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Skate 3 Rolls Out In 2010
12:20AM Mike Fahey | The third entry in EA’s growing skateboarding franchise is coming in 2010, with rival street crews vying for prime Port Carverton turf in Skate 3. More »
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First Screen from NFS MMO Shows Customizable UI
1:00AM Owen Good | A post on Need for Speed: World Online’s official blog explains its “a user-selectable gadget interface designed specifically for the PC.” Pretty much anything can be added to, deleted from, or moved about the readout. More »
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Rumour: Electronic Arts Holding Meeting Today
2:00AM Brian Crecente | Electronic Arts is holding a Town Hall meeting today at EA Canada to discuss the industry and perhaps detail more layoff news at the publisher’s studio there, according to memos obtained by Kotaku.
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Rumour: EA Sending Need for Speed to Junkyard
7:00AM Owen Good | The Electric Playground’s show on Friday reported that Electronic Arts has cancelled development of new titles in its Need for Speed franchise. An EA spokesman gave a generic response that did not dispel the rumour. More »
Need for Speed: Undercover Review: You’re Not Good, and You’re Not Bad
3:00AM Owen Good | Scowly antiheroes and sexy, cleavage-packed molls return in live-action cutscenes for Need for Speed: Undercover, the sixth installment of the series since the franchise was reimagined in 2003 and taken underground. Following last year’s disappointing Need for Speed: ProStreet, Black Box and EA went back to a known winner, the cops-and-robbers formula of 2005’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted. You’re infiltrating a stolen auto ring, whose members are blissfully unaware of your cop credentials, and also the larger international ramifications of their car thievin’. Care to take a spin? Drop it into third and see our review. More »Need For Speed Undercover – Tri-City Bay Trailer
7:00AM Adam Barenblat | Meet Tri-City Bay, the new free roaming environment in Need For Speed Undercover where you’ll be able to piss off cops to your hearts content. Within Tri City Bay you’ll find smaller areas such as Palm Harbor, Port Crecent, Gold Coast Mountains, and Sunset Hills. Black Box also promises that Tri City Bay will be the largest NFS world ever constructed – 100 miles of open road. You’ll be able to pick up the game November 18th in North America and November 21st in Europe. More »
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NFS Undercover Plays Cops And Robbers Online
2:30AM Mike Fahey | EA Studio Black Box today dropped details on an all-new multiplayer mode coming next month in Need for Speed Undercover, the latest installment of the arcade racing franchise. Called Cops and Robbers, it sets two teams of up to four players against each other, with one team picking up loot and racing to the drop point while the other team tries to head them off at the pass. More »Double Your Bag of Tricks, New Skate 2 Video
9:20AM Adam Barenblat | When it comes to skateboarding games – you’re pretty much glued to the board. Interestingly, this video shows us how in Skate 2 you will finally be able to get off the board and change things around in real time. Want to Evel Knievel 5 barrels? no problem. Get off your board and move the obstacles where you want them. It also comes in handy just in case you mess up at a slow speed. You won’t hit the ground hard, you’ll just simply jump off and catch yourself. The game will be hitting Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime next year. More »
