FIFA 13 Will Have More Realistic Faces

fifa 13 facial improvements

While FIFA 12 was a giant step forward for the series, EA Sports looks to continue their dominance of the virtual pitch.  It has been confirmed that FIFA 13 will feature new digital imaging designed to make it much easier to recognize your favorite players from a distance as well as up close.  EA Sports has partnered with Dimensional Imaging to produce a 3D likeness that we have never seen before.

We still don’t have too many details concerning FIFA 13 but it is usually around this time that details start to emerge.  When they do, we will keep you posted.

Madden 13 Playbooks 1 and 2 Videos

EA Sports has released 2 more videos on Playbooks 1 and 2 in Madden NFL 13.  The first goes over presentation and the second outlines improvements to gameplay.  There are still 5 more playbooks that will be revealed before Madden 13 comes out on August 28th.  Check out the 2 videos below.

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Reveal Trailer

call of duty black ops 2 trailer

While we cover sports video games 99% of the time, today we are taking a break to bring you some huge news coing out of Activision: The official announcement of Black Ops 2.  The announcement comes with a 2 minute reveal trailer which is more of a teaser than anything else but nevertheless it looks to be another awesome game in the Call of Duty franchise.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 comes out on November 13th, 2012.  You can check out the full trailer below. Let us know what you think in the comments section.

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Detailed Madden 13 Rookie Player Ratings

All Madden football fans know that every April a slew of new rookies come into the NFL and more importantly the next year’s Madden game.  Madden 13 has a few impact rookies that will make huge differences on their respective teams.  Below we have the overall ratings for some of those rookies as well as a detailed look at a few of them.  Keep in mind that these numbers and ratings could still change in the months leading up to Madden NFL 13. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

(#1) Andrew Luck: 85 – 82 spd 92 tpw 93 short 92 mid 75 deep

(#2) Robert Griffin III: 83 – 93 speed 96 power 82 short 86 mid 88 deep

(#3) Trent Richardson: 83 – 90 speed 96 acc 93 car 95 truck

(#4) Matt Kalil: 83

(#5) Justin Blackmon: 80 – 88 speed 90 catch 93 cit 95 release 92 spec

(#6) Morris Claiborne: 81 – 92 spd with 93 mcv 83 zcv 85 press

(#7) Mark Barron: 80

(#8) Ryan Tannehill: 75 – 83 spd 90 power 88/84/70

(#9) Luke Kuechly: 78 – 86 spd 95 tkl 75 power 85 prec 86 pur

(#10) Stephon Gilmore: 73 – 94 spd with 87 zcv and 78 mcv 81 press

(#11) Dontari Poe: 75

(#12) Fletcher Cox: 74 – 77 spd

(#13) Michael Floyd: 75 – 91 spd 86 catch 87 spc 88 rls 88 cit

(#14) Michael Brockers: 69

(#16) Quinton Coples: 76 – 80 spd 81 bshd 88 powmove

(#17) Dre Kirkpatrick: 75 – 89 spd 77 mcv 92 zcv 88 prs

(#18) Melvin Ingram: 76 – 82 spd 82 pmov 87 fmov 79 bshd

(#20) Kendall Wright: 74 – 92 spd 83 catch 83 spc 66 rls 69 cit

(#23) Riley Reiff: 78

(#24) David DeCastro: 84

(#25) Dont’a Hightower: 74 – 80 spd 88 tkl 89 power 90 bshd

(#26) Whitney Mercilus: 73 – 84 spd 89pmov 67 bshd

(#31) Doug Martin: 75

(#32) David Wilson: 72

2 New Madden Videos Roll In


With the 90 minute presentation and gameplay live stream and the Madden 13 cover athlete reveal live on SportsNation, many fans over looked the 2 brand new video that EA Sports put up on Youtube.  The first goes over some of the improvements that they are trying to showcase in Madden 13 like new pass trajectories, new defensive AI, and the new play-action system.  The second goes over commentary, instant replay, and pre-game introductions.  Check them out below and let us know what you think in the comments section.

Calvin Johnson Will Be Madden 13 Cover Athlete

After 20 million votes and over 2 months of hype, the Madden 13 cover athlete has been announced. Calvin Johnson will be on the cover of this year’s Madden NFL game after his dominant performance last year…

Calvin Johnson Madden NFL 13

After 20 million votes and over 2 months of hype, the Madden 13 cover athlete has been announced.  Calvin Johnson will be on the cover of this year’s Madden NFL game after his dominant performance last year.  The road to the cover wasn’t an easy one for Megatron.  He started as a 6 seed and had to beat a handful of very popular players like Dwayne Bowe, Arian Foster, Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Rodgers, and Cam Newton in the finals.

Last year, Peyton Hillis won the cover vote but then followed with a disastrous season causing some fans to claim that the “Madden Curse” is back.  Let’s hope this year’s cover athlete does not fall to the “Madden Curse.”