Announced yesterday during EA’s Spring Showcase, PGA Tour 13′s Legacy Mode will let players of the publisher’s next golf sim step inside the golf great’s cleats at various points of his life. Including, apparently, Tiger’s awkward yet fashion-forward adolescence. More »
EA’s upcoming Tiger Woods PGA 13 will feature a sort of “Jordan Challenge Mode”, which will allow players to enter the shoes of its titular golf star and live out the major events of his career, starting at age 2. More »
In past years I’ve used the Saturday before the Super Bowl to handicap the field for the next cover of Madden NFL. Since the last time I did that, EA Sports put the honours up to a fan-voted, 32-player tournament in 2011, and on Thursday announced it was doubling that field to 64 for 2012. More »
Things get sweaty in tennis, especially if you’re playing on the clay courts of the Tennis Club de Paris. Hence, the proliferation of headbands on male players. This latest clip for EA Sports’ upcoming serve-and-volley title showcases play on clay courts in the form of some of tennis’ greatest rivalries. More »
The New York Giants will claim their fourth Super Bowl title on Sunday, according to EA Sports’ official Madden NFL 12 simulation, which has New York defeating New England 27-24 on a 40-yard field goal as time expires. More »
Of all ironies, it’s Electronic Arts now asking a judge to rule that some video game depictions of real-life names and symbols and products don’t need a licence. More »
The Facebook games giant Zynga seems to have its eyes on a suite of sports titles now, registering several websites that point to both a football game in the works and an umbrella brand called “Zynga Sports”, reports domain registry watchdog Fusible. More »
You may not know this, but my old man is a tennis umpire. He’s done it for more than 25 years, which means he’s had some pretty big assignments. Dad’s worked two Olympics, numerous U.S. Opens (including lines crew of the most recent men’s final), and has been called a fucking chickenshit bastard by John McEnroe himself. More »
So much is made of NFL 2K5 and the blaze-of-glory conclusion to its rivalry with Madden NFL that it’s easy to forget another title once threatened EA Sports’ glamour franchise. In fact, the Madden team also feared NFL GameDay until the end. More »
Four months ago, EA Sports opened up applications for a four-month fellowship meant to invite former college athletes into video game design careers. Today, the label awarded its first two, to graduates who played football at Colorado State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More »
