Author Bio
Jayson YoungHome Town: Nashville, TN.
Sports: Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer
Games: Old: Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition, NBA Hangtime, New: All Pro Football 2K8, NHL '09
Teams: Vanderbilt Commodores, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, Memphis Grizzlies
OS Username: OS: wEEman33 Xbox Live: wEEman33 BSD
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Operation Sports writer and resident Madden skeptic Jayson Young was asked to write an article on his beefs with the franchise, mainly because we believe in getting every side of the story here at OS.
What I didn't expect is to get a well written song sent back to me by Jayson detailing his feelings on the Madden franchise at this time. If you are a Madden skeptic, you might find some solace in his words...
Read More - 25 Problems...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
12:37 PM - September 3, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Chris Sanner
With this generation coming to a close, where does EA Football (NCAA Football and Madden) stand as we prepare to see the first next-gen football games? Do you think both games are behind the curve or are they in a position of strength heading into the new generation? Read our thoughts and share your own!
Read More - OS Roundtable: Where does EA Football Stand at the End of This Generation?
Monday, August 26, 2013
03:59 PM - August 26, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Glenn Wigmore
The NHL 14 demo dropped last week, giving fans their first chance to play the new edition of EA Sports' newest hockey game. Here are some of our thoughts on this year's demo, be sure to comment with some of your own!
Read More - OS Roundtable: NHL 14 Demo Impressions
Monday, August 5, 2013
11:51 AM - August 5, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Like a wrestler trying to learn moonsaults before he can even sell a simple punch, Action Arcade Wrestling 2 makes the mistake of attempting a grandiose feature set before it has built up the core mechanics that make a wrestling video game fun to play.
The third title from Action937, which is now a three-person development team, could have benefited from taking a John Cena-like approach to game design, simply choosing four or five ideas to focus on, then doing those four or five ideas exceptionally well.
Instead, Action Arcade Wrestling 2 has spent tremendous developmental effort packing on an arsenal of modes and features that outweighs the majority of no-budget, my-first-video-games on the Xbox Live Indie channel by a good 200 pounds.
Based on its bulky feature list alone, Action Arcade Wrestling 2 looks to be an instant champion, but as soon as the bell sounds, it reveals itself to be the video game equivalent of Mass Transit –- an amateur wrestler barely able to take care of itself in the ring, ending up a bloody, injured mess.
Read More - Action Arcade Wrestling 2 Review (XBLA)
Thursday, June 27, 2013
03:01 PM - June 27, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
E3 2013 was a quiet week for arcade sports games, with only two titles, Powerstar Golf and OlliOlli, being playable on the show floor and one additional game, Trials Fusion, showing a short trailer during Ubisoft's press conference.
During the show, Operation Sports' Glenn Wigmore posted his hands-on impressions of Powerstar Golf. This week, I'm looking at the other two independent titles coming out of E3 and what to look for:
Read More - 2013's Two Independent Sports Gems Coming Your Way
Friday, April 26, 2013
01:31 PM - April 26, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Portable baseball games are no longer minor league products.
The Vita version of MLB 13: The Show already proved it, and now Konami's Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 also proves it belongs in sports gaming's big leagues, showcasing the same all-star skill set as its PlayStation 3 brother, minus a thousand or so polygons and live online gameplay.
If your memories of portable baseball gaming are Bo Jackson beeping around the base path on an LCD screen or Mario and friends running at a snail's pace through black in white fields, those visions will be obliterated the moment Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 comes to life on the Vita's radiant 5-inch OLED display.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 is a faithful rendition of America's pastime, albeit, featuring teams with anime mascots and player names that most gamers cannot read, let alone pronounce.
Do not be fooled by the foreign symbols and logos; Konami's Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 is a baseball game as true and real as its Major League counterpart on the opposite end of the Pacific.
Read More - Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 Review (PS Vita)
Friday, March 29, 2013
10:27 AM - March 29, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
If no college basketball game releases on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, it will mark the first generation of consoles without an NCAA basketball game since the days of the NES, Atari and Sega Master System.
Starting with 1992's NCAA Basketball, multiple college basketball games have appeared in every console generation since the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
Read More - Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
11:37 AM - February 20, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
The kart racing genre, popularized by Nintendo's Super Mario Kart in 1992, has slowed down significantly during its teenage years, seeing fewer releases and even fewer innovations to the original formula of power sliding, shooting items and wacky mascot races.
Sega's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a direct sequel to 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, isn't here to reinvent the genre or launch any major innovations. The game's main marketable feature, transforming between boats, planes, and go-karts during a single race, isn't necessarily an innovation so much as it is an extension of the multi-vehicle concept introduced in 1997's Diddy Kong Racing.
The excitement that comes from playing Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed isn't linked to anything new it does, but instead, from everything old it has wonderfully re-imagined.
Read More - Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Monday, January 28, 2013
02:51 PM - January 28, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
How do you convince the millions of Trials Evolution players to spend money on official downloadable content when they can already download thousands of user-made creations for free?
The solution developer RedLynx has discovered is to load up their $5 DLC packs with new bikes, new clothes, new editor tools and new land masses -- all things that cannot be created by players using the free in-game editor.
