Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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New NFL Head Coach 09 screenshots
EA Sports has released 22 more screens from the upcoming NFL Head Coach 09. The majority of them focus on the Colts sideline, with a few negotiation and shots of team headquarters mixed in. I've added a couple below and the rest can be found in the screenshot gallery or by checking out the official Head Coach website. For a game not slated to release until fall (possibly coinciding with the opening week of the NFL) there has been an awful lot of info and screenshots released. From what th...
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Take Two acquisition update and no APF 2K9?
Recently a few new developments have surfaced regarding the potential takeover of Take Two by Electronic Arts. While it has almost seemed to be inevitable, a few more curious events have taken place that seem to be in line with that eventuality. A severance plan has been created in the case of a sale that would protect employees from unjust firings. Now the two biggest shareholding firms have sold off significant portions of their stock and a shareholder lawsuit against Take Two was filed...
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NCAA Football 09 Wii cover voting nearly complete
The voting to determine which mascot will be on the cover of the Wii version of NCAA Football 09 will be coming to a close on Friday March 14th with the winner being announced on Tuesday March 18th. Make sure to get your votes in here during the final days in support of your favorite mascot. Over the last few weeks it has been interesting to follow how individual mascots gained support. There have been campaigns and movements behind them through message boards and facebook groups along wi...
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Head Coach 09 community Q&A
EA Sports has posted up a Q&A taking submitted questions from the community answered by the development team behind NFL Head Coach 09. The game is currently slated to release this fall, with Gamestop listing it as the first week of September. That would make sense given the NFL season kicks off that Thursday. Some of the items discussed include the navigational and procedural changes, the combine and draft, and new rating attributes. You can check out the full Q&A over at the offi...
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Offseason Madden screens set four
Here are the latest NFL players to have changed teams and what they'll look like in their new uniforms using Madden 08. I've just transferred them over and given them their current numbers. For the previous screens check out the offseason screens tag page. In this update you'll find Javon Walker on the Raiders, Julius Jones and TJ Duckett on the Seahawks, Dan Morgan on the Saints, Alge Crumpler on the Titans, and Brian Kelly on the Lions. Click the thumbnails below to view them full siz...
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NCAA Football 09 pre-alpha video
Even in pre-alpha stage the movement is really impressive. You can definitely see how free each animation is and how it can be broken into another at any time. The quick jukes look fantastic and could be really effective. Over the past few years one of my biggest complaints with the football games has been the sense that they almost feel scripted. You can pretty much know what is possible to happen on a given play and there weren't going to be any surprises. Of course the majority of big ...
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First NCAA Football 09 interview
Gametap was able to land the first NCAA Football 09 related interview with product manager Kendall Boyd. It's interesting that EA is out this far in front already laying out some details. We've got some dates for the future cover announcements so that may give an idea of when to expect even further info on the actual game. Some of the topics gone over include the importance of the gameplay and how they want to open it up this year, improved atmosphere, the new breakaway animation engine, ...
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First NCAA Football 09 screenshots
EA Sports has released the first two screenshots from NCAA Football 09 showing off Xbox 360 cover athlete Darren McFadden. Of course McFadden won't even be in the game but they have featured him here to coincide with the cover announcement. I did email in to get confirmation that these are official 09 screens released by EA (they are). They just aren't all that impressive and I wondered at first if they were legit. If you go back to the first two screens of 08 which had Jared Zabransky an...
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