Former Oakland Raider quarterback Daunte Culpepper recently made a bit of history off of the field, setting a new high score in Madden NFL 2002 that will go into the Gamer’s Edition of the Guiness Book of World Records.
Earning the record in a game he was also the cover athlete of in 2001, Culpepper established [...]

EA Sports is taking a different direction on the Wii, aiming to draw the casual audience into the lucrative yearly sports titles.  Madden, Tiger Woods, NBA Live, FIFA, and NCAA Football, are receiving this make over.
The usual terrifying words to die-hard gamers are included in the press release, including mini-games, inviting to all players, and [...]

Sports gamers across the country can officially start planning their excuses during the preseason, as EA Sports announced today that Madden NFL 09 has completed production and gone gold.
Last night in New York City, EA Sports and Sony hosted a VIP premiere event for the game’s release, with former cover athletes Eddie George, Daunte Culpepper, [...]

San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker was named the global cover athlete for NBA Live 09 this morning by EA Sports. In doing so, Parker will be the first European born global cover athlete for the series.
“I have a long history with EA SPORTS. I’ve been on the cover in France for five years [...]

EA Sports titles on the Wii will be getting peripherals in the near future, according to Electronic Arts’ David McCarthy.
Talking to Gamasutra at this year’s GDC event in Paris, McCarthy discussed the items briefly and mentioned that EA would integrate the peripherals similar to system’s recently released version of Rock Band. They are also making [...]

Electronic Arts announced this afternoon that their Fantasy Football service will be integrated into Madden NFL 09 when it releases in August. The application, which will arrive via DLC at an unknown cost at this point, will allow players to conduct their own fantasy football drafts, keep track of their teams/players, and even import their [...]

As the first foray into the boxing ring for 2K Sports, Prizefighter nicely fills the gap between releases of EA’s Fight Night series but doesn’t aim high with any unique control schemes or revolutionary features. It’s a basic boxing game in a design-by-numbers style that remains addictive for those not looking for originality.

December 13, 2004 is a day that football games changed forever as Electronic Arts and the NFL entered an exclusive agreement with each other to make the Madden NFL series the only game in town. While there’s always been a vocal outcry from the community, today things definitely took an interesting turn as a select [...]

Football fans waiting to get their fix on this year’s slate of games don’t have to wait much longer, as EA Sports will release a demo for NCAA Football 09 for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on June 19.
As confirmed by Pasta Padre, the demo will feature a National Championship Rematch between the [...]

EA Sports announced this morning that Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf will be the worldwide cover athlete for NHL 09. Already a two-time All-Star and nominee for last year’s Norris Trophy, Phaneuf has definitely made a name for himself, scoring 159 points during the course of his five year career in the league.
“It is an [...]

The PSP version of Madden NFL 09 is going to get some extra attention, as Sony Computer Entertainment of America announced today that it will get its own system bundle. Dubbed the Madden NFL 09 PSP Entertainment Pack, it will come complete with a Metallic Blue colored PSP system in addition a number of extra [...]

If you’re a New Orleans Saints fan and have ever felt the sorrow of watching Jason Craft get torched on a 30-yard post route while playing Madden, EA Sports is giving you the chance to try and change history (real life’s not changing though, sorry). Over at the GameStop.com Blog, the developers of Madden NFL [...]

After somewhat keeping the MVP Baseball franchise alive over the last two years by going with college teams and players, Electronic Arts has decided not to renew their deal with the NCAA to continue the series, according to a report by the Sports Business Journal.
Originally making the title after they lost the Major League Baseball [...]

Fight Night fans don’t have to worry about the boxing franchise being replaced by Facebreaker anytime soon. This afternoon, EA Sports confirmed today via press release that Fight Night Round 4 is indeed in development and is on the way to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime next year.
“The EA SPORTS Fight Night franchise [...]

It’s been no secret that Electronic Arts has been one of the biggest supporters of the Nintendo Wii since the system’s launch in 2006. Aiming to take that a step further, the company announced two new initiatives today for the console that they hope will grow the sports genre’s presence on the system even more.
The [...]