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All my friend wanted was a simple, get-rid-of-it-on-Craigslist estimate for an original Xbox, two controllers, and about a dozen games. He knew that what he had was too common in its time, too obsolete in the present, to qualify as some latter-day Antiques Roadshow jackpot. Still, I couldn't bring myself to appraise it at $25. At that price, I could see him leaving it by the curb, sitting sadly on an old chair with a "FREE" sign, to be claimed by scavengers or the garbage man. More »
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After the disastrous, last minute cancellation of NBA Elite 11, Electronic Arts is keeping its basketball sim video game on the bench for another year, saying that it won't ship a new entry in the NBA Live/NBA Elite franchise until the fall of 2012. More »
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Just one week before it was scheduled to hit shelves, EA Sports on Monday indefinitely delayed NBA Elite 11 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, indicating that quality concerns raised by the demo's dismal showing necessitated the postponement. More »
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As tipped last week by a preorder bonus on GameStop's site, the "Become Legendary" mode for NBA Elite 11 is indeed the game's singleplayer career, the first for the series. This video gives a taste of what to expect. More »
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NBA Live renamed itself NBA Elite, brought in the producer of the widely acclaimed NHL series, and set about fixing two huge gameplay gripes - unfathomably random shooting, and losing control once you entered a two-player animation. More »
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ESPN's booth trio of (from left) Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Breen will be the new voice talent for NBA Elite 11, according to a by-the-way mention at the bottom of an AP story on the broadcast team today. More »
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EA Sports put out three more screens of the newly renamed NBA Elite 11, and series producer David Littman - you might recognize that name from NHL 10 - gave an interview explaining how the new controls will work. More »
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EA Sports picked one hell of a day to confirm its NBA title's name change. Not like anyone will remember today for Michael Jordan returning to video games, Ken Griffey Jr. retiring, or the worst umpiring mistake in baseball history. More »
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Earlier today, the NBA Live page on Facebook put up that image, and the answer seems to be "What is the new name of EA Sports' NBA franchise?" Correct! I'll take "Potpourri" for a thousand, Alex ... More »
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Strong users of rental services and resale or trade-in options, sports gamers justifiably feel blindsided by EA Sports' new "Online Pass," which requires a ton of once-standard game content to be activated by a one-use code. More »
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When you think football games, you think Madden. When you think football games, you think FIFA. When you think basketball, you think NBA Live, NBA 2K, and the fact neither of them is really that huge. Why is that, EA? More »
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Mike Wang (pictured), hired away from 2K Sports by EA Sports to help turn around the sagging NBA Live franchise, is back with the NBA 2K team after just one year working on Live. More »
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Friendly reminder that beginning in about 30 minutes, Xbox 360 Achievements.org is staging one last run on NBA Live 07's "Online with 1,000 People" achievement. This is the last chance to do it before EA shuts down the servers on Tuesday. More »
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Achievement boosters failed back in October to claim the 100-point bounty for being signed in with 1,000 others to NBA Live 07. With servers for the game deactivating Feb. 2, they'll take another crack at it on Jan. 31. More »
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It's been an amazing year for the iPhone and gaming. More »
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EA Sports continues its full-court press into the mobile games space with NBA Live. Madden and FIFA delivered enjoyable football and soccer experiences, can the iPhone and iPod Touch hope to contain five-on-five basketball? More »
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The NBA's opening day tomorrow means also the beginning of NBA Live 10's Dynamic Season, in which real-life results are melded with your own gameplay. It also means a sizeable patch release for the 360 version. More »
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NBA Live 10 opens with Dwight Howard and a dramatic reading about the meaning of revival. Of course it refers to Howard and his team, the Orlando Magic. It also clearly speaks of EA Sports' hopes for its own game. More »
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NBA Live 07 - a game now three years old - currently has about 500 players on Xbox Live. And they need 500 more in the next half-hour for every one of them to collect an easy 100 Gamerscore. More »
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NBA Live 10's tracklist was revealed today, showing the scratch-my-back nature of EA Sports soundtracks. Some tunes are from superstar artists, making the game look good. Some are from acts on the move, giving them a feather in their cap. More »
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Pro gamers went up against athletes at the Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Global Finals in Florida last Tuesday. The result? Total domination by the gamers. More »
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On Electronic Arts' call to investors, CEO John Riccitiello promised "a great year" to come for EA Sports — and referred to a "new holographic interface" for Madden's 20th anniversary incarnation. More »
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It's no secret that EA and ESPN have become close friends after the 15-year marketing agreement they penned last year. Right now, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners have already gotten a taste of what that marketing agreement entails like the downloadable podcasts of ESPN radio shows, video highlights and real-time sports tickers. Apparently some of the stuff they have planned for the future of sports video games stretches way past simple DLC: More »
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Call him Agent Zero, call him The Hibachi, or call him Dr. Crazypants, Gilbert Arenas is now the cover athlete for NBA live 2008. The 6'4" point guard (2 inches short than me) for the Washington Wizards will be appearing on all versions of the game, including the first versions of NBA Live for the Wii and PS3, following the cancellation of the 2007 PlayStation version late last year. More »
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The more I think about it, the more the NBA Live 07 achievement requiring 1,000 people to be online playing at the same time seems ridiculous. While I am all for viral achievements (you play with a certain person, you catch it and pass it to everyone you play with), this one assumes too much. It has nothing to do with fun or achieving and everything to do with how well NBA 07 sells. Points should not be dependent on game sales performance, period. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=239240&view=rss&microfeed=true In a stinging note to investors, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson took EA to task for declining review scores, an issue they say will hurt the company as competition increases, according to Gamespot. More »
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IGN has a piece up about the extensive process of motion capturing EA is investing in its NBA Live 2006 for Xbox 360. With fifty nodes on the face of NBA Live 2006 cover boy Dwayne Wade, EA is using facial capturing to such an extent that it might actually look like Wade in this year's game. Eventually they will get the facial mapping so realistic that we can read the swear words coming out of the athletes' mouths just like on real TV! More »
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Today's tip-off is between NBA Live 2006 and the also-just released NBA 2k6. NBA Live 2006 dribbled into stores today giving consumers the all-important second option at the "NBA game" position. Miami Heat guard DeWayne Wade is the cover boy for NBA Live 2006 and teammate Shaq is holding down NBA 2k6's cover page. Where's the love for the rest of the league? Somewhere LeBron James is crying. More »
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Electronic Arts, never one to pass up a platform, will be selling some of their games for cell phones through Verizon Wireless in the next few weeks. More »
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