E3 News and Links
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With the EA press conference and the first day of E3 out of the way there is a wide variety of sports titles to track progress on. Outside of the NBA Live 09 365 details the rest have not presented the opportunity for in-depth looks. Below are the games that have had media reports so far.
NBA 2K9: No hands-on at E3. Operation Sports and Gamespot have reports.
NHL 2K9: No hands-on at E3. Operation Sports and Gamespot have reports.
NBA Live 09: Hands-on available at E3. Reports on 365 here, from NLSC, 5WG, Gamespot, IGN, and a producer blog. I’ve also added some offseason screens to the gallery which include Baron Davis as a Clipper and Elton Brand on the 76ers.
Facebreaker: Hands-on available at E3. Chase from OS has labeled this as his favorite game played so far via this update. I’ve been referring to this as a “fighting” game for months rather than a boxing game and he concurs.
NHL 09: Not present at E3. The secret online feature was not mentioned in the press conference however Game Informer has revealed this to be an MMO online mode. More details on this later.
NBA 09 The Inside: The first screenshots for the game are out and can be seen on IGN.