Archive for the ‘ Soccer ’ Category

The most realistic team footy ever?

After a couple weeks of hands-on gameplay with the current-gen version of 2010 FIFA World Cup, I can now convey some of my final impressions of the game. As a casual FIFA vet, having 40 games under my belt gives me a pretty good feeling about what the game offers opposed to past titles in [ READ MORE ]

EA drops a bunch of release dates

Shoppers at Amazon.com may have noticed a slew of new release dates for NHL 11, NBA Live 11 and FIFA 11. According to the retailer EA will ship NHL 11 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on September 7. The MSRP remains the expected $59.99. NBA Live 11 will release on October 5th – the same day [ READ MORE ]

The world stage, bite-sized

I found it really hard to believe that the PSP has passed its fifth birthday, it feels more like it should be three or four. Throughout all the criticism of the unit, the UMD format and the PSPGo revision (which, in my opinion, was a major misstep), Sony has been able to keep the mighty [ READ MORE ]

Online World Cup

With 2010 FIFA World Cup comes a slew of new online features ready for the soccernista to dig their teeth into. Of course, you can always play a straight up online ranked game, but the Online World Cup mode is where EA is hoping you spend most of your time. First of all, before I get [ READ MORE ]

Worldwide Wii

It wouldn’t be right if the world’s greatest sporting spectacle didn’t have its home on the Wii. EA’s 2010 FIFA World Cup for PS3 and Xbox 360 may have more of the gaming world’s attention now, but don’t overlook Nintendo’s console, which brings a fast-paced, arcade version of the World Cup to your home. If you’ve [ READ MORE ]

World Cup early impressions

I got copies of the newly shipped 2010 FIFA World Cup for PS3, Wii and PSP and will be looking at them all for the next couple weeks. I was able to play the PS3 version for a couple hours this afternoon, checking out three exhibition matches and two online world cup games. The biggest thing [ READ MORE ]

FIFA World Cup Demo Thoughts

EA Sports latest footy title, 2010 FIFA World Cup, is circulating Xbox Live and PSN in the form of a playable demo between Spain and Italy. The demo features a snapshot of the gameplay that the new game will offer, which will add numerous upgrades to the FIFA 10 engine not only in the gameplay department, [ READ MORE ]

TheSportsGamer atwitter…

Because I’ve been working for the weekend (and will be on the weekend), I dug through my twitter feed to find the latest sports gaming nuggets for y’all. Operation Sports has a very cool interview with Tecmo Bowl Throwback Producer, Mike Fahrny. You can read it here. Definitely looking forward to this one, especially the multiplayer and [ READ MORE ]

FIFA Online Gameplay video

For those not involved in the beta, I thought I’d give you a taste of the action and record my Round of 16 match against the Aussies. At this point I’m Level 3 in terms of EXP, and the game did become noticeably tougher, as I actually lost to Algeria 2-1 in the final game of [ READ MORE ]

Beta testing FIFA Online

I was fortunate to get in on the first closed beta testing of FIFA Online. While I haven’t had a lot of time playing EA’s latest entry into the browser-based online fold, I did get a chance to get a couple games in today as well as earlier in the week and I wanted to [ READ MORE ]