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NCAA Hockey Could Join NHL Series
EA Sports and the NCAA could be close to announcing a licensing agreement that would introduce college hockey into the NHL series. Paul Kelly of College Hockey Inc. has stated that the NCAA has been in talks with EA Sports for some time now and are close to reaching that agreement. Along with college teams a deal would also include Canadian major junior teams. Recently the inclusion of the CHL was announced for NHL 11. It is unclear whether adding an NCAA component would be possible in the ...
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CHL Inclusion in NHL 11 Officially Announced
A few weeks ago word leaked out that the rights to the Canadian Hockey League had been purchased by EA Sports and would be included in NHL 11. That has now been confirmed. The Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (the three make up the CHL) will all have teams, players and uniforms represented in NHL 11. The licensing agreement between EA SPORTS and the CHL allows the following to be included in NHL 11: Ability to play with all 60 teams that mak...
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NHL 11 Introduces Real-Time Physics Engine
EA Sports has released the first screenshot for NHL 11 and teased a major upgrade along with it. NHL 11 will include a brand new real-time physics engine. The screenshot is meant to demonstrate that and also includes another new element of the game with a broken stick visible in the background....
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Tiger Woods 11 Demo Out Tomorrow
The demo for Tiger Woods 11 is set to arrive for the 360 and PS3 tomorrow (Tuesday May 18th). No word on what the demo will entail just through a post on the official forum it has been learned that it will be available to download tomorrow. (Update) Included the press release that went out this afternoon after the break. The build-up to the Tiger 11 release has been anything but typical with extended periods of silence on the improvements and new features and now a demo arriving even befo...
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EA Sports E3 Lineup Discussed
During a conference call earlier this week EA Sports laid out some of the games that they are expecting to have on display at E3 next month. It was not meant to be representative of a final list as the possibility remains for changes and the extent to which the games are shown may vary. For example last year NHL was at E3 but only behind closed doors. The usual suspects will be there with NCAA Football 11 and Madden 11 the most prominent. Those are expected to be offer full access on the sh...
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EA Sports Online Pass Thoughts
The announcement of the EA Sports "Online Pass" has resulted in a fairly mixed reaction. Some are understanding of the situation in which this was born out of while others are taking offense to the idea in general. I've put together some various thoughts on what the "Online Pass" means and where it could lead. Feel free to continue to leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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EA Sports Online Pass: Online Play Free Only With Code in New Copies
Today EA Sports revealed the "Online Pass" that will be introduced first in Tiger Woods 11 and carry through to upcoming titles. Codes will be inserted into new copies of games providing access to online play for free. However those who purchase the game used or rent will be forced to pay $10 to buy the "Online Pass". Online Pass rewards game owners with a game-specific, one-time-use registration code for online services, features and bonus content. Each title-specific Online Pass may be used...
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FIFA Coming to Facebook
A few months back we found out that EA Sports would be bringing a version of Madden to Facebook. The next in line to make it to Facebook will be FIFA with the game being branded FIFA Superstars. The news was made in EA Sports president Peter Moore's latest blog posting. The game will be created through Playfish, the social gaming company that EA acquired late last year. Leveraging our football gaming knowledge and marrying it with the social gaming expertise of our partners at Playfish is su...
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