Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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Trial Set in NCAA Player Likeness Lawsuit
Though EA Sports was recently dismissed as a defendant from the player likeness lawsuit originally filed in 2009 it will proceed against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company after surviving another attempt to dismiss by those two parties. The outcome could have significant influence on NCAA licensed sports games in the future so the case remains of high interest. It will be a long wait however for that decision to come down as the trial has been set to begin on March 11th 2013. The l...
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Tiger Woods 12 Top Sports Game in April
Having topped the sales charts amongst sports games in four of its first six months of release NBA 2K11 was unseated in April by Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. The release of Tiger Woods 12 in late March meant the first five days of sales were recorded in that month's NPD where it did not place in the top 10 despite performing well. It clearly got a boost from The Masters (April 7th-10th) along with positive word of mouth and mainstream exposure that had been absent the last few years...
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Madden 12 Superstar Mode Details
IGN has posted the first news relating to Superstar mode in Madden NFL 12. Players will start with a 60 overall rating and have to work up from that using games and practices to earn points and distribute to ratings categories at the user's discretion. Tendencies and "player roles" have also been added to provide another level of customization to how an individual plays on the field. Essentially it sounds just like the typical career mode without anything revolutionary being introduced bu...
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NCAA Football 12 Online Dynasty Adds Super Sim Coaching and Web Advancement
Thanks to a screen grab of a loading screen in NCAA Football 12 posted over at The Gaming Tailgate we now know the first few new features for Online Dynasty. The web integration for the mode, which last year introduced the ability to recruit and change depth charts, will now allow for commissioners to advance weeks. Users will also be able to call games against the CPU with 'Super Sim' providing a new element of strategy for those who would rather manage than play. As a commissioner firin...
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NHL 12 May Be in the Midst of Release Date Move Similar to Madden 12
In the explanation from EA Sports regarding the release date delay/shift beginning with Madden 12 (and going forward for the series) the company claimed the change was being made primarily to capitalize on fan excitement by hitting stores closer to the regular season kick-off. The change means moving away from the traditional second Tuesday in August date to the last Tuesday in August. This strategy was seen as being successful with Tiger Woods 12 after sales numbers improved attributing som...
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Gus Johnson Moves to Fox; Remains Viable Announcer for Madden Series
Last week it was reported that Gus Johnson was leaving his position at CBS where he had entrenched himself as an immensely popular announcer for college basketball, NFL, and  MMA events (though much less popular there). That brought into question whether he could retain enough relevance to remain as the play-by-play announcer in the Madden NFL series. He has now signed on with Fox as the network's top college football announcer (Pac-12, Big-12, Conference USA) and he will also call NFL ga...
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Fox Cancels Half Its Scripted Programs
Fox has canceled five of its scripted series and though there are no big surprises it was not anticipated that all five would get the ax. The Christian Slater comedy Breaking In is gone despite decent ratings having largely benefited from having American Idol as a lead-in. The other four all had poor ratings and though several were highly regarded the network couldn't hang on to them at their current ratings levels. Dramas The Chicago Code, Lie to Me, and Human Target along with the comedy T...
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New NCAA Football 12 Screenshot Features Oklahoma and Florida State
EA Sports has released another new screenshot for NCAA Football 12 and this one features Oklahoma vs FSU. The two teams face off in Tallahassee on September 17th. Though it would seem the last screen was intended to hint at the inclusion of neutral site games in Franchise mode this one primarily just shows off the wear being done to the uniforms over the course of the game. Click here to see the image full size and check out the entire NCAA Football 12 gallery for more....
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