News Tagged: EA Sports
Out Now: Madden NFL 13
US Sales Already Impressive
Madden NFL 13 is out today in the UK, but EA are already counting up the pennies after a successful first day in the States. In the first 24 hours, the Gridiron behemoth has blasted through the 900,000 sales mark, which represents a healthy 7% increase year-on-year on current-generation machines. On top of that, EA are.. Continue Reading »
News: Mexican Wave of FIFA 13 Screenshots Arrives
Shows skills games, career mode, and more...
This may well be the second FIFA 13 update in as many days, but boy, we're excited for this one! EA Sports have released a batch of new screenshots showing some of the new additions to the game. Skill challenges are the order of the day, with the images showing a crossing minigame, games involving.. Continue Reading »
News: FIFA 13 Voice Commands Detailed
Come on, Ref!
We found out about FIFA 13 getting Kinect voice support back at E3, but details were a little bit sparse. EA have today confirmed a few more pieces of information about the new functionality, with voice commands promising to provide a surprising new layer of depth to the game. As well as being able to call for substitutions and change.. Continue Reading »
Blog: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Kinect
Straight from the horse's mouth
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13's Kinect features were detailed in a video yesterday, and now we have a developer blog from EA Sports explaining more about Kinect integration in Tiger Woods this year. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 Kinect FeaturesHi, my name is Eric Busch, and I’m one of the designers on Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13. Today I’ll be discussing Kinect for Xbox 360.. Continue Reading »
News: Here's the First Tiger Woods Kinect Video and Screens
Put down the club
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 marks EA Sports' first proper foray into Kinect integration in its core sports franchises, but judging from the first Kinect footage below it's off to a good start. The game uses voice commands and gestures too, with players facing the Kinect rather than standing side-on when swinging, which hopefully should keep things accurate, if not entirely realistic.. Continue Reading »
News: Expect More Tiger Woods Kinect Details Soon
Here's what we have so far
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is the first EA Sports game to make use of Kinect — in fact, EA is arguing it's the first-ever Kinect sports simulation game — but we're all waiting eagerly for more information about how the sensor will work on the fairway. We'll have to wait two more weeks, apparently. EA has announced we'll find out more during the week of 24th January,.. Continue Reading »
News: Tiger Woods Tees Off EA Sports' Kinect Support in 2012
The first of many
EA Sports hasn't done anything with Kinect yet, somewhat surprising considering its unrivalled stable of sports games. The publisher will break that duck next year when it releases Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 for Xbox 360. The golf game, due out in March 2012, will make use of Kinect's body-tracking and voice recognition capabilities in gameplay, though at this stage EA isn't talking.. Continue Reading »
News: EA Sports Looking to Bring Golf to Kinect in Future
But not this year
The bad news is that EA ran out of time to bring Tiger Woods to Kinect this year, but it's not game over for the idea of a hands-free golf game. Lead designer on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters Mike DeVault spoke to Eurogamer about the sensor's potential, and although the didn't give any specifics it looks like future outings may see the motion-sensing gadget supported:.. Continue Reading »
News: EA Ran Out of Time to Bring Tiger Woods to Kinect
Lack of wood didn't help
While EA's next golf game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters is heading to PlayStation Move and Wii, the Xbox 360 version won't be supporting Microsoft's motion-controller gadget. According to EA Sports top dog Peter Moore, it's not due to a lack of effort, just a lack of time. The team basically ran out of time from a development perspective. We were looking at how we.. Continue Reading »
