Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden 08 full website to launch today; free Vince Young theme available on Xbox 360 Live Marketplace
For approximately the last month, the Madden 08 website has released a wallpaper for a new team each day. Essentially what has been up has been a placeholder for the real site to come. Later this afternoon EA Sports will launch the full official website for Madden NFL 08. Also, now available on the Xbox 360 Live Marketplace is a theme for the cover athlete of the game Titans QB Vince Young. The theme will be available for free for the next two weeks....
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Reggie Bush Madden 08 commercial
Of the trio of Madden NFL 08 commercials expected for this weekend, the one featuring Vince Young is the only one which aired Thursday on ESPN that has not found its way to Youtube yet. Posted earlier was the Devin Hester commercial, and below is the Reggie Bush one. It has to be tough to be a Texans fan. [youtube]O1Wu1rUU_7Y[/youtube]...
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First hands-on impressions from NCAA Football 08
IGN has posted up the first hands-on impressions from NCAA Football 08 as well as a new sizzle trailer. There should be even more in the coming days as there is a big NCAA Football event taking place in New York City as I write this. Some of the things noted within the impressions: -Game was described as being in "mid-alpha" stage. So still relatively early in the development cycle -The "Hit Stick" has been improved. You now flick the stick up to attempt a high tackle, or flick it dow...
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Devin Hester Madden 08 commercial
The series of commercials for Madden NFL 08 started airing on ESPN today. Vince Young, Devin Hester, and Reggie Bush are being featured. Below is the Devin Hester commercial which is the first to make its way online. [youtube]smy72-FpgBM[/youtube]...
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The Madden season kicks off this weekend
The NFL Draft represents the unofficial start to the new "Madden season". What is there to expect over the coming days? The first commercials for Madden 08 were supposedly going to appear first during the draft. They have started airing early on ESPN today. This year there is a series of them featuring cover athlete Vince Young, as well as Reggie Bush and Devin Hester. With what has become a tradition on draft day, expect screenshots of the top draftees (probably all the first roun...
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NFL Legends in All-Pro Football 2K8 revealed
2K Sports has updated their website for All-Pro Football 2K8. Listed are some of the details of the game as well as NFL Legends that will be appearing in it. The game will have over 240 legendary players. The pool of players will be used to draft a team. The legends are considered to be "in their prime" performance wise. The game will have a new broadcasting style that combines the a TV style broadcast with on-field commentary. Some of the legends who are listed: Joe Montana,...
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The NFL Draft’s impact on Madden 08
The draft is always a fun time of the year for NFL fans. Obviously it's a huge piece to the puzzle that will be the next season and beyond. However for fans of Madden it also represents an opportunity to see the additions that will be made to their favorite teams for the coming year. But how much does the draft matter in the next installment of Madden? Generally, the big name players are going at the top of the draft to teams that were either poor or downright horrible the year before. Th...
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Downloadable content still coming for NBA Street: Homecourt
Downloadable content was a topic of discussion for NBA Street: Homecourt even before it was released. Some was planned to be available soon after release of the game, while more additions were planned for farther on down the line. Later it was revealed the downloadable content would be exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of the game. However now after two months the only things that have made their way to the Xbox Live Marketplace are gamerpics and themes. The official website for the game ...
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