Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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College Hoops 2K8 to have classic teams
2K Sports has revealed that College Hoops 2K8 will include 90 classic teams. Recently March Madness 08 announced that it will have "over 70". These are pretty good developments for anyone who has followed college basketball for a long time. For College Hoops 2K8, 69 of the teams will be from years past including the 1982 North Carolina Tarheels and the high-scoring 1990 Loyola Marymount Lions. In addition, gamers can choose to play from six all-time conference teams or 15 all-time schoo...
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March Madness 08 blog on commentary
A new interview with March Madness 08 associate producer Novell Thomas has been posted over at IGN. You can check it out in its entirety here. This entry goes over with the commentary that has been added this year including that of the new sideline reporter Erin Andrews. There is a lot of detail in how they went about recording the audio, what exactly was added, and how it will fit into the game and make the experience better. There is also a some talk about how ESPN integrates into th...
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Team and top player ratings in College Hoops 2K8
Gametap has released the top 25 rated teams and a list at each position of the top rated players from College Hoops 2K8. Kansas: 88 North Carolina: 88 Tennessee: 87 UCLA: 87 Arkansas: 86 Georgetown: 86 Memphis: 86 Michigan State: 86 Kentucky: 85 Louisville: 85 Marquette: 85 Georgia: 84 Providence: 84 Arizona: 83 Auburn: 83 Clemson: 83 Connecticut: 83 Duke: 83 Indiana: 83 Mississippi State: 83 Pittsburgh: 83 Stanford: 83 Syracuse: 83 Texas: 83 Texas A&M: 83 C...
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March Madness 08 and College Hoops 2K8 updates
Gamespot has a hands-on of College Hoops 2K8 Legacy Mode which you can check out here. Also a few new features for have been revealed. New to this year’s edition of the 2K Sports’ College Hoops series is PlayVision, allowing gamers to execute every play on the court to perfection. PlayVision draws out each play step-by-step, detailing where on the court to pass, move, and watch for a screen. Each step of the play is illustrated with a diffe...
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March Madness 08 trailer and producer blog
IGN has posted up an official trailer for March Madness 08 as well as a producer blog featuring Sean O'Brien. In the blog he goes over in detail some the new features for this year. He covers the Dynamic Post Play, classic teams, atmosphere/commentary. You can check it out here. There were a couple interesting pieces of info revealed in the blog. The demo will be released on November 19th for the 360 and PS3. Surely not a coincidence, that is the day before rival College Hoops 2K8 is ...
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March Madness 08 top 25 teams and demo details
EA has revealed the top 25 rated teams for March Madness 08 as well as given information on the upcoming release of a demo. The demo, which will be available for both the 360 and PS3, will come out in November. It will feature #6 Louisville vs #8 Kentucky. (November 19th is the day) EA SPORTS today named the University of Memphis Tigers, an NCAA Tournament Elite Eight finisher a year ago, the top rated team in NCAA March Madness 08. EA SPORTS named the Tigers No. 1 based on a computer-ge...
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First College Hoops 2K8 gameplay videos and Legacy mode preview
The trailer came out last week, and now Gamespot has posted up the first gameplay videos of College Hoops 2K8 along with a bunch of new screenshots including some from Legacy mode. The full preview highlights the Legacy mode in great detail and can be checked out by clicking here. Continue on to view the videos. (more…)...
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March Madness 08 footage and producer interview
Recently the first details and screenshots for March Madness 08 were released, and now the first gameplay footage along with a producer interview have made their way out via Gametrailers. There certainly appears to be an NBA Live look to the game, and the interview touches on many of the same topics that Live did leading up to its release such as the focus on five-on-five fundamentals and enhancements to post play. There is also more about team momentum and player composure, game modes bo...
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