Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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NFL Blitz Gauntlet Mode Details
Today EA Sports posted a new blog for NFL Blitz going over the game's Gauntlet single-player mode that features 12 teams comprised of fantasy characters (the different ones seen in the screenshot above). After putting together a team to begin, the mode consists of defeating some NFL teams on the way to the "boss" battle against one of the unique ones with the games including new power-ups distributed in a manner that sounds reminiscent of Madden NFL Arcade. Beating the "boss" teams will unlo...
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UFC Undisputed 3 Roster: Pride
THQ has announced the full roster for Pride mode in UFC Undisputed 3 completing the rundown of the base rosters included in the game. The 33 fighters in Pride is what takes the total roster for UFC 3 beyond the previous iterations of the series in sheer numbers despite some of the disappointment over those omitted from the particular weight classes. Pride will feature the official announcers, environments, and rules that it was known for during its 10 year run before being purchased by Zu...
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2K Sports Shutting Down NBA 2K11 Servers
An announcement of servers being shut down for past yearly sports titles is rarely newsworthy. Circumstances though this year makes the shutdown of services for NBA 2K11 especially relevant. 2K Sports has now announced that the servers will go down for good in mid-November. Why does it matter more in this case? First of all it represents an especially short period of time that the servers stayed live - only 13 months. For comparisons sake the company shut down 2K10 after 15 months (happen...
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One Month Later and the NBA 2K12 Website Remains Unlaunched
The NBA season would have tipped-off this evening if not for the league lockout. The date also is significant in that it marks a full four weeks having passed since the release of NBA 2K12 and still the official website, expected one day one and touted as housing several features for the game, has yet to roll out. 2K Sports has not commented on the subject beyond stating they do not know when it will be ready. Features such as being able to track My Player progress, view online leaderboar...
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Madden NFL 12 Week Eight Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
There were only a few great individual performances in terms of statistics in week eight of the NFL season - but several teams that surprised or were especially disappointing. The upcoming roster update for Madden NFL 12 will likely do some damage to the Dallas Cowboys who have seemed to get the benefit of the doubt in past updates by moving up despite losses, while teams like the Saints and Redskins will take a hit and others such as the Rams and Lions will see improvement after snapping th...
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Trailer for American Reunion
The debut trailer for American Reunion has arrived. The film follows up on the first two American Pie films (not so much the straight-to-dvd sequels) by returning all the central characters that made the franchise hugely successful. American Reunion is slated to release on April 6th 2012. In the comedy American Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend,...
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Patch for NHL 12 Now Available
The first patch for NHL 12 is out now for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The most anticipated part of the update comes with the introduction of the Winnipeg Jets jerseys that sadly took all the way until November to be added in. Also included are some fixes for freezing issues and improvements to various aspects of gameplay. Continue on to check out the full list of changes brought by the patch for NHL 12. (more…)...
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Cover Athlete for MLB 2K12 Will Be Revealed on Thursday
2K Sports today announced that the cover athlete for Major League Baseball 2K12 will be made official at the 2011 Players Choice Awards on Thursday evening. The program will air on MLB Network for an hour beginning at 5PT/8ET. This is widely expected to be the final year for the MLB 2K franchise as the third party exclusive contract will expire at the end of 2012. This generation's covers for the series have featured Roy Halladay, Evan Longoria, Tim Lincecum, Jose Reyes, and Derek Jeter. ...
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