• ea sports

    Madden NFL 10 Introduces Online Co-op

    EA Tiburon has big plans for this year's installment of Madden, kicking things off with the announcement of online co-operative play - a first in franchise history. More »
    05/29/09
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    Comment by grifmasta enforces: great.. Now I can get beat with friends 4 Responses | Other threads

  • wii

    Tecmo Bowl Wii Transformed Into Something Else

    Wii trends have turned a planned Tecmo Bowl Wii into a family football game, according to G4. More »
    05/27/09
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    Comment by GohanGVO: They gave up brand recognition in favor of a shovelware title? 8 Responses | Other threads

  • Cover Athletes

    Madden 10 Cover Athletes Revealed

    The battle of the long-haired football players commences, as Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu score joint custody of the cover for EA's Madden NFL 10, a first in the franchise's 21-year history. More »
    04/24/09
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    Comment by midobustingloose: God, who cares about American Football. Only the US. The rest of the world (L) proper football. Played with feet. 122 Responses | Other threads

  • It's Good!

    Blood Bowl: The Goblin Team

    The second video game adaptation of Game's Workshop classic fantasy football board game Blood Bowl is coming soon, and developer Cyanide slowly introduces us to the game's teams, starting with the Goblins. More »
    01/27/09
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    Comment by Estel: Sorry... Games Workshop + Goblins + American Football in a game? Am I tripping? 11 Responses | Other threads

  • survey says

    Playing Madden Makes You Smarter...About Football

    A survey conducted by the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center has indicated that playing EA Sports Madden NFL can teach you important life lessons about football. More »
    01/21/09
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    Comment by PatMan33: My poor Eagles... how I wanted to see you trounce the Steelers in the Super Bowl. Ah well, maybe next... 9 Responses | Other threads

  • it's in the game

    Kansas Jayhawks' Briscoe Attributes Successful Season To Madden 09

    University of Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe has had an amazing year, with 78 catches for a school record-breaking 1,206 yards and 12 touchdowns. His secret weapon? Madden NFL 09. More »
  • sports

    Catchy Game Theme Played During NFL Game


    The weekend. 'Skins v Eagles. Washington are up 10-3, and in the final seconds of the game, Eagles receiver Reggie Brown takes what should be the game-winning catch...but is stuffed at the 1. More »
    12/23/08
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    Comment by Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: LMFAO! Eagles suck. Reid needs to be fired and McNabb is totally overrated. I hope the Eagles continue to lose... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • playstation 3

    Soccer Star Addicted To PlayStation

    Background info: that sickeningly handsome young thing up there is Fernando Torres, Liverpool's star Spanish striker. At the moment, Torres is injured, and can't play. To pass the time, he's feeding his PlayStation addiction. More »
    12/02/08
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    Comment by gessyca: What in the world would you need THREE Playstation rooms for? Get a PC and an Xbox for christs' sake. 10 Responses | Other threads

  • football manager 2009

    Everton FC Using Football Manager 2009 To Find Talent

    How good is Football Manager 2009's player database? Professional quality, apparently - at least that is the opinion of Everton Football Club, who plan to use it to scout for talented players. More »
    11/14/08
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    Comment by Fokwok: it's not a bad idea - why not use the research used for a game and try to put it... 7 Responses | Other threads

  • the power of gaming

    England Striker Owes It All To FIFA & Pro Evo

    England soccer/football hero Theo Walcott may seem like the consummate athlete, but according to the ever-reliable Daily Star he owes his success to the magic of video games. More »
    10/14/08
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    Comment by Anarchist_Gamer: Arsenal! Arsenal! Arsenal FC! They're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen! Oo to be... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • fifa soccer 09

    FIFA Soccer 09 To Get Weekly Player Stat Updates

    EA Sports' Fifa Soccer 09 will get an optional realism boost in the form of weekly stat updates to reflect player's real world performance. More »
    08/20/08
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    Comment by Magnakai Haaskivi: This will be awesome if it works, although it'd also be awesome if they could do the same thing with... more » | Other threads

