Author Archive
-
Padre’s The BIGS Rookie Challenge: Part 2
Click here for Part 1 Next up was a series of training mini-games. One was for fielding, in which a ball machine shot at you and you had to make a play on them. Padre caught 9 and missed 2, which was good enough to move on to the one for contact hitting. In this one you had to hit enough fair balls out of 10 pitches and Padre hit 10/10. The final one was for running, in which you had to run through an obstacle course using RT to sprint and A to jump over or slide under. After completing...
-
All-Pro Football 2K8 new trailer and gameplay videos
2K has released a new official trailer for APF 2K8 and Gamespot has posted up some gameplay videos. It is refreshing that now, instead of the marketing being the topic of discussion, it will be the actual game that is talked about heading towards release. The demo is going to be a big part of that, something I'm sure everyone is looking forward to. ...
-
NBA Live 08: Own the Paint
IGN has done a feature article on "Own The Paint" for NBA Live 08. As an offensive player in the post, you'll have far more options than merely backing down a defender and then shooting close to the hoop. Using the analogue sticks, post players now enter into a shot/countershot battle of fakes and quick moves to the hoop. Moves in the paint are contextual and are based on the player, their position in the paint, and how you manipulate the sticks. If defending has been a problem f...
-
Football games on PS3 to only run at 30fps
One of the biggest factors to the new football games being enjoyable are that they run at 60fps. Of course we've only seen footage on the Xbox 360 and it is very apparent that it really does make a significant difference. 1UP however has confirmed that the PS3 versions of Madden 08, NCAA Football 08, and All-Pro Football 2K8 will only run at 30fps. Only the 360 versions of those games will run at 60fps. That is a HUGE deal. Now not only does the 360 h...
-
Starting off The Bigs Rookie Challenge
Just getting back from a long day of travel and hassle, I figured I would just get home and rest up. Yet with The Bigs sitting here I couldn't resist putting it in despite feeling worn out. Here is a recap of how far I have gotten as I started on the Rookie Challenge. With the Rookie Challenge, you create a player and add him into an existing lineup. You then gain experience points based on what you accomplish to help improve your player. Basically through that you play a season mode. I cre...
-
NBA Live 08 commercials
EA Sports has released three commercials for NBA Live 08 featuring Live's cover athlete Gilbert Arenas and March Madness 08's cover athlete Kevin Durant. Click through to find the other two commercials. (more…)...
-
Full Madden 08 soundtrack
The complete soundtrack for Madden 08 has been revealed. Airbourne — “Runnin' Wild" Atreyu — "Becoming the Bull" The Bravery — "Believe" Brother Ali — "Whatcha Got" Daddy Yankee — "Impacto" Datarock — "The New Song" Earl Greyhound — "S.O.S." Enter Shikari — "OK, Time for Plan B" From Autumn to Ashes — "Daylight Slaving" Hellyeah — "You...
-
New All-Pro Football 2K8 trailer
2K Sports has released a new trailer for APF 2K8 showing off a wide array of catch animations. For the most part they do look really good. It is encouraging that they released something new for the game and a trailer such as this does a good job increasing awareness and getting it more attention. The animations were expected to be a strong point so it is no surprise that they come across well in a highlight trailer. There will be five more of these type of videos coming in the near future. ...
by