Category: Sports

Title: NBA Live 07
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/27/2006
Overview:
If great players become legendary by raising their game when it matters most, then NBA Live 07 is a playground of legends. Freestyle Superstars return – players with true-to-life moves of NBA High Flyers, Shooters, Scorers, and Playmakers, first seen in NBA Live 06. This time, they’re better than ever. An all-new progressive control system lets these players raise their game to another level and dominate at crunch time. In addition to hundreds of spectacular moves, you’ll also recognize superstars’ true-to-life shooting strokes. Other features include Dynasty Mode, all the festivities of All-Star Weekend, commentary from Marv Albert and Steve Kerr, an unprecedented level of ESPN integration, and more.

Title: FIFA Soccer 07
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/4/2006
Overview:
FIFA Soccer 07 brings the best of both worlds, delivering a complete global soccer experience while bringing you closer than ever to your home team! Twenty-seven leagues from more than 20 countries give you over 510 clubs to choose from. Put your team pride on the line in new online Interactive Leagues, where you’ll play against fans of your favorite club’s real-life rivals according to actual league schedules. Lifelike crowds create a raucous atmosphere. Enhanced Manager Mode adds the ability to create your own club. Stay plugged in to the latest sports news with a new online sports ticker. You’ll also find improved AI, better shot mechanics, and more.

Title: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/11/2006
Overview:
Get that red Sunday shirt ready, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 promises to test your golf skills like never before! Recruit an unstoppable squad in the all-new Team Tour Mode, where you’ll compete against a team of champions put together by Tiger himself. Compete on 21 courses, including newly added licensed courses like The National, The K Club, and more. You’ll go up against the biggest pro roster in any golf game, with 21 PGA stars including Tiger, Vijay Singh, and Annika Sorenstam. Your GameFace looks better than ever with more character creation options. Challenge three other players in comprehensive online tourneys, refine your skills in new mini-games, and more.

Title: Tony Hawk’s Project 8
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/9/2006
Overview:
The goal in Project 8? Be #1. Set out to become the world’s best skater in this Tony Hawk experience that’s the skate guru’s most extensive and realistic to date. Compete in true-to-life competitions against top pros. Along the way, accomplish cool film and photo goals, including following instructions while being filmed. During the challenge you’ll play with an innovative picture-in-picture style: skate on-screen while the action unfolds on film in a super-imposed video. New features include improved physics, greater fall control with Ragdoll Bail Mode, a new respect system that challenges you to impress the locals, tons of mini-games, secret areas, and much more.

Title: College Hoops NCAA 2K7
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/20/2006
Overview:
It’s time to find the unity. Team unity, that is! Build up your team unity meter by pulling off awesome plays and great shots. Soon your team will start to play like a team on fire, dropping three-pointers from all over the court and executing behind-the-back passes like pros. Utilize the new control scheme so you can perform your favorite trick moves with ease. Loads of new animations have been added, along with dynamic crowds, cheerleaders, and mascots. Coach mode is back, and this time, you’ll watch right through the coach’s eyes as the action unfolds. Over 200 school fight songs are here, but if you don’t like them, write your own fight song using the chant-creator tool.

Title: Major League Baseball 2K7
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/27/2007
Overview:

Step up to the plate with MLB 2K7 and experience next-gen baseball like never before. The diamond comes alive with improved throwing mechanics, Signature Style animations, and Inside Edge data. Bring your best game online and go head-to-head in leagues and tournaments with players all over the world. Lead your franchise to success by tracking finances, negotiating contracts, and generating fan buzz throughout the season. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan deliver commentary from the booth while bands like Sublime rock you with adrenaline-pumping tunes.

Title: Madden NFL 08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/14/2007
Overview:
This year, you’ll join the cream of the NFL crop to attack and defend on the gridiron one more time. Madden NFL 08 is bigger and better, and promises to deliver football at its finest. The Read and React System lets you identify on-field strengths and weaknesses – read it, respond, and exploit the opponent’s weaknesses. NFL Superstar Mode has been updated and all-new Franchise Mode brings back your favorites for more field action. The game’s new branching system makes tackle, juke, and catch animations blend together seamlessly every time for an even more realistic football experience!

Title: NCAA Football 08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/17/2007
Overview:
Want to be a champ on the football field? Then you’ve got to go the extra mile to execute key moves and big plays – and this is the year to do it. The all-new Leadership Control lets you boost the motivation level of your teammates, so make sure you take risks if you want rewards. The Campus Legend mode and Dynasty mode let you put your coaching prowess to the test and take your team all the way to the BCS National Championship Game. Incorporate auto-motion into your plays so your receivers are moving before the snap, allowing you to have fluid motion and great reaction time to keep your opponent off guard. If that’s not enough, use the trick plays and wild new formations to keep the other team on its toes.

Title: Madden NFL 09
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/11/2008
Overview:
Superstar football player Brett Favre is on the cover, but anyone can play this year’s Madden! For the first time ever, the difficulty level will be set dynamically, based on a series of holographic training exercises the player performs before taking the ball. Skills easily recalled by expert Madden players will be detected, while rookie players will get a bit more help along the way. As you progress in skill, the level will shift with you, opening more options. It even works in head-to-head matches! Improved animations make spinning out of tackles and ball-stripping a bit more fair. Plus, now you can sub in new players at the touch of a button on the play-calling screen!

Title: College Hoops 2K6
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/22/2005
Overview:
If your case of March Madness lasts all year round, the instant cure is College Hoops 2K6. The top-rated NCAA basketball franchise raises its game with improved court awareness that gives each player specific attributes including consistency, confidence, and focus. Maximize practice and meetings to get the most from your squad. Grab the Coach’s Clipboard to draw up a play during a timeout. Catch up with all the off-season happenings with a preview show hosted by Greg Gumbel and Clark Kellogg. Take part in time-honored traditions like Midnight Madness and Selection Sunday. Then see if you have what it takes to cut down the nets at the Final Four.

