FIFA Soccer 11 Taking It To The Streets
Posted on Jul 28, 2010 @ 06:34PM - Add a comment
EA Sports now has two ways to play FIFA Soccer 11: first, there's the the classic 11-versus-11 matches you've come to know and love, with 30 officially-licensed leagues, 500 teams and more than 15,000 players to choose from.
Then, there's the new street soccer mode to compete in 5-on-5 street matches with the world’s elite players, letting you challenge your rivals in the hottest locales everywhere from Brazil to London to France.
Sorry, Kobe: Thunder's Kevin Durant Coverboy For NBA Elite 11
Posted on Jun 22, 2010 @ 06:34PM - Add a comment
Kevin Durant, the NBA's 2010 scoring king -- and the youngest player in this Associations’ history to do it -- will be the cover athlete for NBA Elite 11.
“I’ve always been a fan of EA Sports,” Durant said. “This has been an exciting year for me and the team, and capping it off with being on the cover of NBA ELITE 11 is cool.”
Durant -- who Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the league's second-best player (behind LeBron James and in front of Bryant) -- earned the honor for his amazing season, which saw him take his team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to 50 regular season wins and two playoff victories over the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers. He'll be keeping his skills sharp playing in the 2010 FIBA World Championships this summer in Turkey.
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“Durant is a game changer,” EA Sports Jordan Edelstein said. “There has never been a player his size with his skill set, and there has never before been a basketball videogame like NBA Elite. Just like we see Durant as the future of the NBA, NBA Elite 11 represents the future of basketball videogames by providing a gameplay experience you simply won’t find anywhere else on the market.”
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That gameplay is the use of Hands-On Control, an innovative new control scheme that allows for one-to-one responsiveness of a player’s movement and actions on the court, as opposed to predetermined animations from the past that require users to wait while a scenario played out before making the next move. Hands-On Control is unique to NBA Elite 11, and used to manage everything within a player’s offensive and defensive arsenal, including dribble moves, dunks, drives to the basket, fadeaways, mid-air adjustments, blocks, steals and more.
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The game will be available worldwide this October; for more information please visit www.easports.com
World Cup: Get A Kick Out Of FIFA Superstars Free Of Charge
Posted on Jun 11, 2010 @ 12:44PM - Add a comment
FIFA Superstars is a free-to-play game made by EA Sports and Playfish which has launched on Facebook to commemorate the World Cup, RadarOnline.com has learned.
“We are leveraging our soccer expertise with the experience of our partners at Playfish to create a casual soccer game for a broader audience,” EA's Matt Bilbey told RadarOnline.com in a statement. “Soccer fans have a voracious appetite for their sport so we are creating interactive soccer entertainment in new ways and on new platforms to meet the interest -- we are excited to broaden our reach from the console that touches our core audience of 10-20 million fans to the hundreds of millions of soccer fans and casual gamers using social networks.”
Playfish's Kristian Segerstrale said the game will introduce a new style of play into the social gaming spectrum.
“FIFA Superstars captures all the magic and passion of the beautiful game, enabling players to build and manage a team of the world’s greatest soccer players and compete against their friends," Segerstrale said. "We’re looking forward to working with our players and evolving the game in many exciting ways through the FIFA World Cup and beyond.”
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The game, currently available on Facebook, is slated to be available on additional social networks in the future; for more info, check out Facebook.com/fifasuperstars.
FIFA Interactive World Cup 2010 Finale Set To Kick Off In Spain
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 @ 01:39PM - 1 comment
FIFA's Interactive World Cup, the world’s biggest virtual soccer event, will come to its' dramatic conclusion in Port Olympic, Barcelona on May 1, RadarOnline.com has learned.
“With over 775,000 participants, we have set a new record for the FIWC 2010, which will culminate in the exciting Grand Final in Barcelona,” EA Sports' Jon Rosenblatt said. “This amazing number of gamers highlights the importance of the FIWC for soccer fans worldwide.
Stuff Your Tween's Stockings With EA's Charm Girls Club, Littlest Pet Shop Friends
Posted on Dec 03, 2009 @ 03:40PM - Add a comment
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OK, so you're shopping for that special tween girl, and tired of spending money on all those trendy Twilight chotchkies they will get over quicker than you can say High School Musical. That's where EA comes in with a pair of new titles -- Charm Girls Club and Littlest Pet Shop Friends -- that will surely have your tween smiling from ear-to-ear when they unwrap them this holiday season.
Charm Girls Club is a great interactive game that lets girls pick a character, customize it to their liking and compete for virtual charms through a gauntlet of malls, fashion, proms, pillow fights, hair teasing and the like; think Club Penguin, but a few years older.
Then there's Littlest Pet Shop Friends, a video game adaptation of the No. 1 mini-doll brand in North America whose digital collection, released a year ago, has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, and for good reason: the game has customizable characters (the Great Dane, the Peacock, the Messy Cat, the Beaver), special missions and more surprises that will have your precious one captivated for hours.
Both games are available on Nintendo’s DSS and Wii consoles; for more info, check out charmgirlsclub.com and littlestpetshopfriends.com
EA Sports Posts Up On The Top Spot With NBA Live 10
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 @ 03:11PM - Add a comment
Basketball season is just more than a month away, but you can get a jump on the squeaks and bounces with NBA Live 10, the tenth installment in the EA series every bit big and bad as its cover boy, Orlando Magic big man Dwight Howard.
"It’s an honor to be named as the cover athlete for NBA LIVE 10," Howard, who led his team to the NBA Finals last season, said of the game that bears his likeness.
EA Sports Blasts A New Web Site You’ll Get A Kick Out Of
Posted on Aug 19, 2009 @ 04:33PM - Add a comment
Parents, want a way to get your video-game soccer players off the couch and onto the field? Kids, looking to spice your practices up with something a little more fun, high-tech and with the times (like your video games)?
We have the answer for you both: EA Sports Interactive Training.
Interactive Training EA Sports is a new, free Web site the sports video game trailblazers and U.S. Soccer have launched, that teaches kids ages 8-12 the fundamentals of the game, relaying the nuances of successful soccer players via the company's renown technology.
Soccer expert John Hackworth, a coach to the national men's team, hosts six videos teaching key soccer drills: passing, dribbling, heading, shooting, receiving and defending, with beginner, intermediate and expert levels available for each activity.
So what are you waiting for? Check out www.EASPORTSinteractivetraining.com for more info.
