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Mad Tracks Hits 1.8 Million Downloads (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

19/12/2007

Paris, Dec 18th 2007 - Today, Load Inc. announced Mad Tracks PC trial version was downloaded by 1.2 million PC enthusiasts and over 630,000 Xbox 360 fans.

'Mad Tracks', the toy car arcade game everyone is praising has passed the 1.8 million download mark of its trial version. The game is still available online at www.loadinc.net and on the Xbox360 Live Arcade.

Mad Tracks Nominated in France (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

4/09/2007

Load Inc. announced today that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Mad Tracks has been nominated to compete in the best French console game category at the annual French Video Game Festival in Paris.

Mad Tracks "Encore Expansion Pack" Released (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

27/06/2007

Load Inc has just released the new "Encore Expansion Pack" for 350 Microsoft Points. It includes nine additional races plus six new mini-games.

Mad Tracks Patch Available Now (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

12/06/2007

Microsoft and Load Inc. have released a correcting patch for Mad Tracks. This title update corrects unlocking issue that was preventing some players from progressing in the game. The update will automatically install at title launch and will have no side effect.

Mad Tracks trial version glitch; patch confirmed (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

3/06/2007

Mad Tracks developer Slyben has confirmed on the Xboxic Forum that the patch for Mad Tracks is finished and in the hands of the almighty Microsoft.

Mad Tracks to Hit Xbox Live Arcade Soon (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

22/05/2007

Mad Tracks has passed the dreaded Microsoft final certification and so the first racing game made for Xbox Live Arcade will be available soon.

Six new Arcade games revealed for Live (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

9/05/2007

Alongside today's release of XBLA Double Dragon, Microsoft has detailed the six new download titles heading to Xbox 360 "later this year." To save our fingers the pain, here's the list (not in chronological order of release) via the magic of cut and paste: Mad Tracks: This 3D racing party game from Load Inc. and D3Publisher recalls all the fun of playing with toy cars from childhood. Up to four players can race micro cars in a variety of gameplay modes in familiar settings such as a living ...

D3Publisher of America To Bring Games To Xbox Live Arcade (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

7/05/2007

Premier publisher of interactive entertainment software, D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), will begin to bring titles to gamers through Xbox LIVE Arcade later this year. Xbox LIVE Arcade on the Xbox 360 is the premier destination for digitally distributed, high definition original and classic games. The first three titles Xbox 360 owners can expect to see from D3PA on the service are Mad Tracks, a racing game that takes its inspiration from the pull-back-and-go toy cars of gamers' youth, RocketBowl, Xbox LIVE Arcade's first bowling game, which brings the fun of miniature golf to the bowling alley, and Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, a downloadable version of the Nintendo DS and PSP (PlayStation Portable) system game which blends match-three puzzle gameplay with strategy, character-building elements and a persistent storyline set in the beloved Warlords universe.

Mad Tracks delayed to include Live multiplayer (Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade)

8/08/2006

Denis Bourdain, VP of Mad Tracks developer Load Inc., told Xboxic the exclusive news today that together with Microsoft they have decided to give the gamers exactly what they would've preferred to do all along: to make this not only the best Xbox Live Arcade party game for home multiplayer, but also for online Xbox Live multiplayer. The reason for initially not including it was simply a combination of time, money and technical difficulties, with the PC version's LAN code having to be rewritten from the ground up to be able to run over Xbox Live, but the decision is final now that they will do exactly that despite the several months delay it will cause.

Madden NFL Arcade Achievements Revealed (Madden NFL 06)

5/11/2009

Xbox360Achievements.org has revealed the achievements for XBLA's upcoming release, Madden NFL Arcade. The game has 12 achievements for the usual 200 points.

Economist: EA's Madden Monopoly Cost Gamers Up To $926 Million (Madden NFL 06)

15/07/2009

The high-profile court case against EA Sport's "monopoly" in the NFL market took an interesting turn this week, with an economist brought in to show how much the demise of 2K's competing NFL franchise has cost sports gamers.

