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First look: The Bigs 2
When it comes to baseball games I always look for the most realistic one in terms of graphics, game mechanics, and game stat maintenance. Well actually this can be said for every sports game...
QC's Baseball Sim Thoughts, 2009 Edition
So it’s baseball season again, and that means several things. It means that Cubs fans will once again to be overly hopeful, the Pirates payroll will be at or under AA level, and the Yankees...
MLB 2K9 Hands-On Impressions
As many of you know, MLB 2K9 is releasing tomorrow, March 3rd. Consolesports.net was fortunate enough to get an early copy of 2K Sports' latest baseball effort, and we have been putting it through its...
MLB 2K9 Demo Available NOW on XBOX Live
As baseball fans get ready for Opening Day, 2K Sports today released a free demo of Major League Baseball 2K9 for download on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360®. Queue it up from Xbox.com and it...
Thoughts on the MLB 2K9 Developer Call
Myself and Craig here at Consolesports.net had the priveledge of being on the MLB 2K9 developer call with lead features designer Eric Boenisch and gameplay producer Jonathan Rivera this past Friday....
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Madden 10 Full HD Gameplay Video
Ian Cummings posted on the Madden 10 Blog a full games worth of Madden 10 gameplay vids. And boy, Madden is looking damn good this year. fqJrdp8MqUI hRhOZf0azRA kVyPk2p5o0g VosRg7RrGxk...
NCAA Football 10: Strategy:
EA goes into their second major component of NCAA Football 10. This one covers Strategy: "It used to be that you could sit back, call the same play over and over again, and just “out...
NCAA Football 10: Show your skills
The EA team has posted 3 components of their Season Showdown feature. The first one covers showing off your skills: "Last week we focused on the structure of Season Showdown and touched...
IGN's Pre E3 Madden 10 Hands-On
IGN has just published their recent hands-on impressions of Madden 2010. Check it out HERE.
NCAA Football 10 Hands-On From Gamespot
Gamespot has just published their NCAA 10 hands-on. Lots of new info here, particularly about the new "Player Lock" feature, "linking plays", "guess play" and...
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NHL 10- Let's Get Physical (From Gamespot)
Gamespot's Brian Ekberg published an informative new article today about what to expect from NHL 10, and an interview with producer David Littman. Lots of good stuff here. "I'd like to...
NHL 10 Announced, Gains First-Person Fighting
G4TV.com has the story HERE. "Hockey is an awesomely violent sport. Hockey games should follow suit, no? Today EA Sports announced not only the existence of NHL 10, but the inclusion...
3 on 3 NHL Arcade- The Review
Allow me to cut right to the chase... if you own a PS3 or an XBOX 360, go download 3 on 3 NHL Arcade. That's it. That is my message to you. The game is that fun, and that good. Okay,...
NHL 09 Patch Explained by David Littman
NHL 09 Lead Producer David Littman posted on his blog about what we can expect with the NHL 09 patch that's about to come out for the 360 and PS3. Here's the main imrovements and you can read the entire...
NHL 09 Disc Read Error fix (360)
There have been reports of some people getting Disc Read Errors for the XBOX 360 version of NHL 09. EA Sports has notified us with a fix for the issue. Apparently, it's a cache issue. ...
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Fight Night Round 4 Community Event Game Details
Graphics & Motion The first time I had the privilege to see this game in action, I was immediately struck with a sense of authenticity. From skin tone, muscles – both flexed and relaxed – robes,...
Fight Night Round 4 Community Event Recap
Where to begin? Actually, for me, the EA experience kicked off while sitting in a Dallas airport on route to Vancouver. After finding my departure gate, I look up and see a familiar face. I had to do...
FaceBreaker Review
For a person who grew up with "Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!" I was ecstatic when I heard that EA Freestyle was releasing an 'over-the-top' boxing game entitled "FaceBreaker". Using the same premise of creating...
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Q&A with Facebreaker Lead Designer Todd Batty
Lead Designer, Todd Batty, of EA Sports new boxing game Facebreaker has signed up to our ConsoleSports.net forums and is fielding questions about the game. If you have any questions, feel free to ask......
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Kobe Bryant Named Cover Athlete of NBA 2K10
2K Sports will announce the new cover athlete of NBA 2K10 tonight with an exclusive 30-second TV spot during the Pre-Game show of the Lakers vs. Nuggets game. You won't have to wait as we have been...
NCAA Basketball 09 March Madness Downloadable Content Announced
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 3, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced EA SPORTS™ will for the first time offer a downloadable official NCAA® Tournament edition of its college...
NBA Live 365 Status Update
NBA Live 09 Assistant Producer, Marcus Stephenson, has passed the following info along regarding the Live 365 service and how it is going to work to start the season. The explanation is below......
NCAA Basketball 09: EA Sports Teams With Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook
October 14, 2008 - Electronic Arts has provided IGN with the inside scoop on tomorrow's official announcement of its partnership with Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. Blue Ribbon will be...
Message Regarding NBA Live 365
This message about NBA Live 365 came across the e-mail wire from Marcus Stephenson of EASports. It should clear up some confusion with the Live 365 service... "We’ve heard that there’s some confusion...
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FIFA Interactive World Cup
Do you think you are the greatest virtual soccer player in the world? Do you have what it takes to pass, dribble and score your way to glory? Would you like to represent your country...
ConsoleSports.net UEFA Euro 2008 Review
The European Championships taking place this summer in Austria/Switzerland are the setting for EA's latest soccer offering and I'm going to be honest and state that I wasn't expecting much...
UEFA 2008 Demo Impressions
As some of you will be aware, the demo version of EA’s UEFA Euro 2008 is currently available for free download on the xbox 360 marketplace. UEFA Euro 2008 for those of you who aren’t in the...
UEFA EURO 2008 Producer Diary. Part 1 & 2
UEFA EURO 2008 Producer blog By Gary Paterson, associate producer When we first sat down to talk about what it was we wanted to achieve on UEFA Euro 2008 it was clear that we wanted our focus to be on...
FIFA Soccer 08 Q&A with EA
FIFA Soccer 08 Q & A Questions answered by members of EA team FIFA development team Bruno Amata, Lino, and David De Myttenaere Q- How do you collect the data for the huge in-game soccer team database?...
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Winds of Change at EA Sports?
Sometimes game companies, even the biggest ones, start listening to gamers. Sometimes it takes a rough economic slowdown and some poor sales before that happens, but sometimes it does happen. I think...
Punch Out!! Reviews Extremely Positive
I had wondered how a modern-day motion-controlled re-do of Nintendo's classic "Punch Out!!!" series would fare on the Wii. With new reviews being posted around the web today, it seems...
Welcome to 4th and inches
Hi and welcome to Metalpuck's 4th and inches. My new blog here at Consolesports. For those that don't remember my articles at Sportsgamer and my old blogsite, onetimergoal, my name is Steve...
Finding Fontes - Preseason Game 1
As I mentioned in the last update, I was able to take the Motor City Kitties out to battle in their first preseason game under the new coaching regime. My approval rating was 55 going into the game...
Finding Fontes - Preseason Update
After basically ignoring Head Coach since I got it with the Madden Collector's Edition back when Madden was released, I decided to dive into NFL Head Coach 09 and take over my hometown teams horrendous...
