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March Madness 08 gets $10 price reduction
A little over a week ago I posted news on how NFL Tour had seen a lowering of its price from $60 to $50. After citing the comments of CEO John Riccitiello I pondered whether we were seeing the start of a trend for EA. However with it being the first instance it was too early to say for sure. Tour is a brand new game looking to gain traction and potentially build into a new franchise. It was something to keep an eye on though with future EA Sports releases. The positive news continues as i...
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Updates to screenshot gallery for Tour and MM08
A few additions have been made recently to the screenshot gallery. I have added 15 new screens for NFL Tour. This game is starting to gain some momentum especially after the news that it would be $50 instead of the standard $60 and now that it's less than 2 months until release. Right now this is my most anticipated game coming out through January. I'm hoping that it will provide the same level of fun for football that The BIGS did for baseball earlier this year. March Madness 08 has 2...
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Top 50 historic players in March Madness 08
The top 50 rated all-time players in March Madness 08 has been posted by Gamespot. These are overall ratings of the best of the players from the classic teams in the game. If you missed it you can check out the complete list of classic teams here and the ratings of the top current players in the game here. Clearly the most controversial placing on the list will be Kevin Durant coming in at #2. He had undeniably one of if not the best freshman year of any player in history. However he did...
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The latest on College Hoops 2K8
Vetzballin has been running pre-release coverage of College Hoops 2K8. Links to the content can be found below. Classic teams list and 84 Georgetown vs 82 North Carolina video ABL write-up and video Game of the Day (video): Syracuse vs Illinois The demo has been released on the PS3 (and since has come out for the 360). The demo features Ohio State @ North Carolina in a three minute half. Also I have been invited to sit in on a conference call on Tuesday with the game's develo...
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March Madness 08 top player ratings
EA has sent me complete lists of the top rated players in March Madness 08 broken down by position as well as the top freshman. These lists include not only the overall rating but also the ratings in 20 individual categories. Because these include all the ratings for the players and not just the overalls I've made them available in Microsoft Excel form. Download them directly from the links below. Top 25 Overall Players Top 20 Point Guards Top 20 Shooting Guards Top 20 Small F...
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Online Team Play for 360 FIFA 08 is out
EA has announced that the downloads for FIFA 08 online Be a Pro mode and NBA Live 08 online team play have arrived for the Xbox 360! These are completely free and allow for five on five over 10 consoles on both games. The PS3 will receive these modes later this month. When you start up the games they will prompt you with an auto-update. Through this patch is how you receive the new mode. The FIFA download is already available, however the Live one has not yet appeared. I am waiting on ...
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Fight Night moves to EA Canada after Chicago closing
The news that EA had decided to close their Chicago studio brought about some concern over the future of the franchises that have been produced there. Fight Night was the one EA Sports title out of EA Chicago. A few weeks back I noticed in the press release for EA Playground that it mentioned that Fight Night was an EA Canada title. Here is the excerpt from that October 23rd press release. EA Canada has built a worldwide reputation for quality and innovation in global blockbusters...
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Top five player ratings per position in March Madness 08
Earlier today we got the a list of (some of) the classic teams in March Madness 08. Now IGN has posted up the top five rated players at each position in the game. IGN also mentions the release date as December 11th. This coincides with the producer blog that mentioned that date as well. However everything else has stated December 18th. I will try and get confirmation one way or the other. (Update) Right now there appears to be no certainty around whether it will be the 11th or the 18th. ...
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