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EA Sports EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag First good look at EA Sports MMA 17 In the grand pantheon of things I have no place writing about MMA might be the top dog. However, last night on CBS's Saturday Night Fight EA ran an ad for their upcoming MMA game, EA Sports MMA a... EA signs Strikeforce for upcoming MMA title 28 The headline of this story basically says it all, but since I admittedly know little about the world of mixed martial arts, I turned to another source -- friend and Destructoid reader, Kevvo.&nbs... Ten Minute Taste: FIFA 10 4 I'm no sports buff, but I enjoy a good soccer game. In fact, soccer and golf are the only sports games I'll ever play. Well, these and Baseball Simulator 1000 for the NES. That game was awesome.... Fight Night Round 4 now $39.99, new DLC hits December 2 If you had been waiting to pick up Fight Night Round 4, Electronic Arts wants your business. The EA Sports-branded title now costs $39.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.  You can use th... First EA Sports MMA screen looks realistic, smelly 29 Pick up the latest issue of Sports Illustrated and inside you'll find some stuff about sports, yes. But what you'll also find is a single screenshot of EA Sports' upcoming mixed-martial arts titl... PS3/360 Grand Slam Tennis delayed for motion control 8 When EA Sports president Peter Moore first told the world of EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis more than a year ago, he noted that the Wii version would support Wii MotionPlus, and that it would launch... Review: NHL 10 27 EA Sports’ NHL franchise has a distinguished pedigree -- the past two games in the series have earned 19 “sports game of the year” awards from various videogame publications and... Game SERIES Debate to the Death!Mario Golf VS Tiger Woods 31 Time to tee off and debate until you're tee'd off! From turf to rough we move on from last week's debate to another sports series Dtoid discussion. Debate dare: read the rest of this in your... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Madden VS Blitz 36 The debate destruction trail continues hot off the heels of Guitar Hero's corpse from last week. Another week, another homicide. This one wasn't as horrible to witness, but it still made you want... GC 09: Peter Moore reveals EA Sports Active: More Workouts 3 As announced at E3 2009, EA Sports is adding to the EA Sports Active experience with the cleverly titled EA Sports Active: More Workouts. Due out in November, the title will have over 35 new exer... Review: Madden NFL 10 32 After a short run against the Washington Redskins, the dreaded notice came up: “B. [Brandon] Jacobs is going to be evaluated by team doctors.” The New York Giants subbed in their smal... De La Hoya to highlight Fight Night Round 4 boxer DLC 19 Electronic Arts has announced that its first downloadable boxer pack will be made available for Fight Night Round 4 in late August for $9.99 (800 MS Points). The pack will feature Oscar De La Hoy... Boot Camp: EA Sports Active 30-Day Challenge (Week 4) 8 Follow me as I spend a month trying to better myself by using EA Sports Active to exercise and follow its diet tips.Well, I've finally come to the end of my month-long training with EA Sports Act... First impressions: Madden NFL 10 17 It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Samit Sarkar and Brad Nicholson have spent the past few days playing EA Sports’ Madden NFL 10, and they’re here to give you th... Check out some Madden NFL 10 media 10 With the highly-anticipated launch of Madden NFL 10 only a week and a half away, it’s high time for you to familiarize yourself with the game if you haven’t done so already. To that e... Madden NFL 10 looks a lot better than Madden NFL 09 16 In case you haven’t kept up, EA Tiburon has made numerous visual improvements to the Madden series with Madden NFL 10. They’re justifiably proud, so they’ve put together a bunch... Boot Camp: EA Sports Active 30-Day Challenge (Week 3) 3 Follow me as I spend a month trying to better myself by using EA Sports Active to exercise and follow its diet tips.Coming back from Otakon, I had a nagging problem that only got worse with the d... EA announces downloadable Madden Arcade for holiday 2009 17 Remember 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, the $10 PSN/XBLA hockey game that hearkened back to arcade sports classics like NBA Jam and NFL Blitz? Well, it seems that NHL Arcade sold well enough for EA Sports to... EA Sports inks Fedor Emelianenko, others for MMA game 25 Yesterday, EA Sports confirmed the first three fighters for its upcoming mixed martial arts videogame, tentatively titled EA Sports MMA. Headlining the game’s roster will be current WAMMA h... Madden NFL 10 developers drop knowledge on whiny receiver 28 For those who thought that Seattle Seahawks wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh was merely joking when he complained about his attributes in Madden NFL 10 and said he was boycotting the game, well,... First video, images of NBA Live 10 7 For a long time now, EA Sports’ NBA Live series has fallen short of its counterpart from 2K Sports, NBA 2K, in offering a realistic, fun, bug-free game of basketball. In fact, with almost a... Soundtracks for Madden, NBA Live, NHL, and FIFA announced 25 Electronic Arts has announced the soundtracks for its fall lineup of EA Sports titles, which includes Madden NFL 10, FIFA 10, NHL 10, and NBA Live 10. As expected, it's a lot of damned music, rep... SDCC: Hands on with Need for Speed: Nitro 30 We had the chance to take Need for Speed: Nitro for a spin on the Wii at an EA preview event in San Diego a day before Comic-con officially kicked off.  