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EA Sports Pioneers The In-Game Hair Transplant

3:20AM August 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

While it might be too late to shoot a new box cover for the UK version of FIFA 12, Electronic Arts managed to give Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s in-game model a quick makeover to reflect his recently transplanted hairline. More »


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And The NBA Live 09 Cover Athlete Is…

2:20AM June 25, 2008 | Mike Fahey

While the official announcement isn’t due until tomorrow, the nice folks at GameCinemaHD passed along this trailer, revealing the the cover athlete for EA’s NBA Live 09 is none other than San Antonio Spurs starting point guard Tony Parker. Hailing from the mean streets of…France…Parker’s accolades are many, most of them listed in the video so I don’t have to repeat them here.

The video runs best in Firefox or Safari, or if you’d like to see it in all its HD glory, you can hit up Times Square, where the video is set to debut today at the corner of Broadway and 47th above the W Hotel on a 40 foot by 30 foot screen.

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