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NBA Live 09 info about to start flowing in
The embargo from the media event held back in May is about to be lifted for NBA Live 09. The first substantial details will be revealed tomorrow with the possibility some will even be out late tonight. Following those details will be a handful of the game's producers as they begin posting and interacting with the community. You can participate in the discussions by visiting the game's official forum and the list of producers who are going to be involved can be found here. While the "grou...
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Paint Booth Contest
Through 6/22 I will be accepting entries for a Nascar 09 Paint Booth contest. The great thing about this is you don't even necessarily need the game to create designs. To take part you'll have to be a registered user of EA Sports World and from there go to the Nascar page and follow the instructions on how to create a skin for a car. You can choose from the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, or Craftsman Truck Series. The goal is to create a car that represents and/or advertises pastapad...
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EA Sports Fantasy Football has opened
Sign-ups are now open for EA Sports Fantasy Football. You can visit the site and register for leagues or teams by going here. For all of the details on the new options and other improvements for this year check out my interview with the producers from back in May. Features such as the live console draft (which was demonstrated at the community event and is very cool) and the stat tracker won't launch until later dates. If you are interested in participating in the pastapadre.com fantasy foo...
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Random topics for today
A recent Madden 09 producer blog with Anthony White covered in great detail the authenticity to the team offensive playbooks this year. Included are several videos and screenshots displaying various formations. It appears that the Seahawks do have shotgun formations now, which the lack of back at the community event was one of the complaints I noted. You can check out the blog here. GameTrailers has added a handful of Madden 09 gameplay videos over the last few days. You can find th...
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First preview and videos of Madden 09 for the Wii
IGN has posted the first full preview of the Wii version of Madden 09. Until now all that was known was the game would feature the new "All-Play" ideals while being designed from the ground up for the Wii, have a five on five mode, online play, and the ability to design plays on the fly by drawing routes. In the new preview IGN adds that the game will have Superstar mode and more mini-games, while going into greater detail on the previously known aspects of the game. Next up on the must-know ...
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NBA Live 09 will have ground-breaking feature
As the speculation over NHL 09's "massive" online feature that has "never been seen in a sports game before" continues, word comes that NBA Live 09 will apparently deliver something on the same scale. According to Peter Moore in his latest blog entry, the game will have the most ground-breaking feature of any EA Sports release this year. I’m not surprised that NBA LIVE, which jumped 15 points in review scores a year ago, has the most ground-breaking feature from our lineup this year an...
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NHL 2K9 coming to the Wii
2K Sports today announced that NHL 2K9 will be released on the Wii in the fall with a likely date of September 9th. 2K9 was already known to be on the way for the 360, PS3, and PS2 featuring Rick Nash as the cover athlete and will be built from the ground up after the studio move to Visual Concepts. “It’s our goal this year to bring the fun back to hockey video games,†said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “NHL 2K9 for Wii includes the full feature s...
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What could NHL 09’s mystery feature be?
Ever since the barrage of information that has come for NHL 09, whether it be from the initial media previews or the more extensive community event reports, much of the talk has surrounded the "massive" feature (as labeled by Gamespot) that is being kept under wraps. With so many new features and improvements already known it's almost hard to imagine what else they could've added that would be so significant. Thanks to IGN we know that it is an online feature, and one that has "never been s...
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