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Things get sweaty in tennis, especially if you're playing on the clay courts of the Tennis Club de Paris. Hence, the proliferation of headbands on male players. This latest clip for EA Sports' upcoming serve-and-volley title showcases play on clay courts in the form of some of tennis' greatest rivalries. You'll get your chance to rock some headgear and gets your shorts dirty when Grand Slam Tennis 2 comes out on Valentine's Day. More »
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You may not know this, but my old man is a tennis umpire. He's done it for more than 25 years, which means he's had some pretty big assignments. Dad's worked two Olympics, numerous U.S. Opens (including lines crew of the most recent men's final), and has been called a fucking chickenshit bastard by John McEnroe himself. More »
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It doesn't involve a realistic roster or league licensing, so it's sometimes hard to remember that SSX is an EA Sports title. And the snowboarding reboot should be one of the bigger ones for the label in the coming year. But with a lineup crowded by more traditional fare in the first two months, SSX has seen its ship date move once and now twice, thanks to NFL and tennis products. More »
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Last week, I reported on how EA's going to be handling the debut of their Grand Slam Tennis series on the Xbox 360 and PS3. During my hands-on time, I only got to see Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova in action but this new trailer shows off the other racket-wielding pros you'll be controlling in the 2012 release. No real surprises in the clip, but you do get to see the more photorealistic versions of Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe who'll be playable in the game. The two greats were in the Wii-only Grand Slam Tennis 1, but that game's interpretations of its athletes were a bit more cartoony. More »
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Tennis games and I have a weird relationship. It was an ancient, LCD handheld tennis game that taught me the fundamentals of tennis scoring. Numbers? Then words? Then words that are numbers? Huh? More »
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Wii exclusive Grand Slam Tennis is coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with Grand Slam Tennis 2, EA Sports said today. More »
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EA Canada's community manager tweeted last night that "execs at EA SPORTS will announce a new game sometime in January. I wonder what it'll be?" Yeah, I wonder, too. Let's wonder together. More »
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Electronic Arts "indefinitely" delayed the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of its foray into pro tennis, citing the success of EA Sports Active as root cause of the high-def Grand Slam Tennis slip. Turns out there was another reason. More »
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The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of EA Sports' Grand Slam Tennis will be coming a little later than originally planned, thanks to the runaway success of EA Sports Active. What does one have to do with the other? More »
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Three things we have never done: Won seven Grand Slam tennis titles, married Tatum O'Neal or played a video game version of ourselves. John McEnroe has done all three. More »
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The Wii ships with a free tennis game bundled in with a clutch of other sports titles, so how can you convince Nintendo gamers they should spend more money on a stand alone tennis title? More »
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He or she who wields the MotionPlus in EA's upcoming Wii sports games will be able to play differently, but not always better. More »
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EA has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis will be released a week earlier than scheduled in order to hit shelves the same time as the Wii MotionPlus. More »
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EA addresses the issue of Nintendo not having a first-party game ready for their Wii MotionPlus controller add-on by bundling their own games with the device. More »
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Instead of focusing on just one athlete for the cover of Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii, EA plasters three of the biggest names in tennis across the front of the box. More »
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Hoping the new MotionPlus tech for the Wii will bring some added realism to console's controls? You'll like hearing what EA's Grand Slam Tennis team have to say, then. More »
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This first glimpse at Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii in action gives us a glimpse at oddly large-headed versions of a bunch of pro Tennis players. More »
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Electronic Arts has been pretty coy with deep details on its tennis effort for the Wii, giving us glimpses of character designs only. Today we get a good look at EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis. More »
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In an article on Wii title Grand Slam Tennis in the Nintendo Power online hub, there's a blurb about Nintendo's new motion controlling add-on Wii MotionPlus: More »
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