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03.13.12

EA Sports is promoting its latest Tiger Woods golf game with the help of Shaquille O’Neal. The former star of Electronic Arts’ Shaq Fu game for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo is now using his kung fun skills against Tiger. Check out the viral video below.

03.12.12

Today marks the start of the NCAA Football 13 My Heisman Cover Vote, which allows fans to cast their vote on the EA SPORTS NCAA Football Facebook page for one of eight Heisman Trophy winners to accompany former Baylor University quarterback Robert Griffin III on the cover of EA SPORTS NCAA Football 13. Developed in Orlando, Florida by EA Tiburon, and licensed by The Collegiate Licensing Company, a division of IMG College, NCAA Football 13 will be available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on July 10.  

03.11.12

EA SPORTS and ESPN are once again allowing fans to cast the vote for the next Madden cover athlete. The Madden NFL Cover Vote campaign for Madden NFL 13 has officially kicked off. Last year, nearly 13 million votes were cast through ESPNSportsNation.com and ESPN mobile in both companies’ most successful cross-platform activation. Tenth-seeded Cleveland Browns running back, Peyton Hillis, trucked through the six week competition all the way to the ultimate end zone – the Madden NFL 12 cover. EA teased this news at the Madden Bowl in Indianapolis during Super Bowl week. Check out the exclusive video below with former Madden Bowl champ Maurice Jones-Drew, who’s in the running for the cover this year.

03.09.12

Gamers can now stand out from the crowd and let your true performing talents shine. The Maxis label of Electronic Arts announced that The Sims 3 Showtime Expansion pack is now available at retailers nationwide and for digital download on PC and Mac. The Sims 3 Showtime is the newest expansion pack to the wildly popular The Sims 3 and gives players a new outlet to play with life in the glamorous world of Starlight Shores. Also available is the much anticipated The Sims 3 Showtime Katy Perry Collector’s Edition Expansion pack, featuring in-game Katy Perry-themed outfits, props and objects.

03.03.12

Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel and Fatal1ty Brand Partner, Creative Labs, announced today that they have joined forces to produce a series of online gaming tournaments that will be streamed live.  League of Legends, as one of Fatal1ty's must-play games, was chosen to kick off these multi-title, multi-platform video game tournaments. The inaugural event will run from March 9, through March 18, 2012.  

03.02.12

According to Forbes, pop singing sensation Justin Bieber spent a day performing motion-capture for NBA 2K13. 2K Sports worked with Bieber and his crew in Los Angeles on February 21st to capture their hoops moves, possibly for the game’s rumored celebrity street ball mode.

02.28.12

NBA All-Star Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was asked a lot of trade deadline questions in Orlando. But one thing he enjoyed talking about was his videogame habits. There’s a reason Nash worked with EA Sports on the commercial for FIFA Soccer 12. He only plays FIFA when he’s gaming. Nash talks videogames in this exclusive video interview from Orlando.

02.28.12

Linsanity continues to captivate the world. And in Orlando, Jeremy Lin was a hot topic amongst the NBA All-Stars. New York Knicks NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony fielded a lot of Lin questions. But one he did address was the upgrade of Lin in 2K Sports’ NBA 2K12 game. Lin actually received two player upgrades in one week because of his Cinderella story in the NBA. Anthony talks about the in-game player ratings in this exclusive video interview below.

02.28.12

Miami Heat 2012 NBA All-Star LeBron James has been having a career year during the strike-shortened season. With 66 games crammed into a short schedule, James hasn’t been able to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as much as he’d like. The King talks videogames in this exclusive interview from Orlando.

02.28.12

While many NBA All-Stars complain about their ratings and believe they should have higher numbers, Boston Celtics star Rajon Rondo surprised the gaming world last year in Los Angeles by saying his character was overrated. And with his player rating now even higher, Rondo sticks with his assessment in Orlando. Rondo talks about videogames in this exclusive video interview below.

02.26.12

EA Sports was at NBA All-Star 2012 in Orlando, which took place in the backyard of EA Tiburon – the new home to NBA Live 2013. Portland Trailblazers All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge would love to grace the cover of NBA Live 2013, which hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall. Aldridge promises to play EA’s new basketball game every day if he can be the cover athlete. Check out the exclusive video interview below.

02.26.12

Want to see how you can do against an NBA All-Star? Orlando Magic Center and leading NBA All-Star 2012 vote getter Dwight Howard plays so much Call of Duty that he issued a challenge to any gamer out there. He even gives out his Xbox Live Gamertag for anyone to take him on in Activision’s game. Check out the challenge from Superman himself in this exclusive video below and then log into Xbox Live and take on one of the biggest stars in basketball today.

02.26.12

While Kobe Bryant got most of the attention in Orlando, his Lakers teammate and NBA All-Star Andrew Bynum was also in town for the festivities. Bynum spends most of his free time playing EA Sports FIFA Soccer 12, rather than the 2K Sports basketball game NBA 2K12. The big man talks about his gaming in this exclusive video interview below.

02.26.12

NBA All-Star Kevin Durant will go down in history as a cover athlete without a game. The Oklahoma City Thunder star was featured in promotional photos on the cover of NBA Elite, an EA Sports game that was shelved and never hit stores. After a few years of no hoops, EA Sports is coming back with NBA Live 13 next season. And Durant is still open to being on the cover. He talks about the situation in this exclusive video interview below from Orlando.