  • go!view

    Go!View To Bring Sky Sports Football Highlights To PSP

    Go!View is ushering in the new football season by offering downloadable highlights of the Barclays Premiership (the top level of competitive football/soccer in the UK) on their PSP video-on-demand service. More »
    08/15/08
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    Comment by Luppi91: That's £5 for each weekend...I could think of better ways to spend that £5 and still catch up on the... more » | Other threads

  • sam's club

    Sam's Club Prints Your New Madden Favre Cover While You Wait

    Those of you planning to pick up your copy of Madden NFL 09 at your local Sam's Club may be in for a bit more value than the usual discounted prices. An official for the warehouse store dropped us a line this morning to let us know that Sam's Club locations with photo centers will print out a high-quality version of the updated packaging featuring Brett Favre in his dashing New York Jets uniform, which we revealed to you last night, right inside the store upon purchase of the game. Sure, you could head over to EA's Madden 09 site and download your own, but getting other people to do things for us is one of the principles that America was founded on. More »
    08/12/08
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    Comment by dArk_stAr: Being a Wii owner, I couldn't care less... but apparently, EA saw that one coming. I think it's much more... more » | Other threads

  • blitz: the league II

    Blitz: The League II Screens

    As we heard late last year, Midway is bringing Blitz back. Blitz: The League II will include a new story mode written by ESPN Playmakers writer Peter Egan and will feature player-controlled touchdown celebrations, an enhanced on-field Clash Mode, online multiplayer, precision-aim tackles and late hits. Lawrence Taylor will return as the game's cover athlete. More »
    07/08/08
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    Comment by Arkos: This game looks pretty sweet. Can't wait for more screen shots. more » | Other threads

  • football

    Proof That 1990s Game Innovations Were Often Lame

    When I'm on the road, I don't just report — I scavenge. More »
    06/24/08
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    Comment by ssh83: horrible title, it's not nearly as provocative as it is untrue. Not even 100 comment. EPIC FAILURE. more » | Other threads

  • ea sports

    2 Guys Suing EA Over NFL License

    Last week, two gamers - one in Washington, one in California - filed a suit against EA in the US District Court of Northern California. Their beef? That Electronic Arts, through their exclusive ownership of the NFL license, are engaged in "blatantly anticompetitive conduct". As such, they're seeking - wait for it - "restitution and damages for those who purchased an Electronic Arts football game since August of 2005, disgorgement of all profits made as a result of anticompetitive actions, and that the infringing agreements be declared null and void". I admire their spirit, really, and I miss the NFL2K series as much as the next guy, but there's a time when legal action is called for, and there's a time when it's kinda stupid, and will only serve to further clutter your already over-cluttered legal system. This is the latter. More »
    06/11/08
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    Comment by Arttemis: @NeVeRMoRe666: "Madden is one of the best selling games every year. I doubt the NFL has a problem with that..." I'm... more » | Other threads

  • media

    Backbreaker Is Looking As Painful As Ever (In A Good Way)

    While I'm not the biggest sports fan, I'm always on the lookout for a new football game that will pull me back into the genre that I once enjoyed. Natural Motion (the company behind the lauded Euphoria engine from GTA IV and The Force Unleashed) is getting a lot of press for its dynamic, body-crashing AI in its upcoming football game, Backbreaker. And while all that looks fantastic in this new clip, I hope that the Flash compression hasn't ruined the beauty of the gigantic, hyperreal stadium in the background. God bless bloom lighting.
    04/17/08
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    Comment by Majpain007: Give it some time EA will buy this game out. Game is looking sweet though. Isn't it a PS3 Exlusive? more » | Other threads

  • sports

    What Exactly Are Simulations Simulating?

