Midway is bringing its NBA action and lifestyle game to PSP with NBA Ballers: Rebound. The action is one-on-one streetball as you attempt to guide your created baller from obscurity to superstardom by taking on and beating the best players in the NBA. There are over a hundred different ways you can customize your aspiring basketballer, then develop his skills against the best in the world. Then each time you defeat an NBA star you'll be rewarded with Ballers Credits which can be used to ...
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Electronic Arts would be wise to buy 2K Sports, or so says industry analyst Michael Pachter for Wedbush Morgan Securities. The suggestion came amid the move from Wedbush downgrading Take-Two Interactive's stock from "hold" to "sell" Friday. Take-Two Interactive owns 2K Sports as a subsiderary.

"It is clear to us that Take-Two's sports business would have tremendous value to EA, as it would give EA a monopoly on football, basketball, baseball, and hockey," Pachter said. His analysis concluded that EA might purchase 2K Sports for as much as $200 million dollars, but he noted, "It is arguable that EA would benefit by as much as $1 billion if it were to obtain an exclusive; this does not mean that it is willing to pay $1 billion."
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Here is the list of the latest review scores from Famitsu.

The complete list:

Motorstorm (PS3, Sony): 8 / 8 / 8 / 6 - (30/40)
Sonic The Hedgehog (PS3, Sega): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360, Capcom): 9 / 9 / 9 / 9 - (36/40)
Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360, Sega): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix): 7 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
Madden NFL 07 (PS2, EA): 7 / 8 / 7 / 5 - (27/40)
Monster 4X4: World Circuit (Wii, Ubisoft): 7 / 6 / 7 / 8 - (28/40)
A Ressha de Ikou HX (Xbox 360, Artdink): 7 / 6 / 7 / 7 - (27/40)
Metal Gear Portable Ops (PSP, Konami): 9 / 10 / 9 / 9 - (37/40)
Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology (PSP, Bandai Namco): 8 / 7 / 8 / 7 - (30/40)
Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS (NDS, Spike): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Heisei Kyouiku Iinkai DS (NDS, Bandai Namco): 6 / 9 / 7 / 6 - (28/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PS2, EA): 8 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (30/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (Wii, EA): 8 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (28/40)
Need for Speed Carbon (PSP, EA): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
School Love! (PS2, Views): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (24/40)
Intelligent License 2 (PSP, Now Production): 7 / 9 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
NBA Live 07 (PSP, EA): 7 / 8 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Hamster to Kurasou (NDS, Interchannel): 6 / 6 / 5 / 5 - (22/40)
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VGChartz has just uploaded the new hard- and software sales for the week of September 30 - October 6. Not suprisingly, Halo 3 remains the top selling game in the US with an additional 562.000 copies in its second week, which brings its total to almost 3.2 million. Nintendo DS's biggest title of the year thus far, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, debuted on second place with almost 350.000 copies. Also, NBA 2K8 on the Xbox 360 outsold NBA Live 08 on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 2 with a debut of 116.000, compared to NBA Live's 102.000 on the Xbox 360. Microsofts exclusive title Project Gotham Racing 4 debuted with just 90.000 copies in its first week.

On the hardware side, the Halo 3 effect seems to still effect the Xbox 360 hardware sales as Xbox 360 hardware numbers jumped another 6% to almost 130.000. Nintendo DS was still the top selling hardware this week, despite a 5% decline to 135.000 copies. Nintendo Wii sales dropped 2% to 95.000 as Playstation 3 numbers remained at the same level with almost 30.000 units. Check out all this weeks numbers after the jump.
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P.J. Snavely: NBA '08 for the PSP is our fourth iteration of basketball on the handheld platform. Over the past three versions, we've always tried to be on the leading edge of combining simulation NBA basketball with some new and innovative ideas in the genre ¿ things that would be fun and different to play. Personally, I find it very frustrating when developers bring an identical version of a sports game to the PSP, so we've gone out of our way to ensure that NBA '08 is significantly different than its PS2/PS3 brethren.
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Electronic Arts today unveiled the music track listing for NBA Live 08 set to release October 2, 2007. Long considered the industry's most influential launching pad for innovative new music, this year's soundtrack features 19 songs ¿ including 5 debut tracks ¿ for an unprecedented international mix of hip-hop, rock, reggae, R&B and more.
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"This week's update will be dominated by EA Sports, which is releasing a demo for FIFA 10, and NBA Live 10. We'll also be getting Creat Studios and Tik Games latest PSN offering, Interpol: The Trial of Dr. Chaos. For those of you in the US or EU, if you don't feel like waiting until next week for the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Demo, it will be available in the Japanese PlayStation Store this week. Also if you've got Batman: Arkham Asylum make sure to download the free Insane Night DLC. Lastly, Trine developer Frozenbyte says the long-awaited game is coming tomorrow, but given it's track record, we'll be keeping it in the Rumored Section just in case. Let's hope it's worth the wait."
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For a very long time now, fans have expressed their distaste and disconcern for the NBA Live franchise. Everyone will have their own opinion as to when the series started falling off, with some even going to the extremes of saying it was never good to begin with. Whatever side of the ball you're on, you'll probably be interested to know that EA Producer Sean O'Brien shares your pain. It's rare for any developer to flatout admit that their games haven't been good, but conversely, it's rare for a developer to say they won't improve, either.
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Electronic Arts captures the emotion of college football today with the launch of NCAA Football 07 and the all-new momentum system. Whether you're reaching out for that extra yard to move the chains for a key first down, knocking the ball loose for a crucial turnover or flawlessly executing a trick play, the game's momentum can shift in your favor with one play.
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Encapsulating all of the bluster and fanfare of the pigskin parade that is NCAA football, EA has released new screens of NCAA Football 07. This year's enhancements focus around the new momentum system, which challenges teams to maintain their pushes with big plays, defensive stops and special teams. Turning the tide of a game is what it's all about, and players must use every tactic in their arsenal to keep their winning inertia ...
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