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Madden 09 tackling blog and video
A new Madden 09 producer blog and corresponding video have been posted, this one going over the new tackling engine and animations. You can read the full blog posting here. With this brand new system (created in a collaborative effort between NCAA Football and Madden NFL), you will see unprecedented fluidity in multi-character interaction, which generates much better results across the board: improved blocking, improved chucks, better handoffs, interactive celebrations with teammates, and...
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Prizefighter gets hands-on and new videos
IGN has released six new video clips to go along with their updated hands-on of Don King Presents: Prizefighter. The full write-up can be found here. The six videos cover different aspects of the game such as gameplay, arenas, training, and story mode. After its poor initial showing last week do these videos change your current opinion of the game? Continue on to view all six of them and leave your thoughts in the comments. Prizefighter takes a slightly different approach to its mechanics b...
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EA-Take Two news coming Monday
Coming out of the EA financial call yesterday Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian has stated that an update to the buyout proposal of Take Two will be coming on Monday. The deadline that EA had set previously ends this Friday. The current offer stands at $25.74 a share which amounts to just about 2 billion dollars. That is the same amount as was originally offered (though the price per share was lowered when Take Two increased the number of shares available). The TTWO stock sits just ov...
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NCAA Football 09 stadium sounds resource
NCAA Strategies has come up with the great idea to compile all the real life sounds for each NCAA team for use with the stadium sounds feature in NCAA Football 09. Broken down by conference in the forum you can find every team and situation that is customizable and the specific music/sounds that correspond to them. This will be the place to get everything you need to utilize the feature and most accurately represent each team. If you'd like to contribute with your knowledge of what is heard...
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Some random topics and poll for today
Here are some random things I wanted to throw out there but wouldn't have made for much of a full posting on their own. Feel free to leave your comments in response to any of these. I've also added a poll if you continue on asking which of the three football games you are anticipating the most. There were more areas of confusion coming out of the media event held by EA last week than just the Fantasy Football which was cleared up through my producer interview. Apparently some media outlets...
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Gamestop Madden Monday: ActionCam
Another week brings a look at one of the new features or improvements to Madden 09 in the Gamestop Madden Monday blog. This week the focus is on the "ActionCam" which is the new camera angle that adjusts to display all of the players on the field. Madden NFL 09 will feature a camera system that dynamically adjusts to keep all of your players in view, eliminating the need to blindly pass off of the edge of your screen and hope for the best. When you run a pass play, the ActionC...
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MLB 08: The Show roster update 5/12
This week’s (5/12) roster update for MLB 08: The Show is now available and includes 79 player movements. The highlights of the update are below. For those without online access for their PS3 you can download the file from here. RP Jack Taschner moved from Giants Starting to Giants Relief. SP Barry Zito moved from Giants Relief to Giants Starting. LF Bronson Sardinha moved from Mariners Minors to Indians Minors. SP Wilfredo Ledezma moved from Padres Relief to Padres Starting. RP Jus...
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NCAA Football 09 Wii info and videos
I finally picked up a Nintendo Wii just recently (Boom Blox is currently my favorite game across any of the three consoles) so look forward to some coverage of sports titles on the Wii going forward. The first on the docket is NCAA Football 09. For the first time the NCAA Football series is on the Wii and it would appear to be an offering with a lot of potential (outside of the omission of online play which Madden 09 on the Wii has). This is the first game that will tout EA Sports' new "All...
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