February 1st, 2011

Madden NFL 11: Pittsburgh Steelers Will Win The Super Bowl, 24-20

Good news for Pittsburgh Steelers fans: Madden NFL 11 has predicted that the black-and-gold will win the Super Bowl, 24-20. Hit the music! → Read More

November 30th, 2010

EA Sports To Be ‘Official Video Game Partner’ Of Vancouver Whitecaps MLS Team

Unfortunately, I’ve exhausted all of my Clásico references in that Windows Phone 7 post. How much sense would it make to use all of the references all over again? I mean, this time I could link to El País’s match report (“goals rain down in the Camp Nou like leaves in the autumn, in a natural manner, with a just rhythm, with a beautiful and serene shape, a sign of health and footbalistic… → Read More

November 28th, 2010

Review: EA Sports Active 2 For Kinect

Short version:

EA Sports Active 2 can be your own personal trainer if you manage to set up Kinect properly and you have space where you can exercise. The online tracking is a nice addition and the exercises are great. If you’re looking for something to keep you healthy on the long run, this is for you. → Read More

June 3rd, 2010

EA Sports sez Spain will win the World Cup, USA crashes out in second round

Another day, another EA Sports prediction, World Cup edition. According to the latest game, EA Sports FIFA World Cup 2010, MIGHTY SPAIN will win the tournament. That’s funny, because as I write this Spain can’t even score a goal against South Korea… → Read More

March 9th, 2010

Spy report: EA Sports' FIFA World Cup 2010

Yes, it’s about time that I write about FIFA World Cup 2010, which I played at some snazzy EA event about a week ago. Jimin and I played half a game—I was Côte d’Ivoire and Jimin was South Korea—and I totally bashed his brains in, 2-0 at half-time. After the EA guy asked me if I was more used to Pro Evolution Soccer-style controls, and I was, he’s like, “Oh, then switch the control… → Read More

February 15th, 2010

EA readying ‘realistic-looking’ sports accessories for Nintendo platforms

Electronic Arts apparently thinks that there’s still some gold in them thar Wii accessory hills, as the company has announced a line of “realistic-looking EA SPORTS golf clubs, tennis rackets and baseball bats for the Wii and Nintendo DSi as well as fitness gear for use with EA SPORTS Active.” EA has partnered with accessory maker Sakar to develop everything. → Read More

February 5th, 2010

Fans to choose next Madden Curse victim

If I were Jared Allen, Drew Brees, or Reggie Wayne, I’d run screaming from Doritos and EA Sports. Whether you believe in the Madden Curse or not, the fact remains that just about every player that’s appeared on the cover of one of EA Sports’ Madden games has suffered a serious injury or seen his once-dominant playing ability severely decline.

So for Madden NFL 11, Doritos and EA have teamed… → Read More

January 27th, 2010

EA to broadcast Strikeforce fight on EA Sports MMA Web site on Saturday

Strikeforce will air, for free, an MMA fight on the EA Sports MMA Web site this Saturday. It’s Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs, which is just one fight that’s part of a much larger card, one headlined by Nick Diaz vs. Marius Žaromskis. Presumably Mr. Diaz has put down his pipe long enough to pass the required tests. → Read More

November 16th, 2009

So EA Sports was right: Manny beats Miguel

Short and to the point: Manny Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto in round 12 on Saturday night via TKO. So EA Sports’ prediction was right in that Pacquiao won the fight. → Read More

November 11th, 2009

Fight Night Round 4 (and everyone else on planet earth) predicts a Pacquiao win

I know something about MMA, but I know next to nothing about boxing. Yet even I can laugh about the latest EA Sports prediction, via Fight Night 4, that says that Manny Pacquiao will beat Miguel Cotto this weekend. I laugh because saying Pacquiao will win the fight is like saying the sun will rise in the morning. (Now watch Cotto knock out Pacquiao in the first.) → Read More

November 7th, 2009

Don't forget to see Fedor knock out Rogers, both of EA Sports MMA, tonight

Consider this a friendly reminder. Tonight at 9pm ET on CBS (in the U.S.; I’m sure there will be plenty of streams, though, which you can find on your own) two of the big stars from EA’s upcoming EA Sports MMA video game will hit each other very hard. Fedor Emelianenko, the big Russian guy who could well be the best MMA fighter of all time (or is that Sakuraba?), will fight Brett Rogers, of whom I… → Read More

October 26th, 2009

The NBA starts tomorrow, and so does NBA Live 10's Dynamic Season Mode

A little birdie, also known as an e-mail, tells me that EA Sports will flip the switch on Dynamic Season Mode in NBA Live 10 tomorrow. Well, for the Xbox 360 version; PS3 owners will have to wait till Thursday. This, of course, coincides with the start of the new NBA season, to be won, according to that same NBA Live 10, by the Cavs. → Read More

October 26th, 2009

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 knocks FIFA 10 off its little perch, becomes top selling game in Europe

Believe it or not, but FIFA 10 isn’t the only soccer game around. In fact, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 just came out in Europe, and was the top selling game there last week. Not the top selling sports game, but the top selling game overall. Yeah, it’s big. → Read More

October 19th, 2009

Peter Moore: Yeah, disc-based games will go the way of the [insert extinct animal here]

Looks like EA finally understands what we’ve been talking about for a while now: that, in just a few year’s time, we’ll look back at disc-based media (here, video games) and be all, “Man, how quaint.” Peter Moore, who’s the president of EA Sports (no minor position, that), called the disc-based distribution model a “burning platform,” and that companies are either staring in the face of… → Read More

October 2nd, 2009

Video: Fighter freaks out over his terrible stats at EA Sports MMA meeting

“Funny” videos on the Internet are often abysmal, but this one I like. I’d describe it, but suffice to say, that’s why it’s a video. For. You. To. Watch. → Read More

