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First Look at Fight Night Champion Gameplay
A brand new preview of Fight Night Champion has gone up on Inside Xbox. Discussion centers on some of the improvements that have been made for the game with the new analog punching controls, flash KOs, "Champion" mode, being the first M rated title from EA Sports, and more. The glimpses of gameplay though will likely be the most valuable pieces of the video however. This acts as the first opportunity to see the actual gameplay and even includes some of the intros and the stand-up mechanism ...
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2010 Community Awards Voting
Throughout the month there will be a number of articles that take a look back over the biggest developments in sports gaming this year along with the annual top 10 games countdown. Overall 2010 finished with only a couple great standout games but a wide variety of decent games that provided value or innovation in their own ways. I have narrowed each category for a "Community Choice Awards" down to three games based on how they delivered and the perception in the community since their releas...
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Pre-Order Deals for Fight Night Champion
One of the complaints surrounding Fight Night Round 4 was the tumultuous pre-release experience due to various pre-order deals and demo release dates. Tying in the demo with pre-orders turned out to be a massive mistake that stunted momentum and created confusion. Essentially there were three different demo dates dependent on whether it was pre-ordered at Gamestop and which system was in question. Thankfully it doesn't appear that EA Sports will be taking a similar route with Fight Night Champ...
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Arcade Games Struggling to Survive at Retail
The recent release of NBA Jam, and the rumor of EA Sports possibly reviving NFL Blitz, prompted some thinking on my part as to the future of arcade style games. One has to wonder if they simply are no longer viable as full retail releases. Sluggish sales of NBA Jam are the latest example of the struggles to succeed in the marketplace. (more…)...
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NHL 11 Alternate Jersey Code
Now that all of the NHL teams with new jerseys have unveiled them on the ice, EA Sports has released the code to enter in NHL 11 to unlock them in the game. The code (and this one will be fun to enter) is: bcxkg8fkx3h4m3p5 Additional uniforms for the Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks are provided with this code!...
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EA Sticking With Tiger Woods…For Now
Electronic Arts Chief Executive John Riccitiello recently spoke at the Reuters Global Media Summit and one topic of discussion was on Tiger Woods and his relationship with the company. Riccitiello revealed that there will be a Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 for the consoles but that Woods needs to perform better or risk the company looking at other options. (more…)...
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Game Party for Kinect Impressions
Game Party: In Motion released two weeks after the wave of launch titles that arrived alongside Kinect for Xbox 360. The game attempts to present an amusement park and arcade atmosphere with mini-games that fit those respective environments. A total of 16 mini-games have been included, some of which are mildly enjoyable but not terrible compelling, while others are downright awful. (more…)...
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Cyber Monday 2010 Deals
Black Friday has come and gone with a nice slashing of prices to the majority of the EA Sports library and a few scattered deals on other titles as well. Now comes Cyber Monday as online retailers make a second push with deals. Some of these are merely comparable or not even as good as what had been offered prior, with all those EA Sports titles and WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 having been available from Amazon for less than $30 on Saturday. The big one for Cyber Monday is NBA 2K11 going for $...
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