    In a slightly different take on the old 'we take too much from film techniques' argument we're all familiar with, a post at the Brainy Gamer takes on television techniques in simulations. Madden et al. aren't simulating playing a sporting event, he says, but watching one on TV: More »
    04/06/08
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    Comment by fuchikoma: You know, that's right. They pretty much harken back to the old Atari and Intellivision games with a field on... more » | Other threads

  • madden nfl 09

    Madden Celebrates 20 Years This August 12 With Special Collector's Edition

    John Madden's jowls celebrate twenty years of video game cover art exposure this year with Madden NFL 09. The game will be shipping in North America on August 12 arriving with a nifty 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition when it does. The CE packs in both Madden NFL 09 and NFL Head Coach 09, as well as "exclusive classic Madden NFL gameplay, and an extensive library of exclusive bonus video content," according to EA. More »
    03/27/08
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    Comment by Raszuche: OK EA has been too lazy and greedy for too long and almost everyone is on that opinion that EA... more » | Other threads

  • wii

    French Footy Team Give Wii The Boot

    Euro 2008's coming up. And for France, it's serious business. Having come up short in the World Cup final in '06, Les Blues want to go one better and come home with some silverware. To this effect, coach Raymond Domenech is putting his foot down, outlawing anything that could cause unnecessary injuries to his players. Like the Wii. Seems the risk of injury while playing a round of Wii Boxing is far greater than that found in the rigorous 2-a-day football training sessions demanded of professional players, so the low-impact game console's the one to go. More »
    03/11/08
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    Comment by KM91: Those are some huge eyebrows, like Gai from Naruto huge. more » | Other threads

  • football

    New England Manager Bans Gaming

    Newly-appointed manager of the England football team, the astute, snappily-dressed and very Italian Fabio Capello, has wasted little time in stamping his authority on the perennially underachieving national side. Gone are visits from friends and family before a game. Gone are mobile phones once the team's checked into a hotel for a match. And gone are videogames. Capello believes the England team's obsession with their consoles had contributed to a "PlayStation culture", which was distracting them from the job at hand. Sounds harsh, but then if I was being paid millions of dollars a year to play football and all I had to do was not play games a day or two before a match, I think I could manage. More »
    02/08/08
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    Comment by ParadiseEve: Really if i was being payed that amount of money to play soccer than i sure would take a break... more » | Other threads

  • gallery

    NFL Tour Screenshot Blitz

    Depending on where you live, NFL Tour is either in the store today or heading there tomorrow, and EA has decided to remind you that their game exists with a veritable cornucopia of screenshots of the arcade sports title previously known as NFL Street. It's kind of odd, really. I was a big fan of NFL Street despite the cheapness of the power moves, and was looking forward to the next game in the series. Change the name and alter the premise just a tad and suddenly I am so disinterested that the release completely sneaks up on me, despite having read this week's WIG. Still, I've always been a fan of arcade football, and I do have this GameStop gift card...*sigh* Back in a few. More »
    01/08/08
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    Comment by DELETED: demo sucked. more » | Other threads

  • sports

    LSU Football Players Use Games to Prepare

    Video games - like sports - aren't always fun and games, and Louisiana State University has joined a handful of Division I schools that are using a rather elaborate modified Xbox game to reinforce lessons learned on the field. The game (simulator?) is customized for each school and even quarterback, allowing different experiences for different players. More »
    01/06/08
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    Comment by manguero: WOOOOO GEAUX TIGERS! 2007 National Champions! (and if there's any doubt, #1 in the AP poll, too.) more » | Other threads

  • sports

    Crecente Plays Football

    NaturalMotion is currently working on a new next-gen football game called Backbreaker for next year. One of the features of the game will be the ability to assign your own colors, logos and names to your team's players. So, to show off the feature, the folks at NM threw together a little Kotaku team featuring our signature pink and green colors and our own Crecente as Quarterback. I don't know what's funnier, the pink uniforms or the thought of anyone on the Kotaku team (with the possible exception of Fahey and Luke) playing football.
    11/18/07
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    Comment by x23: @cheeseboybeans: you're not alone. i came here specifically to go : green? huh? more » | Other threads

  • gallery

    Backbreaker's Generic Beauty

    Will being one of the best-looking, best-animated football games on the market help Naturalmotion's Backbreaker triumph over the Madden juggernaut when it is released next-year? Highly doubtful, I know. The core of the football gaming crowd is NFL fans, and without an NFL license it probably won't drum up big sales no matter how awesome it looks in motion. Now if the Madden folks could just get their hands on this engine...hmmm.
    10/29/07
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    Comment by Evil J: @erlik: Schmante Culpopper... Rondi Messs Bom Trady more » | Other threads

