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Moore: EA Sports can take on Nike and ESPN

Posted Sep 6th 2007 10:00AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

The enjoyable and ever so determined Peter Moore is all about shooting for the stars at his new job at EA Sports in Cali. No really, he wants it all and is going for it.

In an interview with the New York Times, Moore lays out his goals and vision for the EA Sports brand, hoping that he and his team can turn it into a general sports brand that could go up against others like Nike and ESPN. Moore's ambitious vision sees a future where sports camps, on-air broadcasts, retail products and stadiums (okay, maybe not stadiums) will be branded with the EA Sports logo, similar to how Nike already runs business. These are all lofty goals indeed, but we say go get 'em Peter. And if ever you get in a bind or business gets rough, get yourself some new ink and rock a sleeveless shirt around the office. The morale boost would be immeasurable.

Shipping this week: just Madden edition

Posted Aug 13th 2007 3:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Shipping this week

It's that time of year once again. No, it's not time to go visit Grandma and sample her famous Apple Brown Betty (although that does sound pretty tasty), it's time for yet another edition of Madden to hit the shelves. Football fans look to be in luck, as Madden seems to have overcome its new generation jitters and delivers a solid football experience. At least, that's the impression we're getting from the early reviews. Besides, if you want NFL football, it's not like you really have a choice, right?

[Via Joystiq]

NCAA Achievements have product placement

Posted Jun 30th 2007 11:45PM by David Dreger
Filed under: News

Xbox 360 Achievements got their hands on NCAA Football 08's Achievement list earlier this week. It looks like this year, EA's making an effort to require you to play the game, rather than just simming your way through it, though we can't say for certain that you can't get any of them via simming. The last three did grab our eye, though, they all have blatant product placement for Pontiac and Old Spice, even using the company's respective logo. Fight Night Round Three kind of did the same thing, though the events were "sponsored by the companies". Still, give the list a look, and if your like EA Sports previous offering, hopefully this will fit the bill this year.

Eric Staal featured on NHL 08 box art

Posted Jun 13th 2007 1:30PM by David Dreger
Filed under: News

IGN revealed that Carolina Hurricanes center, Eric Staal, will be the next player on the cover of EA Sports' NHL 08. Staal was honored to have been selected by EA Sports, and says he played NHL 07 regularly. Staal played a huge part in the Hurricanes' Stanley Cup victory in the 2006 season, having accumulated 28 points in the Playoffs. The fact that they had to beat the hometown team of a particular blogger to acquire the Cup won't deter us from giving the game its fair shake.

Watch your head, PGA Tour 08 screens incoming

Posted May 2nd 2007 4:05PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

The Gamertag Radio guys every so kindly wrangled up a few newly released Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 screenshots that hit the web today. And, as a bonus, they smell like freshly cut grass! Cool huh? Our overall impressions are that the screens show off PGA Tour 08's soothing lighting effects and nice face mapping, but we feel the grass and anti-aliasing are quite "blah". Though, we'll leave the fate and overall opinion of Tiger's latest golfing venture in your hands. So, is anyone actually pumped getting their golf on?

Achieve360Points NBA Live Achievement Successful

Posted Feb 12th 2007 10:00AM by David Dreger
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Multiplayer

The first of two attempts at the "1000 people online" Achievement for NBA Live 07 went down on the 10th, hosted by Achieve360Points.com. It started at 8:00 PM EST and they had the required 1000 online users at 8:10 PM EST. Unfortunately, it didn't go down without a hiccup or two. Apparently, while people who actually were in the lobby got the Achievement, everyone else who was just listening to the ESPN Radio or another activity while online did not. That sucks, since those very people counted towards the total online count. A360P is going to try to get a hold of EA and see if they can award the Achievement to those deserving who did not get acknowledged during the event. Well, at the very least, they have another shot on the 25th, and after this past weekend's "troubleshooting", they know what to do to be eligible for the 100 Gamerscore. Were you at the event, and if you didn't get the Achievement, are you going to give it another shot on the 25th?

EA's NBA Street Homecourt to be first 1080p 360 title

Posted Feb 7th 2007 5:00PM by David Dreger

Yesterday we pointed out that Virtua Tennis 3 was going to be playable in 1080p. It was going to be the first Xbox 360 title to official support the resolution announced back in September. But that was yesterday, and this is today. EA has announced that NBA Street: Homecourt will be shipping on February 20th, a month earlier. On top of that, the game will support 1080p at 30fps among the other standard resolutions, squeezing out VT3 as the premiere title to deliver the 1080p goods. So, you've played the demo, now it's coming to you in 1080p, are you interested in this game? If it's only the "True HD" experience you're after, will you wait a month longer for Virtua Tennis 3?

Achieve360Points Holds NBA Live 07 Achievement Event [update 1]

Posted Feb 5th 2007 7:00PM by David Dreger
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Multiplayer

Achieve360Points.com is hosting a similar event to x360a's previously reported NBA Live 07 1000 people online Achievement event. For those who can't make it for the 25th's attempt, or simply can't wait that long to unlock the achievement, A360P is holding the event on the 10th-11th of this month, scheduled nearly two weeks before Xbox360Achievements.org's. A360P's event is on a slightly different schedule, taking place in the evening at 8:00 PM Eastern as opposed to the Sunday afternoon (3:00 PM EST) for x360a. In any case, it will be interesting to see if both succeed, and if so, who had the most users online. We hope to see you go online and help either event succeed.

Update: Altered article to neutral point of view.

X360A.org goes for elusive NBA Live 07 Achievement

Posted Feb 4th 2007 4:30PM by David Dreger
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Multiplayer, Fan stuff, Game announcements

Our friends at Xbox 360 Achievements are organizing an event to unlock the "Online With 1000 People" Achievement for NBA Live 07. So far, no one has unlocked this yet, but here's your chance to be part of what may be your only chance to get the 100 Gamerscore Achievement. So mark your calendars, because this is happening on Sunday, February 25th at 8:00 PM GMT. So for our North American readers, that's 3:00 PM EST and 12:00 Noon PST. Central and Mountain time zones are relied on to have passed Grade 2 Math at this point in their life and are on their own.

According to EA Sports, you do not need to be playing a game to be counted as online, but can just listen to the ESPN radio service. Apparently, during x360a's last attempt, which was on very short notice, they got an astonishing 917 people online. This time has a lot more lead time, and is getting a lot more publicity. We hope they pull through, and all of you fanboys out there should do your part. If you own NBA Live 07, sign on during the specified time on the 25th. If you don't then use Gamefly, GameAccess, or Blockbuster to get your hands on a copy by 3 weeks from now. Come on, let's make some Xbox 360 history here. Are you going to "Jump In"?

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Moore: EA Sports can take on Nike and ESPN

Shipping this week: just Madden edition

NCAA Achievements have product placement

Eric Staal featured on NHL 08 box art

Watch your head, PGA Tour 08 screens incoming

Achieve360Points NBA Live Achievement Successful

EA's NBA Street Homecourt to be first 1080p 360 title

Achieve360Points Holds NBA Live 07 Achievement Event [update 1]

X360A.org goes for elusive NBA Live 07 Achievement

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