FIFA Street World Tour Mode

FIFA Street’s world tour is a socially connected game mode that allows you to create yourself in the game, build a team just the way you want it, and become the best street player in the world.  You will start off as an unknown local player.  By competing and winning different tournaments and challenges you will continue to move up levels until you are competing in world stage tournaments.

As you go through your journey in the world tour mode, you will be able to customize your player with new skills and styles.  You can change the way your player looks as well as add progressively cool tricks.  World tour is just one of the many game modes coming to FIFA Street in March so be on the look out for more great videos on new features in the coming weeks.

Madden 13: Defense is The New Focus

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Earlier today Game Informer released an interview with Electronic Art’s chief creative officer Richard Hilleman with some early news about what we can expect in Madden 13.  In this interview Hilleman made it clear that the new development team in charge of Madden NFL 13 would focus on making defense fun again.

They are doing big things this year,” he said. “They’re making big changes. Those are big changes that are going to break a lot of stuff, and they know that. What we’re after is a better defense that’s more fun to play.

Madden 13 is still months away so there is plenty of time to improve the defensive experience.  Making the game more realistic has always been a concern of the Madden community.  Improving the defense is a huge step in the right direction.

Madden 13 Release Date

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The official release date for Madden 13 is scheduled for August 28th, 2012. Usually the Madden NFL games come out on the second Tuesday of August but last year EA Sports decided to move the release date back 3 weeks.  The only other news we have so far is the Madden 13 cover tournament which will be a 64 man tournament with 2 players from each team battling for the cover.

If you are more of a college football fan, you can find the NCAA Football 13 release date here.

NCAA Football 13 Release Date

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After months of secrecy, EA Sports has announced the official release date for NCAA Football 13.  You will be able to get your copy of NCAA 13 on July 10th, 2012.  The demo for the NCAA Football games historically comes out about 3 weeks before the release date which means that we could be playing virtual football again as early as mid-June.

Last year’s NCAA Football 12 game came out on July 12th so this year’s release date is not out of the ordinary, however it is still news. There is still no other information concerning NCAA Football 13 available at this time.

If you prefer NFL Football you can find the Madden 13 release date here.

Madden 13 Cover Vote

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As most of you know by now the Madden 13 cover vote tournament kicks off on March 7th.  This year’s tournament will feature 64 players with 2 from each NFL team.  Teammates will square off against each other in the first round of the tournament for the right to represent their team in the later rounds.

Fans will have to make the tough decision on whether to vote for their favorite player or whether to intentionally vote for them to lose.  Since many people are afraid of the Madden curse striking their team’s best player it may be wise to vote against them.  Look at how the Colts did this year without Peyton Manning.  Losing your best player can ruin the whole season.  How good would the Vikings be without Adrian Peterson?  What would the Jaguars do without MJD?  The Patriots without Tom Brady would be a disaster.

The Madden 13 cover vote is a great publicity stunt by EA Sports to get people talking about the game 5 months early.  Odds are that Tim Tebow will win in an easy landslide victory.  Even so, will you be voting for or against your favorite player in Madden 13?

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MLB 12 The Show Stories Video

Major League Baseball is unique from all of the other major professional sports because of the different roads that MLB players take to get to their.  In this MLB 12: The Show video preview, players such as Josh Hamilton, C.C. Sabathia, and many more go over some of the struggles that they overcame to make it to the big leagues.  MLB 12: The Show comes out March 6th on both the PS Vita and PlayStation 3.