Despite admitting his report is based on incomplete data, University of Michigan economics professor Dr. Jeffrey Mackie-Mason has told the the U.S. District Court in San Francisco that EA's domination of the NFL video games market has cost gamers between $701 million and $926 million since 2K's NFL2K series was blocked from competing with EA.

Federal Judge: Madden Monopoly Suit May Proceed Against EA (Madden NFL 06)

10/06/2009

EA had previously requested that Judge Vaughn Walker dismiss claims by Geoffrey Pecover and Jeffrey Lawrence. The two Madden buyers, serving as named plaintiffs in the class-action suit, alleged that by eliminating competition for NFL-licensed games EA had acted in a monopolistic fashion and unjustly enriched itself at the expense of consumers. On Friday Judge Walker issued a ruling denying EA's motion. The Judge did, however, rule that only claims in California and Washington, D.C. would go forward since that is where the two named plaintiffs in the case reside.

Report: Retired NFL Players Plan to Sue EA, Madden (Madden NFL 06)

20/04/2009

His days of calling NFL games on T.V. may be over, but John Madden's retirement might not be as idyllic as he had hoped.

According to a report on former Oakland Raiders lineman Dave Pear's Blog, NFL retirees are planning to go after Madden and Electronic Arts, publisher of the best-selling pro football game which bears the former coach's name.

EA chops online for 06 games (Madden NFL 06)

3/08/2007

If you never see the point of buying every yearly update of EA's sports titles, EA's about to give you one: from September 1 it will begin shutting down the online servers for most of its 2006-edition sports titles. As of that date, the online gameplay options on games like FIFA World Cup 2006, NBA Live 06, Madden 06 and Tiger Woods 06 will be rendered useless on all formats including PC. This means you'll have to purchase the newer editions of the games to continue the fight via the web, or ...

Economist: EA's Madden Monopoly Cost Gamers Up To $926 Million (Madden NFL 07)

15/07/2009

Federal Judge: Madden Monopoly Suit May Proceed Against EA (Madden NFL 07)

10/06/2009

Report: Retired NFL Players Plan to Sue EA, Madden (Madden NFL 07)

20/04/2009

Video Gamers Sue EA Over Exclusive Sports Games (Madden NFL 07)

16/06/2008

Sports video games are a huge business -- and for many years, it was an extremely competitive space. I remember a few years back trying to wade through half a dozen different baseball video game titles to figure out which one was worth buying. However, a few years back, video game giant EA started signing "exclusive" deals with a variety of sporting leagues, including the NFL. These "exclusive" deals supposedly meant that only EA could produce games with the names and stats of real players -- a huge selling point among most fans. And, of course, in gaining exclusivity, EA has completely cashed in. However, a bunch of angry video gamers are now suing the company for anticompetitive conduct, noting that these exclusive deals killed off all the competition, allowing EA to drastically raise its prices.

GTA Rules NPD All-Time U.S. Top 10 (Madden NFL 07)

5/06/2008

Next-Gen.Biz writes: "The NPD Group has revealed the top 10 selling games of all time in the U.S. market.

Forbes reported earlier this week NPD Group's up-to-date top ten U.S. videogame sales figures by units, revealing a list dominated by the Grand Theft Auto and Madden NFL franchises.

As seen below, GTA: San Andreas from 2004 is the top-selling game in the U.S. with 9.43 million units sold. The franchise shows up on the top 10 three times, while Madden appears four times.

Activision had two 2007 titles already break the top 10 (Guitar Hero III and Call of Duty 4), while EA had one 2007 title on the list in the form of Madden NFL 08."

Madden NFL 09 LE not seeing a PAL release? - Dimorphic360 (Madden NFL 07)

22/04/2008

Dimorphic360 writes:

"It seems that Australia once again is getting shafted when it comes to limited edition releases of games. First Mass Effect and Devil May Cry 4 were given cut down limited edtion releases (in the case of Mass Effect we only got a small pre-order bonus) and the limited edition bundle of EA Sports Madden franchise looks like the next in line..."