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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

On Thursday, June 13, Konami will release a roster update for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of their Nippon Professional Baseball game, Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013.

12 players will receive ratings adjustments in the version 1.03 update:

#42 Tony Blanco, Yokohama DeNA BayStars -- 65 overall to 96 overall
#70 Ryosuke Yagi, Tokyo Yakult Swallows -- 56 overall to 66 overall
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
NBA greats Grant Hill and Jason Kidd both retired this past week, and though the two legends never played together in real life, both were key members of the loaded "Rookies" team from Midway's 1993's arcade classic, NBA Jam Tournament Edition.


Hill's and Kidd's 19 NBA seasons far outlasted the careers of NBA Jam Tournament Edition's other Rookies, who now read like a list of washouts and journeymen: ... Read More
Monday, June 3, 2013
After animating Action Arcade Wrestling 2 for over a year, programmer Erik Novak celebrated the completion of all the game's animations by posting this highlight reel to YouTube today, which contains almost every move possible in the Xbox 360 Indie game:


According to Erik and Dave Horn, the second member of Action Arcade Wrestling 2's development ... Read More
Friday, May 31, 2013

New developer Longshot Games has shut down their Kickstarter fundraiser for College Football Championship 2014. Project leader Josh Brown cited a lack of funding as the main reason for the cancellation:

Quote:
Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the great feedback and support everyone. We obviously won't be making our funding goal this time around. We aren't giving up though. We want a great college football game
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Longshot Games, a group of ex-2K Sports and ex-EA Sports developers, recently announced a Kickstarter campaign for their first-ever game, College Football Championship 2014.

If College Football Championship 2014 meets its $1 million funding goal by 1 AM EST on Saturday, June 8, the game will launch simultaneously ... Read More
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Posted on May 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM.

Earlier this week, independent developer Roll7 announced their plans to release OlliOlli, a sidescrolling skateboarding game, this November exclusively for the PlayStation Vita.

Roll7 describes OlliOlli as "mixing addictive one-button-one-life infinite runner gameplay with the trick and combo mastery of skateboarding games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ... Read More
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Posted on May 16, 2013 at 04:26 PM.

Starting today and lasting through the end of May, online giant Amazon.com is holding a massive digital download sale spanning more than 800 PC titles:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...=operasport-20

Many of the deals are limited-time offers, so below is a breakdown of all the sports games involved in Amazon's sale:

5/16/13 only
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Microsoft Studios' Doritos Crash Course 2 today joined the growing list of always-online games rendered unplayable by server connection issues on its launch day.

Over twelve hours into the game's launch, gamers still cannot make it past Doritos Crash Course 2's opening loading screen, as the game repeatedly fails to connect to non-functioning servers.

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Friday, May 3, 2013


Xbox Live Gold members can grab NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, NFL Blitz and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD for 50% off now through May 6.

Joe Danger 2: The Movie rounds out the list of sports games with a much-less-exciting 33% discount.

To access the sale prices, gamers must be a paying Xbox Live subscriber with a monthly recurring subscription, as neither a 48-hour Gold trial nor a free Gold weekend promotion will work. ... Read More
Thursday, May 2, 2013

The iOS version of Konami's Power Pros 2013 World Baseball Classic is temporarily free to download thanks to an ongoing Apple promotion.

Gamers with Android phones are out of luck, as the Android version is not a part of the special sale, remaining at its normal price of $4.99.

Power Pros 2013 World Baseball Classic features all 16 teams from the recently completed tournament, as well as accurate player ... Read More
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Tuesday afternoon, Sony threw wrestling fans a swerve by re-releasing Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for download over the PlayStation Network.

Weighing in at 4.4 gigabytes, the $9.99 digital release is a direct port of the original 2007 PlayStation 2 game.

Because "PS2 Classics" are not currently supported on the PlayStation Vita or PlayStation Portable, this ... Read More
Posted on April 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM.

This evening, Konami launched its second free title update for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita editions of Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013.

The version 1.02 patch includes several new players, updated player equipment, revised player ratings plus a few gameplay and AI adjustments.

New Players Added To Roster

#27 Nyjer Morgan -- Yokohama DeNA BayStars
#62 Cheng Kai-Wen -- Yokohama DeNA BayStars ... Read More
Friday, April 12, 2013
Posted on April 12, 2013 at 05:19 PM.
DarkSeas Games announced today that they are attempting to resuscitate the motorcycle combat genre with their new Kickstarter project Road Redemption.


Road Redemption's mission statement is to "bring back the classic Road Rash-style gameplay, with next-gen graphics, physics, and online play!"

Design for ... Read More
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Posted on April 9, 2013 at 05:44 PM.
Xbox 360 Indie grappler, Action Arcade Wrestling 2, debuted a new trailer today featuring Beta-stage gameplay footage:


So far, Action Arcade Wrestling 2's feature list includes:
  • Nintendo 64-style grapple and strike controls
  • Blood
  • Weapons, no disqualifications
  • Destructible ring-side announcer table
  • Flaming tables
  • Cage match
  • Singles
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Posted on April 3, 2013 at 08:05 AM.
A special Microsoft Studios publisher sale began today for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Running now through Monday, April 8, the sale features great deals on Xbox Live Arcade racers, Trials and Hydro Thunder.



Check out Operation Sports' archived reviews for more information about the games involved in the sale:

Forza Horizon -- 8.5/10
Trials Evolution -- 8.5/10
Trials Evolution: Origin of Pain ... Read More

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