Posts Tagged ‘e3’
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EA Sports E3 2012 Day Zero Trailer Roundup
This has been a day filled with hugely impactful news announcements related to sports games as well as a great of expansion on information for various upcoming titles. This was just the start too as the press conferences only kick off E3 which officially begins tomorrow. Here then is the set of trailers released by EA Sports featuring Madden NFL 13 and FIFA 13 along with the trailer/announcement of the UFC acquisition. (more…)...
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NCAA Football 13 Lacks Infinity Engine
The "monumental change to gameplay" for Madden NFL 13 won't be reflected at all in NCAA Football 13 despite the two products attempting to have more synergy than ever before. I've received confirmation that the "Infinity Engine" that was announced for Madden 13 earlier today will not be featured in NCAA 13. (more…)...
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First Images of NBA Live 13 Accompany Early Feature Descriptions
EA Sports has released the first set of screenshots for NBA Live 13 for a chance to see how it is shaping up graphically along with an early handful of features to expect. Take a look in the gallery, FB album, or Google Plus album, and continue on for the first details on features and make sure to leave any thoughts on the information and images in the comments! (more…)...
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UFC Goes to EA Sports
A huge announcement out of the EA press conference as the company has secured the license for UFC which had been with THQ. The deal there was scheduled to run through 2018 but the troubles with the company financially - and their inability to grow the franchise - led them to (as now is known) sell the license to EA with UFC's approval. This despite Dana White's statements in the past that he would never work with EA. EA Sports MMA was a good first effort with some fantastic online feature...
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Connected Careers for Madden NFL 13
The reveal of NHL 13's GM Connected mode did in fact largely spoil that of Connected Careers for Madden NFL 13. The mode essentially combines standard Franchise, Online Franchise, and Superstar Modes into a single initiative with the user choosing to be a player, control a team in a traditional manner or as a coach, and even integrates legends as an option to choose from to run through a career with. Up to 32 teams can be user-controlled so again this is an expansion on what Online Franch...
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Madden NFL 13 Introduces Infinity Engine Physics System
The "monumental change to gameplay" for Madden NFL 13 has been announced and it's the debut of a physics-driven system known as "Infinity Engine". Touted as having an unlimited number of animations and completely organic actions the gameplay will be transformed due to the new engine. Player mass, speed, and momentum will determine the collisions and physical attributes will matter more than ever because of this. With no pre-determined outcomes users will have full control of the players t...
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Microsoft Shows Madden NFL 13 in Demonstration of Xbox SmartGlass
One big new feature announced by Microsoft today is Xbox SmartGlass which is an app that turns a smartphone or tablet into a second screen to communicate with the Xbox 360. Essentially it's what the Wii U is doing with a dedicated controller however Microsoft is taking advantage of devices that far more people have available to them already. This opens up a number of possibilities for sports titles to take advantage of and Madden NFL 13 was on display at the press conference with a demons...
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The Basics on Kinect Integration in Madden NFL 13 and FIFA 13
As expected EA Sports unveiled the Kinect for Xbox 360 integration for Madden NFL 13 and FIFA 13 at the Microsoft press conference this morning. The likelihood was always that the voice command functionality would play the prominent role and that has turned out to be the case as no mention of motion controls were made. (more…)...
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