Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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Former MLB: The Show Lead Designer Becomes Madden NFL Creative Director
There has been both a great deal of turnover and an expansion of the dev team for the Madden NFL franchise at Tiburon this year. Several top names at the studio left in the spring and their positions were filled by the likes of Cam Weber as the GM of football products, Roy Harvey taking over as the new executive producer (following Phil Frazier's departure), and Mike Young being elevated to creative director (previously held by Ian Cummings). Today Kolbe Launchbaugh made official via T...
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Teaser Trailer for Prometheus
The first trailer for Ridley Scott's Prometheus has arrived. The film, which has some early ties as a prequel to Alien (though it's gone a different direction instead), stars Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender. Prometheus is slated to release on June 8th 2012. Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind...
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Madden NFL 12 Roster Update #17 Details
The post-week 15 roster update for Madden NFL 12 is expected to arrive tomorrow for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Heading into the holidays and with the regular season nearing completion the update scales back somewhat on the sheer number of changes made and instead continues to make smaller adjustments based on recent and long-term trends. Of note is Drew Brees re-joining the 99 overall rated club, Jason Pierre-Paul continuing to rise and now has reached 93, and both Roddy White and Calvin Joh...
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Seventh NBA 2K12 Roster Update Out Now
Another roster update for NBA 2K12 arrived this morning and delivers Bismack Biyombo, the seventh overall pick from the draft by the Charlotte Bobcats and rated a low 55 overall, thus completing the first round of rookies. Peja Stojakovic has also been removed after announcing his retirement. That is about the extent of the changes as no additional progress has been made on second rounders and the Rockets signing of Samuel Dalembert hasn't become official yet....
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NFL Blitz Rosters: AFC North and West
ESPN continues with the roster reveals for the upcoming digital-download of NFL Blitz from EA Sports. With the NFC already complete (North and East, West and South) attention turns to the AFC with the North and West divisions up first. Each team carries seven offensive (QB, RB, 2WR/TE, 3OL) and seven defensive players (3DL, LB, 3DB) along with a kicker and punter. With some of the roster inclusions being outdated and the limited number of slots there will be some players that are...
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SSX Release Date Pushed Back; New Trailer
When EA Sports today announced that Grand Slam Tennis 2 would release on February 14 there was little question that at least one game would be moving off what had become an ultra-competitive date. The obvious candidate was SSX given the unlikelihood that the company would release their own two products against each other. That has materialized as SSX shifts back two weeks and will now come out on February 28. To soften the blow EA has also provided a new gameplay trailer for SSX which can...
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#8 of 2011: NHL 12
The NHL series has been one of the most steady sports offerings over the last several years. EA Sports innovated and delivered vast improvements earlier this console generation but has started to come under increased scrutiny for lack of advancement the past few years. While it didn't completely break out of that growing perception NHL 12 delivered enough improvements to keep the majority pleased at least for one more year. (more…)...
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Grand Slam Tennis 2 Demo Out Now; Release Date and Cover Athletes Announced
The demo for Grand Slam Tennis 2 has arrived on the Xbox 360 and is expected later today for the PS3. It provides the opportunity to play a three game set at Wimbledon between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. EA Sports also announced the cover will feature the trio of John McEnroe, Djokovic, and Maria Sharapova and the game will hit stores on February 14. That means the company is releasing two of its own titles on the same day (SSX being the other) which is unusual in itself but the choi...
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