GI.Biz writes: Electronic Arts is to stand by shamed golf star Tiger Woods, following the public apology made to his family over personal transgressions. Woods, who was the first golfer to hit the USD 1 billion career earnings mark three months ago, has been surrounded by a frenzy of speculation since he was admitted to hospital following a car accident outside his home in Florida at the weekend.
Gamezine: A TV advertisement for the video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 has been banned for misleading consumers. The ad showed Tiger Woods swinging a Wii controller with characters from the game mirroring his movements. However, the footage was taken from the Xbox 360 version of the game, not the Wii.
A release date for Killzone 2, Sony stealing from the LittleBigPlanet community, and GameStop and EA creating a subscription service in the pre-Thanksgiving edition.
There seems to be a problem when the latest Madden sells more than two million copies on PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2 combined in the U.S. in August this year - and just a little over 100,000 on the Wii according to sales-tracker NPD. A few years ago, that kind of sales misery on a Nintendo console would be okay. For a long time, sports games on Nintendo consoles just didn't sell. But given that Wii Sports sparked Nintendo's GameCube-to-Wii console resurrection, it seems like sports games can sell on the Wii. So why isn't EA Sports having an easier go of it on the Wii? MTV Multiplayer recently asked EA Sports chief Peter Moore to tell them what EA was doing right and wrong with sports games on Nintendo's console.
Tracey John writes: In reviewing the box art of new game releases every week, we noticed that every EA Sports All-Play cover for the Wii features a smiling athlete. It's even more noticeable if you compare them to the covers of the same titles released on other platforms. When we sat down with EA Sports chief Peter Moore last week, we asked him why there are grinning athletes on the box art of their Wii-only sports titles.
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 features Club Tuner which gives gamers the opportunity to calibrate their clubs to fit their personal tendencies and preferences. Players can test and customize their driver, fairway woods, irons and wedges. If the gamer doesn't want to invest a lot of time customizing their clubs, their performance coach Hank Haney, can also provide recommendations on the optimal settings for each of their clubs. Players will be able to tweak the sliders on five club attributes: power, workability, loft, spin and bias, therefore allowing the gamer to maximize their equipment for various types of conditions or courses. But strategy will come into play as gamers must weigh the risks of club performance versus ease of use. So tune wisely!
Sarcastic Gamer writes: We just got a peek at a Wii-exclusive series of games from EA aimed at solving the eternal dilemna of gaming mismatches. Peter Moore introduced All Play a feature being built into numerous Wii titles by EA in the coming year. We watched as Peter Moore played Tiger Woods with an LPGA star whose name I forgot. Sorry, I am sure she's like very famous and is deserving of my memory. Kill me.
EA Sports revealed the full roster of its All-Play line of games for the Wii today, with five titles being given specific features and gameplay mechanics in their '09 iterations for the console.
Tiger's next is coming August 29. This article includes the first screens and the Xbox 360 cover art.
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