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Thursday, February 18, 2010
I'm going to take a break from topical blogging next week to start a multiple part series on a new way forward for sports games in the face of a tougher market, shrinking sales, and in many cases, a more demanding audience. I've proposed there are several things broken in sports gaming over the last few months, from dynasty modes to difficulty levels to the ovr rating.
Next week I'm going to (hopefully) show ... Read More
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
1. NBA Live 11
NBA Live is in a position where it must perform this year. NBA 2K is absolutely killing Live in sales and it still has an edge -- some would still say quite sizeable -- in quality. While ... Read More
Monday, February 15, 2010
I think it hampers the experience of sports video gaming. I mean, how can you effectively communicate an overall rating for a pitcher who can throw a 100mph fastball and is incredibly effective at the set-up or closer role? What about a running back with awesome speed but a tendency to fumble? What about a shooting guard who is very un-athletic but can shoot from anywhere and make it?
The problem ... Read More
- There are numerous suits working their way through the courts right now. A quick Google and database search brought up several similar cases to Keller's, including a suit by former Rutger's QB Ryan Hart.
- Claudia Wilken, the judge in the O'Bannon vs. NCAA suit, combined the claims of the Keller lawsuit into the O'Bannon case in the ruling issued last
Thursday, February 11, 2010
And now, with the NCAA under fire from multiple directions via lawsuits about how it's licensing player likenesses, it seems as if College Basketball gaming might just be dead.
At least for now.
Unfortunately, in the near term, it might be a tough sell for ... Read More
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
This is the year where media convergence will come full force and will finally rear it's head in an (as of yet) untouched and pristine frontier: video games. While it should hardly be a surprise -- in fact it may be more surprising we haven't talked about this sooner -- but 2010 will be the year convergence fully comes into full focus in our industry.
Media convergence, for those not in the know, is basically the moving together of media control into ... Read More
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Posted on February 9, 2010 at 01:26 PM.
I may be wrong, but if you are planning on killing off a game, you probably shouldn't be looking to round out it's music soundtrack. The posting was posted on January 6 and expired on January 20. All of this was after the speculation that NHL 2K11 was dead surfaced in December. Hopefully we see the game in September, because the 2K lineup of games was getting rather thin to say the least.
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Posted on February 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM.
You may have heard about the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit against the NCAA. Or, like me, you might not have really heard much about it until several sports writers tweeted about it yesterday.But it's a big one for sports gamers -- much less anyone remotely involved in college athletics.
You probably have heard about the Sam Keller vs. NCAA lawsuit on how the NCAA handles licensing athlete's likenesses in video games. Well O'Bannon vs. NCAA is along the same thread, and it has to ... Read More
Monday, February 8, 2010
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 06:17 PM.
I just checked out of the conference call, and while they were still taking questions, I unfortunately have to move on to other things. Here are a few notes from the investors conference call. Some interesting tidbits were mentioned in regards to sports:- EA's focus of fewer and bigger titles was heavily drummed during the call.
- EA officially confirmed what was suspected and all but confirmed for quite awhile: EA Sports Active is coming to the PS3 and 360.
- FIFA sold over 7 million copies
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 04:50 PM.
In their Q3 FY 2010 earnings press release, EA lists their upcoming planned major sports titles and in Q4 FY 2011, EA lists a "Fighting Game TBA" as their only major title. Also, for PC gamers, EA only lists FIFA games (Online and FIFA 11) as their only games on the platform once more, once again a firm signal that the PC Sports Gaming platform is all but dead outside of text-sims.
Also of note is that FIFA 10 ... Read More
Thursday, February 4, 2010
It's the curse of being held in a much higher regard by people, many of which will never be pleased with the game. The curse of Madden being Madden stems from the moment EA bought the exclusive NFL license ... Read More
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Posted on February 2, 2010 at 01:39 PM.
First off, a stern apology to Mike Wang for my blog title of choice. But it's just such an easy target in this case. Secondly, let's all take a collective deep breath before assuming all sorts of things about this story.While many will undoubtedly want to blow this story out of proportion and even make it out to be something along the lines of a death blow to the NBA Live series, let's just think this whole thing through. While reading between the lines in Wang's interview here on ... Read More
Thursday, January 28, 2010
It is a canned animation. It is the reason why you feel some sense of hatred about your sports games.
It has to go. ... Read More
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Today it is simulation engines. I want to just ask a very fundamental question about sim engines: Why were they not developed with user customization in mind? And how can we get there from here?
My grand idea centers around making sim engines a customizable option much like difficulty levels. There are a lot of OSers ... Read More
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