Today EA Sports announced a new brand of Wii exclusive titles. The “All-Play” series of games will take familiar franchises, such as Tiger Woods, Madden, ect., and give them a more casual gaming twist.
What does that mean exactly? Well the gameplay will be simplified and focus on a more party style of gaming. For example, there will be a 5-on-5 mode in All-Play Madden.
5-on-5 football? Are you kidding me? I hate to be one who jumps to conclusions, but come on. I hope that they have some great game designers on this project because if they don’t all I see are bargain bin games. Don’t get me wrong, I want nothing more than to see these games succeed, but to me, this just seems like a half baked idea. Let’s hope I’m wrong.
Read: EA Sports drafts Wii ‘All-Play’ lineup.
Today EA Sports announced that the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live will be getting EA Sports Fantasy Football integration later this summer. EA also announced that fantasy football teams will be able to be ported over into Madden NFL 09.
While the web-based version of Fantasy Football will be free, Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will have to pay for the service. By paying, gamers will be able to download a Fantasy Football Live Draft Tracker which allows them to watch video clips and listen to EA Sports expert commentary. Subscribers will also be able to download The Live Score Tracker which will deliver fantasy football scores.
Hit the jump for the full press release. Continued…
New York-based market research firm NPD Group released the list of the top ten selling videogames for 2007. Note that Guitar Hero II was released in ‘06, yet still made the list.
10. Mario Party 8 for Wii (Hudson Soft/Nintendo) — 1.82 million Continued…
With the big college football championship coming up tomorrow, Jan. 7, Louisiana State University is trying some unorthodox methods to prepare. They are using a modified Xbox game to help train their players.
XOS Technologies, a company that specializes in gearing technology to the needs of coaches, worked with EA Sports to produce the PlayAction Simulator that LSU has used this season.
“What they’ve done is they put our plays into the video game and then they put in our opponents’ defenses,” said Crowton, the Tigers’ first-year offensive coordinator.
According to the story, the game/simulator sounds like a modified version of Madden. The level of customization allows each quarterback to have his own playbook.
I am torn as to where my allegiance lies. I’m all for videogames being used as real world training simulations. But on the other hand, I go to Ohio State University, and the Buckeye in me wont allow me to cheer against my team.
Read: LSU players use video games to prepare
If you’re ready to show off your Madden NFL 08 skills, then you need to make sure you take part in this year’s Madden Challenge and prove you have what it takes. the Madden Challenge Regional Tournament will begin on Sept. 15 in Dallas, Texas. Continued…
Own a Nintendo Wii? Do you actually play it? Well, you may be one of the few and the proud who actually play the thing. According to the latest North America sales numbers the Wii is leading in hardware sales but in software sales (arguably the most important for third-party publishers) not so much. Take a look at the August numbers after the jump.
Continued…
Last Wednesday The Hollywood Reporter reported an overall $50 price drop for the Xbox 360 line, presumably in response to Sony’s recent discounts on the PlayStation 3. At that time, Microsoft refused to confirm or deny the story.
Since then, bloggers have uncovered that the unannounced price drop is real. First, both Toys “R” Us and Wal-Mart advertised a “price break” on the 20GB 360 “Premium,” with a list of $349.99.
Toys “R” Us (left), Walmart circulars.
Today, Joystiq found a Circuit City circular offering price cuts on the entire product line.
I checked Amazon.com, and the 20GB SKU is still selling for $399.99. Neither the Toys “R” Us website nor the Wal-Mart site are offering the price reduction, which suggests that only certain retailers’ brick & mortar stores are affected at this time.
Microsoft may be dropping prices in advance of three major title releases this fall: Madden NFL 08, John Woo Presents Stranglehold, and of course Halo 3.
Before you run out to Wal-Mart to save $50, be sure to read this.
