Previewing games can be a funny business. You’re either under the watchful gaze of the developers themselves as they unveil their progeny for the very first time or part of a scrum of people keeping one eye on the game at hand and the other scoping out to see if the lady with the tray [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sports’
FIFA 11: Final Look
Posted: September 10, 2010 in iPhone/iPad/iPod, Nintendo DS/i/3DS, Playstation 3, PSP, Wii, XBOX 360Tags: nds, pc, ps2, ps3, PSP, sports, wii, xbox360
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Top Spin 3 (Xbox 360)
Posted: September 8, 2010 in Playstation 3, Wii, XBOX 360Tags: ps3, sports, wii, xbox360
Top Spin 3 was one of the best tennis simulations ever made. It delivered tough-to-learn control mechanics that did a good job of conveying the complexities and general difficulty of the sport. WithTop Spin 4, 2K Sports is peeling a few layers of difficulty off of the sim tennis game in hopes of bringing in a [...]
After what seemed like months of waiting and dreaming of glowing balls, PlayStation Move is upon us, and leading the charge on the software side of things is Sports Champions, a mini-game collection of six different sports. Sony thinks so highly of this title that it’s packed in the official PlayStation Move starter pack and the [...]
Sports are a natural fit for motion-sensitive controls, so I fully understand the inclination for developers to dive in headfirst with a sports title as one of their first efforts with the new PlayStation Move hardware. Racquet Sports, however, is a game that should’ve been left on the drawing board. It offers five different racquet-based activities, [...]
Hockey doesn’t get a lot of love in the United States. I have no idea why, but that’s the way it’s been for ages. Still, that hasn’t stopped EA Sports from churning out one of the most consistently great sports franchises around with its NHL line of games. If you’re a hockey nut, rest assured [...]
Little League World Series 2010
Posted: August 25, 2010 in Playstation 3, XBOX 360Tags: ps3, sports, xbox360
There’s no doubt that sports games have lost the simplicity that made them so accessible back in the days of the Genesis and Super Nintendo, when player models were nothing more than 2D sprites on the screen. In those days the expectation for a realistic depiction of the sport was minimal. That has changed recently [...]
Madden NFL 11 (Xbox 360)
Posted: August 11, 2010 in XBOX 360Tags: ipad, iphone, ps2, ps3, PSP, sports, wii, xbox360
For years Madden has been building features, gameplay modes and control mechanics for the hardcore football fans of the world. It was trying to emulate even the smallest details of NFL football and EA Sports enjoyed lots of success with its endeavors. But in recent years many newcomers were turned off by the complexities that [...]
Wisely getting out front of Electronic Arts’ Madden NFL juggernaut, Gameloft’s NFL 2011 offers a football sim that takes advantage of a complete NFL license — every single pro team and player is in here. NFL 2011 also aims to compete with improved intelligence (something lacking in last year’s edition), a larger playbook, and enhanced visuals. [...]
Wii Sports is not just a videogame. It is a phenomenon. As such, dozens of imitators followed in its wake on the Wii, trying to replicate the magic of its accessible motion-controlled sports minigames. Few succeeded. That’s why it is so cool to see a smart take on Wii Sports bowling on an entirely different [...]
If you’ve been following IGN.com over the last week (and I hope you have), then you know that NBA Jam is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the form of a one-time free download packaged with NBA Elite 11, EA Sports’ simulation basketball title. Recently I got the chance to head up to [...]
