Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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New Madden 09 trailer
EA Sports has released a new short trailer for Madden 09. This one features Brett Favre and the Packers playing in the snow, mentions the over 85 new features and enhancements, and claims the 20th anniversary edition will redefine the franchise. I suspect this was originally intended to be the first look at the game in action. This trailer differs from the debut video in that it is more of a traditional trailer whereas the first one showed off extensive gameplay along with enhancements to t...
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NFL Head Coach 09 blog on playbooks
A new producer blog on the NFL Head Coach 09 website has provided a ton of new information in relation to playbooks and team styles. You can read it in full here. We stripped each playbook down to really focus on what is core to it's parent NFL team. Our intent from the start was to make the style of each coach and team evident in the plays they call. We wanted to highlight things like the Tony Dungy Cover 2 defense, which is not only run by the Colts and Bucs, but is also being used all over...
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Gamestop Madden Monday: Returning Missed FGs
This week's Gamestop Madden Monday focuses on the ability to return missed field goals and includes two new screenshots of Devin Hester in position to do so. One of these Madden NFL 09 innovations is the ability to return missed field goals. Over the past couple of years, we've seen in the real-world NFL how a seemingly insignificant field-goal attempt can be turned into a momentum-changing, or even game-deciding, touchdown return. It will be a nice change to force people...
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Who will be the NBA Live 09 cover athlete?
It's that time of the year when the cover athletes for the upcoming NBA games become a topic of discussion. Given that the NBA Live cover is expected to be announced first and that 2K has shown the tendency to stick with one guy for multiple years (considering the season Chris Paul had that seems likely to continue) this will be a breakdown of the most likely candidates for the NBA Live 09 cover. Over the past three years the cover of NBA Live has been announced between late April and mid...
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Madden 09 debut video
Gametrailers has posted the first truly representative footage from Madden 09. Unlike the usual first trailers for games this one focuses on displaying gameplay and some of the new elements that surround it. Just recently it was IGN that put out a short clip showing off Madden 09 which came from an especially early build of the game (didn't include commentators and or even show off the play call screen or any presentation enhancements). About the only thing to get out of it was the snow visual...
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NCAA Football 09 hands-on: Part two
Earlier I posted my general experience and thoughts on things more related directly to the gameplay. Now in part two of my hands-on with NCAA Football 09 I'll detail some of the new features that have been added. There are some big ones that should be really well received and others that will greatly enhance the overall gameplay experience. (more…)...
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NCAA Football 09 hands-on: Part one
After getting a significant amount of time with NCAA Football 09 I've compiled my initial thoughts on the game and details on features. The games were played on All-American difficulty and five minute quarters and I took part mostly in head-to-head. You can check over at NCAA Strategies and PSU for more hands-on details as well. Because of the vast amount of info there is to lay out I've broken it into two parts the second of which can be found here. Part one goes over things that relate ...
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New NCAA Football 09 videos
IGN has posted up four new gameplay clips from NCAA Football 09. These offer easily the best representation of the game so far, although I didn't really see any "wow" moments in these like were witnessed first hand. Don't forget both parts of my hands-on with NCAA 09 will be coming tonight at midnight eastern. Make sure to check out the videos in high-res by clicking here....
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