a lot of sponsorship deals as a result of it. EA however, is sticking with the golfer, and have announced Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, which will be released in June 2010.

While Tiger Woods has been dropped by just about every one of his sponsors, the same can not be said with EA Sports. In fact, Peter Moore himself has stepped forward to let us know that EA Sports’ relationship with Woods has been based purely on sports and they have not been using his fame and public image to endorse their products.

Additionally, he was quoted to have said:

“Regardless of what’s happening in his personal life, and regardless of his decision to take a personal leave from the sport, Tiger Woods is still one of the greatest athletes in history.”

So, it looks like we will be seeing more EA Sports developed Tiger Woods titles in the future.

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It seems that late night talk show host, Jimmy Fallon, has challenged Tiger Woods to a friendly game of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for the Wii. Of course, the athelete accepted and the match will go down this Thursday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Sure, it will be fun to see Jimmy Fallon play Tiger Woods at his own game but it will be even more fun to just watch Tiger Woods actually playing his own game. I wonder if he’s good.

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EA has recently gone ahead and announced a new play-in-your-browser game entitled Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. No, this won’t be an MMO based around golf but instead a regular run of the mill golf game that you play in a web browser.

There isn’t news much in terms of gameplay but EA let us know that courses like St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, and TPC Sawgrass will be featured.

Tiger Wood PGA Tour Online is apparantly scheduled to launch sometime in the fall with subscription based pricing. However, if you want to get in on the action early you can sign up for the beta here.

It seems like just the other day I was scratching my head in confusion with the announcement that the Wii MotionPlus would be released a full month ahead of Wii Sports Resort, one of the only titles I’d heard of so far that was boasting MotionPlus support. Letting an exciting peripheral sit on the shelves with nothing to play it with seemed like a ridiculously bad decision.

Now it makes sense however as EA must have cut an amazing deal with Nintendo for instead of putting forth a first-party option on the market with the initial launch of the Wii MotionPlus, they’re going to let EA bundle some games along with the peripheral. If you were looking for this announcement to take you in a new and exciting direction you’re not going to be too happy. There are two different bundles being planned, one for North America and one for Europe. Once again the USA’s love of video games is shooting us in the foot as the North American bundle only comes with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 while the European bundle also includes Grand Slam Tennis. The bundles will only be available for a limited time but the games will be available on their own afterwards as well as three others games EA is working on for the Wii MotionPlus.