  • vc update

    Spiky Mammal Football Adventures

    Football season is upon us, and with Tecmo Bowl already out for the Wii Virtual Console, there's only one NES pigskin game worthy of a commemorative rerelease. This morning sees NES Play Action Football (500 points) take the field. Sporting 10 real teams with real players, it is one of the most technologically advanced NES games out there, as well as being one of the few to use voice clips. For those of you who would rather be a ball than play with one, spin up Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for the Genesis (800 points) and relive Sonic's first meeting with Knuckles the Enchilada Echidna. Finally we have more TurboGrafx16 Zelda-ripoff goodness with Neutopia II (600 points), which puts you in the role of the son of the main character from the 'original' Neutopia which was released on the VC two weeks ago. Apparently you did a half-assed job of killing Dirth the first time and now your child has to deal with it. Good job, slacker. If you had just played more football as a kid this never would have happened. More »
    09/10/07
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    Comment by KM91: Maybe Nintendo would surprise us with a Neo Geo game. Just some wishful thinking. more » | Other threads

  • black college football experience

    Get The Black College Football Experience With Black College Football Experience

    Video game football is about to get yet another contender, this time with a decidedly specific bent as tongue twisting developer Nerjyzed Entertainment has announced Black College Football Experience or BCFx if the former grows too tiresome. The Unreal Engine 3-powered college football game brings together three historically black college and university conferences, including some 40 teams for "an incredibly fun football game for the whole family to play." More »
    09/05/07
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    Comment by debloon: The title is so generic and blocky, its almost insulting. Is this how we will label things in the future?... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • hi-tech pigskin

    NaturalMotion Tackles Football With Backbreaker

    Why would anyone try to take on the next-generation console football genre up against EA's Madden series when even their biggest competitor has fallen? Watch the video. NaturalMotion is the company behind the euphoria Animation System used in GTA IV and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and they're taking that animation system and applying it to the gridiron.
    "Backbreaker is the first football game with truly interactive tackles. By utilizing our motion synthesis engine, euphoria, players will never make the same tackle twice, giving them an intensely unique experience every time they play the game," said NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil. "Backbreaker puts players in the middle of the gridiron by providing a pure, realistic football experience only possible on next-generation consoles."
    If the game ends up anything like that video, NaturalMotion could give EA a run for its money in 2008. Wow. Just wow. More »
    08/22/07
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    Comment by InsidiousTuna: It looks like a tech demo more than anything else. more » | Other threads

  • roundup

    Frankenreview, Mario Strikers Charged (Wii)

    Some people call it soccer, others call it football, and most Americans just call it boring. But as the world's national pastime, kicking a ball around into a net is pretty ultimate. Combined with Nintendo's most famous characters in history, you get Mario Strikers Charged. More »
    08/02/07
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    Comment by lushen124: They've done this with every Mario game thus far. Ranging from the ridiculous Mario Kart difficulty on Mirror (there's always... more » | Other threads

  • today i am a man

    Testosterone Stirring Madden 08 Screens

    Every year I buy Madden twice. Normally I am not a fan of football whatsoever, but there are two times of the year where the testosterone starts to stir. Madden launch day, which inevitably finds me waiting in line with a bunch of people I have nothing in common talking in a tongue almost completely foreign to me, and then around Super bowl time, when I find myself rebuying the game after having handed it off to a friend days after the initial purchase. As soon as it comes, it goes again, like catching a light sneeze. The fact that I just vaguely referenced a Tori Amos song is testament to both my lack of interest in the sport as well as the sheer primal power of football. Looking at these new Xbox 360 screens I am starting to feel it all over again. More »
    07/31/07
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    Comment by MonsterKingRen: I like my video games not to be about things I can do. Well okay I can't be a 6'8" black... more » | Other threads

  • important information

    Which Football Game is the Best?

