Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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FIFA 11: Goalkeeping in OTP and Demo News
Today EA Sports announced that Online Team Play in FIFA 11 will expand beyond the 10v10 that had been featured previously to now a full 11v11 by including goalkeepers amongst the user controlled players. "Be a Goalkeeper" as it is being called will also be available in career mode. Be A Goalkeeper is a completely new way to play—instead of thinking as a player out in the middle of the pitch, you have to think and react as the goalkeeper. Experience the thrill of the one o...
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NHL 11 Demo Now Available
The demo for EA Sports' NHL 11 is now available on the Xbox 360 and will be arriving sometime this afternoon (usually that ends up being around 3PT) on the PS3. The demo includes two different modes in similar fashion to what was provided last year. This time in place of a trial run in Be a Pro there is the opportunity to try out the new Ultimate Team Hockey League. There is also the ability to play a standard game with Philadelphia @ Chicago in the third period of the seventh game of the NHL ...
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More EA MMA Online Features Revealed
Coming out of E3 the big online related announcement for EA Sports MMA had to do with Live Broadcast. That incorporates a hype period to geting recognized and selected to participate in fights that are streamed worldwide to consoles and the web and will even involve live broadcasters calling the fights. Now IGN has provided details on other online play related features that will be debuting in the game. The three additional online features include "Belt Race" which is an online ranking/ladd...
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Visual Concepts Lays Off 20% of Staff
News has hit today that 30+ employees have been laid off from the Visual Concepts (2K Sports) studio. VC currently develops the NBA 2K, MLB 2K, and NHL 2K franchises. Cutting 30 employees is a very significant number for a studio that isn't all that big to begin with (recently was estimated to have 150 in total). Over the years the studio has also been responsible for series including NFL 2K/All-Pro Football 2K8 and College Hoops 2K. This is purely speculation on my part, but based on t...
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EA Sports MMA Light Heavyweight Roster
The entire finalized roster of light heavyweights that will be featured in EA Sports MMA has now been revealed. The weight class is headlined by cover athlete Randy Couture and current Strikeforce LHW champion Muhammed Lawal. Also included (as pictured above) are Ken Shamrock, Jason Miller, Bas Rutten, Renato Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, Frank Shamrock, Vladimir Matyushenko, Scott Smith, Roger Gracie, Melvin Manhoef, Murilo Rua, Matt Lindland, Kevin Randleman, Dan Henderson, and Alistair Overeem. C...
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Star Wars Coming to Blu-ray in 2011
George Lucas has announced that the full Star Wars saga will be arriving on Blu-ray in fall 2011. The set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films "with the highest picture and audio quality” along with extras that will include documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives, and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives. The disappointing thing for many people will be that the original three Star Wars films will be the remas...
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New Trailer for NBA Jam (360,PS3)
EA Sports has released a trailer for the HD version of NBA Jam that will be included for free in new copies of NBA Elite 11. The downloadable game will be obtained by entering the one-time-use code through XBL and PSN. NBA Jam 360/PS3 will include three modes: Play Now, Classic Campaign, and Online Play. Though it won't have the "Remix" mode that includes the "Boss Battles" found on the Wii it has the online component which the Wii version lacks.Ă‚Â Continue on to watch the trailer and leave ...
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Varied Levels of Success at the Box Office for New Openers
It was a busy weekend at the box office where old action stars reigned supreme, a reliable female star opened a film to modest numbers, and a potential cult-classic couldn't gain any traction. Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, which united numerous action stars of the past, resonated with a large segment of males looking for a straight big action offering. Despite primarily disappointing reviews (citing great action but poor acting and story) the crowd supported it leading it to the top...
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