Course-creating fanatics will instantly want both pieces of Trials Evolution's DLC, as over a hundred new parts and special effects have been crammed into the game's already robust track building feature. Players who simply enjoy downloading custom courses from Track Central will also want to purchase both Origin of Pain and Riders of Doom, as it's impossible to download any tracks that contain the new editor tools unless the DLC is unlocked and installed to your hard drive.
Read More - Trials Evolution DLC Review: Origin of Pain and Riders of Doom
Monday, January 21, 2013
11:45 AM - January 21, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Almost five years have passed since RedLynx's Trials franchise jumped from the shadows of PC gaming into the spotlight of Xbox Live Arcade. Finally, on March 21, 2013, the two sequels that helped rocket the Trials series to over four million units sold -- Trials HD and Trials Evolution -- are coming bundled together in a PC "Gold Edition."
Every map, mode and feature from the two Xbox Live Arcade games will carry over to the PC's Gold Edition. All courses from Trials HD have been recreated using the superior physics and graphics engines of Trials Evolution. Publisher Ubisoft promises that the PC update will feature increased optimization and enhanced graphics, presumably eliminating the pop-up and stuttering issues that plague Trials Evolution on the Xbox 360.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition is being developed by Ubisoft Shanghai with "supervision" from RedLynx, making it the first Trials game developed outside the company's Helsinki, Finland headquarters. A private beta group has been chosen to test Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, but due to a non-disclosure agreement, Operation Sports is unable to share any beta impressions.
The Trials series, which spent its first five years (2000 to 2005) as a free-to-play, browser-based Java game, last appeared on the PC platform in March 2008, when Trials 2: Second Edition introduced gamers to RedLynx's compelling brand of 2D motorbike mayhem.
Friday, January 11, 2013
11:12 AM - January 11, 2013. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Most Indie titles on the Xbox 360 are as poorly built as the Jacksonville Jaguars' roster and about as much fun as sitting through a Kansas City Chiefs game.
Avatar Football, by comparison, is the San Francisco 49ers of Indie sports games -- not always the prettiest product on the field, but a winning franchise with an intelligent leader who has assembled a deep roster of features that can compete with Xbox Live's elite downloadable titles.
Read More - Avatar Football Review (360 XBLA)
Saturday, January 5, 2013
06:21 PM - January 5, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Check out more Avatar Football screenshots, right here.
Coinciding with the start of the NFL playoffs, veteran Xbox 360 Indie developer, Barkers Crest Studio, just released Avatar Football onto the Xbox Live Marketplace.
For 240 Microsoft Points ($3), gamers get:
- 2D gameplay inspired by Tecmo Super Bowl
- Play as Xbox Avatars or as realistic football player models
- 3 vs. 3 online multiplayer
- Fully editable players, teams and playbooks
- Create-a-play editor
- Share edited rosters over Xbox Live
- Offline single season mode
- 2 vs. 2 local multiplayer
UPDATE: Check out the Avatar Football video, captured last night from the 4th quarter, it was a crazy finish!
Monday, December 31, 2012
11:20 AM - December 31, 2012. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Funding opened last week for the PC/Macintosh Kickstarter project, PerfectGolf. With the game already 12 months into development, the PerfectGolf team is requesting an additional $300,000 in fan funding to secure licences for multiple real-world courses, add an online multiplayer clubhouse system and an in-depth course editor that will allow users to create and share their own dream courses over the Internet.
PerfectGolf has been built with the increasingly popular Unity3D game engine, which has been featured in recent PC games like Endless Space, Battlestar Galactica Online and MechWarrior Tactics. While gameplay footage hasn't debuted yet, a few early teasers are uploaded onto Perfect Parallel's YouTube channel.
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Located in Vero Beach, Florida, developer Perfect Parallel is a small team of artists and programmers who have worked on popular franchises like Links, Forza Horizon and Crysis.
Fundraising for PerfectGolf closes February 4, 2013, with a $15 pledge earning a digital download of the finished game, and higher reward tiers offering Kickstarter-exclusive clothes, equipment and courses.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
11:31 AM - December 29, 2012. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Xbox Live Gold members can save 50% on Backbreaker Vengeance today through the end of 2012.
As a downloadable spin-off to the 2010 Backbreaker retail game, Backbreaker Vengeance offers improved camera angles, a refined controller layout and numerous enhancements to the Euphoria physics engine, which generates lifelike procedural collisions.
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Operation Sports gave Backbreaker Vegeance an 8.5/10 in the original review, praising its incredible physics and creative game design.
Backbreaker Vegeance was Natural Motion's final console release before the company-wide switch to mobile game development.
Cell phone hits My Horse and CSR Racing have since generated huge profits for the British-based team, which currently has no plans to revisit consoles.
Friday, December 7, 2012
10:35 AM - December 7, 2012. Posted by RaychelSnr. Written by Jayson Young
Every gamer has a "dream game." Yet few gamers possess the knowledge, persistence, time and funding to actually code those ideas into a complete, working video game. Dave Wishnowski, lead designer and producer of Pro Wrestling X, has built his dream game. But he still needs your help to get it released.
With a Kickstarter campaign just hours away from ending and a STEAM Greenlight project stuck in limbo, Pro Wrestling X has its mask on and its tights all laced up, but it still doesn't know if it will be offered a spot on the evening's card.
Operation Sports has been granted backstage access to speak with Dave Wishnowski about his wrestling game's pending debut on the PC platform.
Read More - Q&A With Pro Wrestling X Creator, Dave Wishnowski
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