Here is a look at the ever growing lineup of EA inspired mobile games for the iPhone. Their lineup continues to look impressive and EA will make some decent amounts of money off of these games just like they did off Super Monkey Ball, hopefully making it more accessible for others to jump on board to this medium.
Perhaps one of the funniest comments I have seen in a while:
“THEY INVADED!!!
aww crap iphone revolution is here…R.I.P. PSP”
User garc4475 commented and there may be some truth in his jest.
Yup you read that right, Burnout Paradise the entire game is coming to the PSN, not a mini game based from it or a segment, but the entire game including all the new content. An impressive feat just from the standpoint that they are taking a Blu Ray game and smooshing it into a downloadable format. (yes smooshing is a very technical term I know) So you can head on over to the Playstation Store and grab the downloadable version as well as the DLC this Autumn, which includes the bikes and new modes for $29.99. Curious what else we can expect to come to the PSN in a downloadable format? Perhaps some more EA titles? Sony is sending a message to the Xbox 360 and it’s inability to do things just like this.
The iPhone continues to show off some interesting games and Spore: Origins is no different. The iPhone version of Spore lets you take full control of your creature and use the accelerometer to move it around the environments to eat and attack enemies. The creature creator portion looks to be fairly in depth and take advantage of the touch screen very well. Looking forward to seeing more of this title and possibly seeing how it can link tot he full PC title.
In what has to be a pretty bizarre lawsuit, EA and Sony are both looking at a lawsuit that former NFL player and current Hall of Famer, Jim Brown, has brought against them for using his likeness without his consent.
The character, part of the “Real Old School Teams and Players” series, is a muscular, African-American running back wearing the number 32 jersey who is featured in the game’s “All Brown’s Team,” Brown said in a complaint filed yesterday in state court in New York.
Brown, who wore number 32 for the Cleveland Browns, said in the complaint that he “never signed away any rights that would allow his likeness to be used.”
Looks like Jim Brown is not a fan of Madden after all, or EA or Sony. Jim Brown goes as far to say that them abusing his likeness actually devalues his overall worth.
Brown said Sony and Electronic Arts, maker of the “Madden” football games, have “unjustly enriched and have received and continue to hold ill-gotten gains,” diluting his trademark rights for his likeness and reducing its value.
In the lawsuit, Brown seeks unspecified damages for trademark infringement, unauthorized use of his likeness, trademark dilution and unfair business practices and competition. He also seeks a preliminary and permanent court order to stop the use of his likeness.
I think Jim is getting a bit bent around the axle but lets see how this ends up. Something tells me that old Jim does not have a leg to stand on since they will say that the jersey number and the character even remotely looking like him are just coincidences.
Lucy Bradshaw from EA discusses what Spore is all about and tackles the issue of adult themed Spore creatures in the game. Since the user created creatures are unlimited by the imagination of the players you can guarantee that players have already made some questionable creatures. You can play solo, share only with friends or have complete sharing and interact with every-ones characters, if you have small children you may want to limit online play to just friends.
If you want to see a dancing dong that was created in Spore hit the jump. Something tells me we will see a lot of these in game and worse. Read More »
Looks like the Big Daddy form Bioshock has made an appearance in EA’s Spore. I would have never guessed that the massive protector of the little sisters could look so darn cute, but here he is in all his glory. Great job by this guy and really shows the endless potential of Spore. I am curious about what the Big Daddy will look like after it evolves and also if I can make a Loot Ninja in Spore?
EA and Maxis put up a sneak peak of their new Sims 3 game scheduled to release in 2009. For anyone who has ever played or heard of a Sims game this is nothing earth shattering, but it does look pretty crisp and the familiar ‘Simlish’ is back. This one looks to be a bit more open world and focuses not only on the player and their home, but the entire town. More Sims action to come to your PC next year.
With EA making more and more moves and slowly acquiring everything it can get its grasp on, would the idea of an EA console be out of the question? Would EA ever go down the road of a manufacturer and try their hand at a system during the next generation of consoles?
Sega once was a player in the console war, so was Atari and now they are both reduced to be solely video game software developers. Does this limit them in what they can bring to the table? I say yes. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all make games that cater specifically for their system and make a lot of money because of this luxury. EA could benefit greatly if they decide to try their hand at a console and make games specifically that cater to their system, such as making Madden and the sports franchises only for their console. Read More »
Looks like EA is trying to cross promote by tying in the Madden soundtrack with the orignal Rock Band by making it available is downloadable content over a period of time. They are also pumping it out on iTunes for all you new and old iPhone users.
Most notable for the music industry is a tie-in between the game’s soundtrack and the “Rock Band” videogame. (EA serves as the game’s distributor, which is actually published by MTV.)
Under the deal, “Rock Band” will feature music from the “Madden 09″ soundtrack in its weekly downloadable songs update, a handful at a time, over several weeks, with each song carrying the “Madden” brand. Additionally, each soundtrack song will be available for sale via iTunes as part of a special “Madden” playlist.
As an added nice touch EA is giving a little incentive to thos gamers that pre-order the game as well.
EA is also offering fans who pre-order the game from Target an iTunes gift card worth 10 free downloads once they pick up the title.
Check out this video where the executive producer of Dead Space, Glen Schofield, talks about the strategies of taking out enemies in the game by dismembering them. I like the concept of being able to immobilize enemies and changing how they attack you. Ninja Gaiden 2 was pretty good with this aspect of gameplay as well, you could cut an enemies arm off and he would still try to attack you until it couldn’t anymore. This will definitely add to the horror aspect of Dead Space if you have dismembered monsters chasing you around a space station.
We're like Spaceballs... we're making Loot Ninja everything. Coming soon we'll have hats, shirts, hoodies, possibly banana hammocks if one Editor has his way...
Check out the shirt prototypes here and the hats here
