Archive for the ‘ Racing ’ Category

Taking MotoGP online

One of the more compelling games I’ve been playing online as of late is Capcom’s recently released MotoGP 09/10 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Now, usually I don’t jump right into the multiplayer (especially in a racing game) until I figure out all the gameplay nuances. I did mess around a little with the [ READ MORE ]

A PSN double take

Sony gave PS3 users a big choice to make this week with Wakeboarding HD and Anarchy: Rush Hour both hitting the console’s Playstation Network. Creat Studios Wakeboarding HD clocks in at $14.99 and is a relatively small download (just over 100 MB) while Gaijin’s Anarchy: Rush Hour costs $7.99 and is a heftier file (>800 MB). [ READ MORE ]

TheSportsGamer atwitter 3/23

Time for a look at the latest twitters and tweets in the sports gaming world on Tuesday… Big news for Madden fans as EA released its first detailed info about the new Madden NFL 11 game through IGN. EA is using some nifty new tool called the “Catch Debugging Tool” to generate more realistic AI decisions [ READ MORE ]

Wiiview: GTI Club Supermini Festa!

TheSportsGamer is back from his fun-filled weekend of college hoops. How ’bout Northern Iowa? and Cornell? and…well just that whole first tourney weekend… Anyway, there’s been a smattering of Wii games releasing out there that I’ve been meaning to review. Today I’m hitting up a little known racing title that hit store shelves last week. Read on for [ READ MORE ]

TheSportsGamer atwitter 3/16

I comb the twitter feeds so you don’t have to. Otherwise known as what’s going on during a typical slow new days… ModNation Racers has gotten a May 25 release date for thePS3 and PSP. Pre-order incentives include playable Nathan Drake, Kratos and Ratchet and Clank dependant on where you pre-order the game from. [Playstation blog] 16 [ 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 ]

World of Outlaws PS3 release still on track

I’ve been asked by more than a handful of you about the status of a PS3 release of THQ’s World of Outlaws. I went straight to the source, Peter Armstrong of THQ, and he gave me a very promising response: We are looking at a Spring release (April or May) of the PSN version but we [ READ MORE ]

March release calendar

Welcome to March, where its in like a lion and out like a lamb. That old adage couldn’t be more true in regards to our release calendar, which comes out firing with MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10 (not to mention Battlefield 2 on the same day, shall we call tomorrow ‘Super Tuesday’?) and [ READ MORE ]

Is Sonic All-Star worthy?

Our most anticipated release of the month finally hit stores this week (at least in some areas, more on that in the next paragraph) in the form of SEGA’s Mario Kart “companion” Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. I say companion because in many ways All-Stars Racing complements Nintendo’s title by giving SEGA fans (and mascot-themed [ READ MORE ]

Monday headlines

Ah, welcome to our latest “feature”. Monday headlines gets the new week started with the latest news and gossip and hot links from the sports gaming community. Without further ado, let’s hit it… We are just one week away from the release of MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10. Obviously I’m planning at least a [ READ MORE ]