    In a painstaking review process, one reviewer weighs the merits of the two big football games of the moment: NCAA Football 08 and All-Pro Football 2K8. Breaking down graphics, offensive plays, defense controls, graphics, modes of play, freshness, extras, ouxtras and realism, there is one inarguable conclusion—a verdict undeniable in its truth. More »
    07/23/07
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    Comment by Sentientv2: @evilkoala: I noticed that too. I think the sentionalist aspect of the matter at hand got the best of the... more » | Other threads

  • snowball's chance

    2K Woos Football Fans With Hip-Hop

    What do you do when you are marketing a football video game but just about every aspect of the sport that makes it popular is owned by another gaming company? You call in the hip-hop luminaries. In a play I believe they took directly from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, 2K Sports, being unable to associate All-Pro Football 2K8 with anything resembling organized football have launched their "Football Resurrected " campaign in preparation for the game's launch on July 17th. More »
    07/09/07
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    Comment by Mrobinson587: Oh shit he spit that... more » | Other threads

  • it really doesn't fall far from the tree

    Mario Strikers Gets Father and Son Promotion

    Ian Wright and son, Shaun Wright-Phillips have signed on to promote Mario Strikers Charged Football in the UK. Both men are well-known in England for their footy talents and will promoting the game in different ways. Shaun will be featured in a television commercial for the game where he will show off the online attributes of the upcoming Wii game. His dad, Ian, will be making an appearance at GAME on Oxford street on the European launch date (May 25th) to play against people in store and sign autographs. More »
    05/17/07
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  • sony

    The Sony Super Bowl Party's Super Schwag

    Do anything special for the Super Bowl? Sony Computer Entertainment of America sure as hell did, hosting a big shindig in Miami's South Beach complete with lasered PS3s and PlayStation Nikes. Only a hundred of these customized packs were on hand to give away. Gotta hand it to Sony — They do know how to throw a party. Brian Ashcraft More »
    02/05/07
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    Comment by NaughtyBitsGLiF: Anyone else notice on the "SOLE" PS3 it has plain as day HDD? more » | Other threads

  • football

    Clip: BBPS Predicts Super Bowl Winner

    I was planning on using Madden 2007 to predict the winner of Super Bowl XLI, but bits, bytes, pixels & sprites had a much better and possibly more accurate way of foretelling sports future.
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    01/31/07
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    Comment by thurstonkillgore: Bears win... just like in real life...because they call "HEAD" classic more » | Other threads

  • football

    Visual Concepts Bringing Pro Football Back

    2K Sports and Visual Concepts will be giving next-gen console owners another football game choice this summer when they release All-Pro Footbal 2K8. Details are scarce with little more than a brief press release and comments like "We're coming out of retirement to satisfy our employees, 2K fans and those passionate about the sport of football." on the official All-Pro Football 2K8 web site. More »
    01/30/07
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    Comment by re4de2ye0: The real 2K fans have not gone anywhere @werk. I love ESPN NFL2K5 to me it was without a... more » | Other threads

  • madden

    2K Sports Bringing Football Back In '07?

    EA may have exclusive rights to publish NFL branded video games, but does that mean 2K Sports is out of the football game completely? Apparently not, according to IGN: More »
    12/11/06
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    Comment by axiomatic: I too will buy the 2K games just to spite EA. The 360 version being the worst version of Madden... more » | Other threads

  • ea

    EA Starts Selling Tutorials

    How fast can EA race to the bottom of the dung pile? Coming right off an opening salvo trying to establish themselves as the scumbag kings of microcontent by way of selling cheat codes or in-game money as Marketplace downloads, EA are now selling tutorials over Xbox Live, rebranding them "video strategy guides." More »
    10/25/06
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    Comment by Suspended Chaos: EA's basic company strategy is: 1. Release bugged games with adware 2. Charge for anything related to EA 3. ??? 4. Profit! more » | Other threads

  • stabby

    Man Stabs Gamer in Back Over Playstation Game

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    10/04/06
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    Comment by GooMan: I would like the record to show that I am from Alabama and that I have played many games of... more » | Other threads

  • top

    D'oh! PLAYSTATION 3 Ad Pops Up At Euro Soccer Match

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    09/13/06
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    Comment by Armin: Kotaku does know that Champoins League ends after the PS3 launch? It's a perfect way of building up hype in... more » | Other threads