October 1st, 2009

NHL 10 predicts the Pittsburgh Penguins as Stanley Cup champs

Hockey is often referred to as the sweet science, but that has nothing to do with this here post. Well, sorta. You know how every year you hear about how Video Game has predicted Team A will “the big game”? Add the Pittsburgh Penguins to that list. → Read More

September 7th, 2009

EA Sports finally gets into the sports biz

After years of training nerds to win on the electronic playing fields, EA Sports finally takes a step out of the virtual realm and produces a gaming platform that requires actual skill. This isn’t going to be pretty. [@ian_cummings via Kotaku] → Read More

August 19th, 2009

U.S. Soccer looks to EA Sports to help develop next generation of pros

You would think that with a population of 300 million the U.S. would be a little better at soccer than it currently is. Not that the US Mens National Team is terrible—its victory against Spain in the Confederations Cup in June was all kinds of great—but we’re (yup, Royal We time) not exactly known as a “world power,” mentioned in the same breath with Italy, Germany, Spain, Brazil… → Read More

July 15th, 2009

FIFA 10 on October 2 for every damn system ever

EA Sports will release FIFA 10 on October 2 for every system ever created by man, including the PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS. (It’ll be the last FIFA game for the PS2.) Wayne Rooney will be on the cover of the UK version of the game, but I have no idea who will be on the American version. Lord knows MLS isn’t exactly a world-class league. → Read More

July 14th, 2009

Madden NFL 10 downloadable demos coming soon

Proving that it’s never too early to start thinking of the upcoming football season, two demos for Madden NFL 10 will be rolling out next week and the week after. → Read More

May 29th, 2009

Computer version of Tiger Woods to be browser-based, PC and Mac compatible

EA is going the online-only route this year for the computer version of the Tiger Woods golf franchise, called Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online. That’s good in the sense that it’ll be Mac compatible too, updates should be automatic, and you’ll be able to play from any computer. → Read More

May 14th, 2009

EA Sports' NHL 10 adds first-person fighting, 200+ other 'refinements'

Along with the promise of “over 200 gameplay refinements,” EA Sports will be adding first person fighting to NHL 10, due later this year. Other enhancements include players being able to “one-time loose pucks, score from their knees, knock pucks out of the air and lift a leg to fake a shot on goal.” → Read More

May 1st, 2009

Downloads ahoy: EA Sports looking to move away from physical media releases

Services like Steam and Good Old Games are so darn convenient. I recently switched out the hard drive in my MacBook, and gave the Windows partition enough room to instal a handful of games on. (On there now: Half-Life, KOTOR, and Fallout.) Being able to download the game, in the case of Half-Life and Fallout, and install without having to locate a dumb disc, which is probably somewhere in the… → Read More

April 8th, 2009

CrunchDeals: EA Sports Plug N' Play for $9.36

This, my friends, is one of my most cherished possessions. I bring it with me on any trip, whether for business or pleasure. I believe I paid about $30 for the EA Sports Plug N’ Play when it first came out but DeepDiscount.com is selling it for $9.36 with free shipping. → Read More

February 19th, 2009

Wii version of ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10’ to feature MotionPlus

If you’re like me, you’ve been a longtime fan of the Tiger Woods games on the Wii but you were disappointed with Tiger Woods 09’s mere incremental upgrades and overly frustrating putting system. If you’re not like me, you probably yelled at me for being down on the game, accusing me of never playing golf in real life and wondering why-oh-why anyone would pay me to write about gadgets for a… → Read More

November 13th, 2008

EA sets sights on Wii Fit fans with EA Sports Active

Looks like EA Sports is getting into the Wii-based fitness arena with EA Sports Active. It’ll be launching next spring, right about the time you grab hold of your ever-lingering holiday gut with both hands, look skyward, and scream "Whaaaeeeyyyyy?" While somewhat similar to Wii Fit, EA Sports Active will eschew a balance board-type apparatus in favor of "two specially-designed… → Read More

July 30th, 2008

EA considering Spore downloadable content: Yes, you'd have to pay for it

EA would love to be able to sell you Spore parts in the future. Heads, arms, planets, etc. This isn’t surprising given EA’s history, but it’s fodder enough for anti-EA zealots to freak out, to be sure. That’s provided the game sells well enough for EA to even have the opportunity to nickel and dime us later on. How is it, then, that Valve can keep releasing content for… → Read More

June 17th, 2008

Wii: Tiger Woods ‘09 finally gets online play, plus better swing mechanics and five new courses

http://videomedia.ign.com/ev/ev.swf This year’s version of Tiger Woods for the Nintendo Wii should finally address some of the shortcomings of the first two titles. Most notably, you’ll finally be able to play online against three other players. What’s really cool about the online mode is that all four of you will take your shots independently of each other. So you’ll see little trails and… → Read More

June 12th, 2008

EA's Peter Moore says to expect great things from upcoming sports titles

Peter Moore, seen here playing DDR, is rather bullish on EA’s sports properties. Rather than “rest on its laurels,” he says EA’s upcoming sports titles will be incredible, expect nothing but the best, etc. Several EA sports games have won sports game of the year honors from various publications; Madden was the fourth best selling game overall last year; NASCAR has been… → Read More

November 15th, 2007

EA may cut prices on certain EA Sports titles

Uh oh. A guy in a suit is saying that Electronic Arts is going to be slashing the prices on certain EA Sports titles, mostly for the PlayStation 2 although I’d expect some PC-version cuts in there as well. These are the "08" games too like NBA Live 08, Madden 08, and Tiger Woods 08. Fourteen games in all will be price-reduced. Analyst Evan Wilson says that "pre-holiday price… → Read More