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PlayStation

EA Sports Subscription Gets Diehard Fans In The Game Early

EA Sports will offer an annual subscription for hardcore sports gamers, which includes a three-day, pre-release full-play preview of five of the label’s most popular titles, and a 20 per cent discount on their paid downloadable content catalogue. EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” begins Aug. 27 with Madden NFL 12, and it will cost $US25.

July 8, 2011
PlayStation

Hockey Stars’ Brains And Brawn Matter More In NHL 12

Hockey’s video game superstars will perform more recognisably like their real world counterparts in NHL 12, anticipating turnovers, powering their way to the goal and playing a more proactive defence, the game’s producer said at Electronic Arts’ Summer Showcase this afternoon.

June 23, 2011
News

NHL Cover Star Crowned At Tonight’s NHL Awards

At the NHL awards tonight, EA Sports revealed that Tampa Bay centre Steven Stamkos will grace the cover of NHL 12 when the game releases on September 13.

June 2, 2011
News

How A Hockey Journeyman Became One Of Video Games’ Early Superstars

Bo Jackson. Jeremy Roenick. Even casual players know what those two mean to games like Tecmo Bowl and NHL ’94. But Cliff Ronning? Old-school sports game cognoscenti remember he was NHL 93‘s fastest player, with an overall rating well north of what you’d expect for a 25-goal scorer.

May 29, 2011
In Real Life

You Can Have Any Sports Video Game You Want, But There’s Only One

About this time last year, at E3, I was chewing the fat with a 2K Sports representative about NBA 2K11 which already looked to be the monster it would become. Long dominant in the pro basketball genre, the game with Michael Jordan on its cover was going to be 2K’s Sunday punch to EA Sports. “That’s the idea,” the guy told me. “Get an exclusive deal without paying for it.”

May 26, 2011
News

NHL 2K12 Ain’t Happening

2K Sports yesterday confirmed that NHL 2K12 will not be published on any console, likely ending that simulation’s run.

May 20, 2011
News

The Winter Classic At Last Comes To EA Sports’ NHL

How many new features can you spot in this first screen shot of NHL 11? For starters, that’s the Capitals and the Penguins playing the Winter Classic at Heinz Field, which means the NHL’s outdoor New Year’s Day gala will appear in the EA Sports series for the first time ever.

April 8, 2011
News

EA Sports’ ‘Persistent’ Player Profile Means No More Starting From Scratch Each Year

Each year the new title comes out, sports gamers must re-enter their preferences, their profiles, must re-create themselves in singleplayer careers, must restart dynasties and franchises and online franchises. Remarks by EA Sports’ president hints that their titles may soon put all of that under a persistent experience, imported from a previous version into new releases.

January 28, 2011
In Real Life

So I Went To A Hockey Fight And Punch-Out!! Broke Out …

Fighting in hockey is awesome. It’s more than tolerated – the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music.

December 2, 2010
News

All Sweaters Now Unlocked In NHL 11

It’s a curious tradition in video game sports, but the NHL doesn’t allow games to use all the third and alternate sweaters until they’ve been used in real life. Now they have, and EA Sports released the code unlocking them.

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