<![CDATA[Kotaku: Freestyle]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Freestyle]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/freestyle http://kotaku.com/tag/freestyle <![CDATA[Wii Sports Suspected In NBA Street Killing]]> According to ESPN, the NBA Street series is officially "on hiatus." Yes, we know. The trail of tears forms to the left. The NBA licensed street ball series, once part of the EA Sports BIG label and kind of a big deal, looks to have gone the way of the dinosaur, thanks in part to Wii Sports. EA Sportsman Peter Moore explains the decision — which, it sounds like, could possibly affect the SSX series as well — to ESPN. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5068071&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Sports Are All About That Wii Sports]]> It's easy to crack jokes about EA Sports' new "Freestyle" brand - as well as their "All-Play" tags for their Wii games - because jokes either EA Sports or the casual end of the gaming spectrum are a dime a dozen. Get past those, though, and you see new boss Peter Moore's being driven by a single, steely purpose: take what made Wii Sports such a hit, and apply it to every EA Sports brand you can think of. That's what he said at a conference in Vancouver yesterday, telling journalists:
We learned some hard lessons. That was the type of sports experience they were looking for and we saw that and decided we needed to redefine what our sports games were about.
You can fault them for copying Nintendo, maybe, but not for giving EA Sports games what they've needed for years now: an entry level. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387896&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Sports Kicks It Freestyle]]> Electronic Arts announced today the latest "sub-brand" of its EA Sports label, a division it calls EA Sports Freestyle. Freestyle is described as representing the "lighter side" of sports, with "no rules, just fun." Yes, I know what you're thinking, "I liked it the first time, when it was called EA Sports BIG." But this is slightly different! More »
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