The online pass that EA will include in SSX at the end of February is a little unique. In fact, it's a lot unique compared to what the company has done in the past. Today, EA told gaming sites what to expect when they get their games. Here's the statement EA Sports sent out regarding the online pass included with the new SSX: As you know, all EA Sports games for the Xbox 360 and PS3...
Most SSX fans should be riding a nostalgia high for the remainder of the day after watching the trailer embedded up above. The music featured behind the in-game footage and quotes of praise from game coverage publications is a remix of "Tricky," one of the most famous tracks in this snowboarding franchise's beloved history. EA Sports is relaunching this franchise in what appears to be...
Ever since revealing the next entry in the SSX franchise, it seems that EA Sports have been working to reduce the widespread speculation that this newest iteration wouldn't be as over the top or tricky as past points. The first trailer for the game revealed an extremely dark take on snowboarding, something out of character with the SSX brand. Today, however, EA Sports have given fans a...
Buying brand new video games was once the highlight of just about every gaming enthusiast the world over. There was something about cracking into a new case to find a fresh, shiny, unmarred game within. That still remains, of course, as not much has changed within the process of opening a game over the last several years (except for ever-vanishing instruction booklets, which is an...
In the video above, two of the developers behind EA‘s upcoming SSX relaunch discuss their mountain building engine and several of the environments gamers can expect to see in the game. They tout such features as being able to enter earth coordinates into their proprietary engine and have a raceable mountain model built in less than 30 seconds. If hearing stats like that really isn’t...
NFL Blitz was one of those classic sports titles that owned arcades during the late 90s and early 00s. In fact, the NFL Blitz franchise is one of the last reasons I had to visit arcades, outside of Marvel vs. Capcom, before they became extremely rare. This previously Midway-developed and published series was loved by both fans and critics alike. It's last entries stood as Blitz: The...
Electronic Arts has officially launched their newest digital edition of money earning plans for their core gaming audience: EA Sports Season Ticket. For $24.99 a year, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to land early, discounted and premium content for five of EA’s banner sports titles. Madden, NHL, Tiger Woods, FIFA, and NCAA Football are the five series eligible for the...
Any fan of the football video game genre during the early 2000s saw this one coming from a mile away. In December of 2004, EA Sports signed a deal with the NFL that granted the publisher exclusivity over the NFL, NCAA, AFL and NFLPA licenses for use in video games. Games like NFL 2K with official team names, logos and players, were made illegal to produce and, thus, disappeared from...