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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

EA has sent me over the entire list of classic, all-time, and all-conference teams that will be in March Madness 08. There are 103 total teams available! I begin the list below. Continue on to view it in its entirety. Classic Teams '54 Kentucky Wildcats '56 San Francisco Dons '57 North Carolina Tar Heels '60 Ohio State Buckeyes '66 Kentucky Wildcats '66 Texas Western Miners '68 UCLA Bruins '72 UCLA Bruins '74 NC State Wolfpack '76 Indiana Hoosiers '...