Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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Voting for NHL 13 Cover Reaches Finals
The excessively long process to determine the cover athlete for NHL 13 – which began in late March and won’t end until June 20 – continues with the tournament now down to two. Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne takes on Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux for the honor. The voting runs through Monday June 4 and can be completed through the official NHL.com page - news on the winner however will be held until the 20th at the 2012 NHL Awards show....
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Screenshots Feature Tim Tebow and Robert Griffin III in NCAA Football 13
While many have had enough of Tim Tebow already with EA Sports attempting to capitalize on his high level of exposure for Madden NFL 13 now get ready for his inclusion in NCAA Football 13. The company has released two screenshots in advance of tomorrow's reveal of complete details on the new "Heisman Challenge" mode. It's been known for a while that high profile names from the past would be included in the mode in some uncertain capacity - Tebow, Robert Griffin III, Mark Ingram, Matt Lein...
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Features List and Full Roster for WWE 13
Last week a trailer leaked for WWE 13 that confirmed the "Attitude Era" theme, CM Punk as the cover star, and October 30 as the release date. Now THQ has officially announced the game and rolled out the central features for this year's iteration accompanied by descriptions of each. The entire roster has also leaked out and will feature 77 wrestlers - 32 coming from the "Attitude Era" including 8 who remain active that have special "Attitude" versions. Check out the first screenshots in th...
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First Look at NHL 13 Improvements
The first features were recently announced for NHL 13 and they included a brand new skating engine which had not been put on actual display until now. Today EA Sports held a webcast for NHL 13 in which they discussed the publicized features and showed examples with gameplay. Continue on to check out the lengthy webcast along with a brand new trailer and find the first screenshots in the gallery or G+ album - then feel free to leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Online Home Run Derby Finally Coming to MLB 12: The Show – But Not for Everyone
Though it was never really pushed in their marketing efforts SCEA advertised an Online Home Run Derby mode for MLB 12: The Show yet it was missing at release and ever since. The company avoided responding to consumer and media inquiries on the subject. A recent patch however alluded to a "new mode" being added and that is in fact the Online Home Run Derby.Ă‚Â Unfortunately it's not as simple as the advertised mode being made available to all. Instead the company has tied it into a promoti...
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The Line Drive for May 27
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Amazon has a listing up for the NHL 13 "Stanley Cup Collector's Edition". •A patch for MLB 2K12 is supposedly still coming within the next week or two. •Kotaku discusses what The Show needs to do as the only MLB game on the market. •Porsche is finally making its way into Forza 4 with the release of new DLC. •GamesRadar lays out seve...
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First NBA 2K13 News Coming Soon
2K Sports is now teasing a "big announcement" to come in the next few weeks relating to NBA 2K13. With E3 just around the corner that could the place it happens - or it could simply end up coinciding with the peak of interest in the league when the NBA Finals are taking place in mid-June. Both opportunities have been utilized before for promotions and specifically the announcement of cover athletes.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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More Madden NFL 13 Pre-Order Incentives Featuring Legendary Coaches and Players
Last month Amazon and Gamestop both posted up their pre-order bonuses for Madden NFL 13 and in doing so led to some insight on the new Connected Careers feature that will be revealed on June 4. Given that EA Sports has provided various retailers with their own set of legend/coach combos the mode will obviously involve them in some capacity - they'll also be available to use in Ultimate Team mode. Now a few other retailers have begun to promote their combinations. All current offers below:...
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