This was the first time we were able ... Seahawks receiver unhappy with Madden rating, boycotts game 32 Sure, the annual Madden ratings are a big deal to football players -- and for the particularly egotistical ones, it’s natural to feel that the game doesn’t properly assess their talen... EA Sports introduces Madden NFL Hall of Fame 7 In the 21 years since its inception, EA Sports’ Madden NFL series has grown from a mere football videogame into a true cultural phenomenon. It’s the most renowned sports franchise in ... NHL 10 adds Be A GM mode 10 Sports simulations, ostensibly, are about recreating the on-field experience in videogame form as well as possible. But as time went on, gamers wanted more out of their sports games; they wanted ... Boot Camp: EA Sports Active 30-Day Challenge (Week 2) 7 Follow me as I spend a month trying to better myself by using EA Sports Active to exercise and follow its diet tips.Coming back from Otakon, I've had some time away from Active to really sit and ... Madden NFL 10 demo exclusive to Xbox Live Gold for a week 15 Really, it’s okay to shed a tear or two if you’re a Madden fan who doesn’t have an Xbox 360 and an Xbox Live Gold account. I’m doing it right now, since I only own a PS3.L... Madden NFL 10 goes gold, will have two demos 9 It’s a big day for the Madden team at EA Tiburon: today, EA Sports officially announced (see PR after the jump) that Madden NFL 10 has gone gold. In case you’re unfamiliar with gaming... FIFA 10 gets dated and detailed, hitting stores on Oct. 2 9 When EA Sports' FIFA 10 was announced, I was worried that the team at EA Canada wouldn't be able to top this year's effort. Well, they seem determined to prove me wrong, according to some new gam... Watch the NHL 10 international cover athletes do their thing 32 Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be on the cover of NHL 10 -- but not in all regions. EA Sports’ NHL series will, once again, feature country-specific covers for certain European... UFC president: EA doesn't give a #@%! about MMA 52 Perhaps you've heard, but THQ's UFC Undisputed sold like gangbusters. Hot on the heels of its success, EA Sports announced that it would be headed into the mixed martial arts territory with a gam... Boot Camp: EA Sports Active 30-Day Challenge (Week 1) 17 When you take a look at me, I don't seem like someone in dire need of a diet or an exercise program. Clocking in at 6'2" and 184lbs, I come off as a bit lanky to most people -- but the truth... Review: Fight Night Round 4 21 The audience for most sports simulations tends to be limited to die-hard fans of the sport in question. But boxing is something that seems to have much higher crossover appeal; perhaps boxing gam... NHL 10 trailer discusses gameplay additions, improvements 10 EA Canada has the unenviable task of developing a follow-up to NHL 09, arguably one of the best sports games ever made, and so far, it looks like they’re up to it. We’ve heard of all ... Fight Night Round 4 DLC announced, will add button controls 13 You clamored for it, and EA listened. We previously heard that EA was considering adding to Fight Night Round 4 the face button punching controls that were present in Fight Night Round 3, and now... FIFA 10 teaser claims game footage; I call shenanigans 20 Another year, another EA Sports title. I know that I'm fighting an uphill battle, but I could really do without FIFA 10. Perhaps ironically, it's because I thought FIFA 09 was so damned good. The... Madden NFL 10 dev diary explains why online franchise rocks 7 During the EA press conference at E3, Peter Moore revealed that Madden NFL 10 will have an online franchise mode, an announcement that got Madden fans everywhere pumped for the upcoming football ... Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) 25 You wouldn't think that a golf videogame would be a good platform to show off new gaming technology, but it turns out that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is a perfect showcase for Nintendo's Wii MotionP... NBA Live 10 will improve, dev promises 5 Samit hat go!If I were to tell you that I had played a basketball game since NBA Jam I would be lying to your face (through the internet). That won't stop me from taking other people's opinions a... Blake Griffin named NCAA Basketball 10 cover athlete 16 Pretty much everyone saw this coming, but former Oklahoma Sooners power forward Blake Griffin has been named by EA Sports as the coverboy for NCAA Basketball 10. Griffin left Oklahoma after his s... Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane is NHL 10 cover athlete 7 This leaked last week, but now the official reveal has been made by EA Sports: Patrick Kane, the star right winger for the Chicago Blackhawks, will be on the North American cover of NHL 10. It&rs... Rumortoid: New NHL 10 features revealed by GameStop? 8 GameStop can be the bane of gamers everywhere with its crappy trade-in values, but its Web site can be a veritable font of information. The “Expanded Information” section of the page ... Put your face in Fight Night Round 4 with 'Photo Game Face' 14 Fight Night Round 4 has a nifty feature called “Photo Game Face.” With the aid of a USB camera or the EA Sports World site, players can import their mugs into the game’s create-... Dwight Howard featured on NBA Live 10 cover (Update) 21 Last week, 2K Sports announced that the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant will be on the cover of NBA 2K10. Now we know that Dwight Howard, C/PF for the Orlando Magic, will grace the cover of... Madden NFL 10 Lead Designer, Ian Cummings, talks co-op 13 One of the major new features in EA Sports’ Madden NFL 10 is online cooperative play -- in fact, it’s new to the Madden franchise as a whole. It’s a pretty big deal; until now, ... Will NHL 10 be the most emotional sports game ever? 19 Speaking during an E3 demo of EA Sports’ NHL 10, producer David Littman told us of the one thing sports games were lacking the most -- emotion. "Hockey is one of the sports that has th... E3 09: EA Sports Active is a huge success, expansion coming 10 During EA's E3 press brefing, EA Sports president Peter Moore was happy to let the world know that they hit one out of the park with EA Sports Active. The game has been a massive hit; it came out... E3 09: Peter Moore announces EA Sports MMA 10 It looks like THQ might have some competition for its well-received UFC 2009 Undisputed game. At EA's E3 press conference, EA Sports president Peter Moore unveiled the newest addition to the EA S... Pre-E3 09: NHL 10 premiere trailer is all about the fighting 15 Sure, technically this is a hockey game. But really, they admit in the trailer: the first thing they want you to know about is the all new fighting engine. Sure, there's other things, like hittin... Pre-E3 09: Madden NFL 10 devs talk about putting in co-op 9 It's no fun getting your ass kicked in Madden. Just because you never watch football, don't have all these different patterns ingrained in your head, and aren't in a frat, doesn't mean that you s... Quarterbacks, Madden NFL 10 has them 6 Electronic Arts dropped a bunch of Madden NFL 10 screens this morning, all of which you can view in our beautiful gallery. The point of these (there’s always a point) is to illustrate Tibur... Fight Night Round 4 adds another nine boxers 7 As we get closer to the June 30th release date of Fight Night Round 4, EA Sports is revealing more and more of the game’s roster. Last time, they unveiled nine fighters, and this time, we f... EA Sports announces NHL 10, says let's get physical 19 Football gets all the press for big hits, but it seems to me that hockey is the most physically taxing and intense sport out there. It’s a fantastic mix of speed and size; finesse and stren... Go in-depth with Madden NFL 10's Pro-Tak animation system 13 The gang at EA Tiburon is aiming to bring gamers the most accurate football simulation ever made, and chief among their improvements to gameplay in Madden NFL 10 is the game’s all-new Pro-T... Preview: Fight Night Round 4 21 My love for sports knows few bounds, and boxing is one of them. Say what you will, but watching two men beat the living daylights out of each other is just not something that appeals to me (and i... Peter Moore on PC: Shipping physical discs 'isn't working' 11 Chatting with Edge Online about the current state of EA Sports, division president Peter Moore has voiced his concern with the company's business model for the PC platform."We really want to... EA Sports reveals more of Fight Night Round 4 roster 7 Until now, we’ve only known about 12 of the 45-plus boxers in Fight Night Round 4 (eight heavyweights and four others). But earlier this week, in the third roster reveal, EA Sports told us ... Preview: Madden NFL 10 19 Love it or hate it, you’ve got to at least acknowledge and respect the massive cultural phenomenon that is EA Sports’ Madden NFL series. With over 70 million copies sold, it’s t... Preview: EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis 16 In this console generation, “hardcore” gamers -- especially sports gamers -- have completely dismissed and ignored the Wii (you know, like many Destructoid readers dismiss and ignore ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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