Origin is trying to appeal to Steam customers.
At 9 PM on November 24, 2011, Origin will be having a Black Friday sale. This is clearly an initiative to sway customers from Steam for the holiday. Here’s a few of the sales that EA has released:
The downloadable title wasn't included as promised.
Electronic Arts is being sued after not providing copies of the downloadable title Battlefield 1943 with PlayStation 3 retail copies of the new Battlefield 3, as originally promised. EA first said that the PS3 version of the latest in the Battlefield series would come with a free copy of the 2009 release Battlefield 1943, but later stated this would not be the case.
Two new bundles with PlayStation Move are coming just in time for the holidays.
The first bundle includes the PlayStation Move, PlayStation Eye camera, Sports Champions and Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest. It'll retail for $99.99. Sports Champions is a title in the vein of Wii Sports and allows players to compete in various challenge events like Archery, Volleyball, and Gladiator Duel. Medieval Moves is an action-adventure game in which you use the Move to sword fight, shoot arrows and fling throwing stars.
Better luck next year.
I'm not really sure how they did it. Very rarely are sequels to launch games worse off than the original, but Kinect Sports: Season Two manages to be even less compelling than its simplistic predecessor. Not only have half of the sports been done better by Wii Sports, but the other half are so shallow in their implementation, they won't garner any of your attention or time.
Good isn't always good enough.
As the owner of a brand new Kinect, I was somewhat surprised when I realized that Kinect Sports wasn't included. Being that it's clearly Microsoft's answer to Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, it would only make sense to offer it to purchasers of the hands-off peripheral. Yet it's a game sold completely separate of the peripheral at full retail price. Because Microsoft has chosen to separate the game from the peripheral, they've forced Kinect Sports to stand as its own product. After some extensive time with the game, I'm not quite sure it lives up to its steep expectations.
The war has begun! Battlefield comes out October 25, 2011 and here's the launch trailer!
Snuggle up with SSX next Valentine’s Day.
A new SSX trailer was uploaded to YouTube yesterday and while that may not be news worthy by itself there is a small bit at the end that indicates the potential North American release date.
Upcoming downloadable content titled "Legends Showcase."
NBA 2K12 is getting some more content in the form of the "Legends Showcase" DLC. This new content will have a cel-shaded art style, is set in New York City's Time Square, and will allow players to use more than 150 legendary NBA players.
Promotional video showing Drake vouching for the Miami Heat against Mark Cuban's own Dallas Mavericks.
EA Sports scores big with its latest soccer installement
Soccer fans came out in droves this past week. FIFA '12 was released last week on September 27, 2011 and first week sales have totaled to 3.2 million copies, making it the biggest sports launch in history and the biggest video game launch of 2011 thus far. This is a 23% increase in sales over last year's release.