Title: MVP 06 NCAA Baseball
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 1/19/2006
Overview:
From the ping of the bat to the roar of the crowd, the whole college baseball experience awaits in MVP 06 NCAA Baseball. Enter the creation zone to build your very own university or create custom ballparks. Create-a-Player offers more levels of face and body morphing. At the plate, the Load and Fire Batting System lets you command the batter’s box like never before! In the field, Precision Throw Control lets you use the right analog stick to make smooth tosses to first or gun down runners at home. Add the option to play by NCAA or Summer (pro) rules and you’re guaranteed a winning NCAA baseball experience every time!

Title: Torino 2006
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 1/25/2006
Overview:
The sportsmanship, grandeur, and competition of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games come home with Torino 2006. Go for the gold in 15 different events across 8 sports including skiing, speedskating, bobsled, luge, and biathlon. Striking graphics re-create wintry Italian landscapes with majesty worthy of the Olympics. While it takes years of training to make the Olympic squad, Torino 2006 features intuitive pick-up-and-play controls that let any family member step right in and compete. Three difficulty levels make for a fair contest, while four-person multiplayer lets you compete head-to-head or in turn-based play. All the while, the festive atmosphere of the games comes through with authentic commentators, TV cameras, and sounds.

Title: Arena Football
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/8/2006
Overview:
The gridiron goes indoors for a high-octane Arena Football experience! Supercharged offenses and crushing hits dominate the scaled-down, walled-in field of Arena Football. Players go old school, as six of the eight men on your squad play on both sides of the ball. Pile up points using passing-oriented playbooks designed by real-life Arena League coaches. Target your opponent’s weak spots with the first-ever in-game telemetry system that instantly serves up info on scoring history, passing tendencies, and player health. Arena Football features Season mode, head-to-head online play, and the ability to create custom players and teams that take the field in the trademark rock-concert atmosphere of the Arena League.

Title: World Soccer Winning Eleven 9
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/8/2006
Overview:
The world’s best-selling soccer game just keeps getting better. New enhancements and unmatched detail have the ninth edition of Winning Eleven poised to dominate again. The lineup of leagues and clubs, already pushing legal limits, has added even more of the world’s top squads. Marvel at new, insanely detailed motion capture, go deeper in a refined Master League with expanded player management, overcome harsher weather (snow!), and try new formations, including “Wing Back” and “Second Striker.” Save Vs. Mode results for up to 20 people with the new Memorial Match feature, and, for the first time ever, match up with players around the globe as Winning Eleven goes online.

Title: Rugby 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/15/2006
Overview:
Rugby 06 cements its standing as an international sports powerhouse with an intense, raw rugby experience ripped right from the pitch. Take full offensive control and captain a team to the top in major tournaments including the Heineken Cup, the Six Nations, the Guiness Premiership Championships, and the Super 14. Seize control of the game with all-new impact star players who carry your team to victory. Program your controller pre-game with plays in your style, then unleash them on the fly. Also new for 2006 are enhanced stadiums and conditions (including snow and fog), authentic commentary, and a deeper-than-ever World League Mode that’ll test the mettle of any team manager.

Title: FIFA Street 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/1/2006
Overview:
Football fame may be won in stadiums, but the ultimate respect is won on the streets. The football revolution continues as the world’s top superstars (over 320 of ’em!) play 4-on-4 street matches alongside street (foot)ballers who play in the signature style of their home countries. Shower rivals with shame by executing insane moves with the reloaded right-analog Trick Stick. Pull of more dazzling maneuvers in Multiplier Trick Gamebreaker moments. FIFA Street 2 also features new one-on-one Skills Battles, an all-new Pitch Creator, and more than 1,000 customizable player and team characteristics. Customize your player’s skills by mastering new tricks or team up with a friend in two-player Co-op Mode.

Title: Championship Bowling
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/24/2006
Overview:
That bowling ball you got from your aunt for your birthday but never use? It can stay in the closet. Take a virtual trip to the alley with Championship Bowling, an ultra-realistic and downright zany day at the lanes! Pick from more than a dozen customizable oddball characters and let the good times roll in six locations featuring both day and nighttime play. Learn each character’s strengths and weaknesses and gun for a perfect game. Fire up tournament mode to compete against friends or pros. Realistic bowling mechanics give you complete control over your ball’s speed, direction, and spin. Now, if the game only came with a snack bar…

Title: NBA Ballers: Phenom
Publisher: Midway
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/28/2006
Overview:
Take the shot of a lifetime by trading your guts for all the glory of NBA superstardom. With the NBA Finals in Los Angeles, street ballers from around the country have headed west for the chance to turn heads on street courts, get noticed by the right people, and live the NBA dream – and they’ve got one week to do it. Create a custom character and enter streetball tournaments. Flash your skills in two-on-two matchups against NBA players and with innovative blacktop freestyling. Along the way, you’ll also compete for pimped-out rides, new threads, and monster cribs. Do you have what it takes to be the next phenom?

Title: NCAA Football 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/12/2005
Overview:
It’s time to start summer training in your Race for the Heisman Trophy with NCAA Football 2006. This year’s version continues to add features that make the college game great. In Race for the Heisman Mode, start off as an elite high school recruit, work your magic to earn Impact Player status, and become a Heisman hopeful. Impact Players that can carry a team are also spotlighted this year, with all-new Impact Moves that can be controlled with the Right Analog Stick. Get your player “in the zone” and pull off incredible jukes and moves with all-new animations. New in-season recruiting, expanded talent pipelines, and many other features round out the immersive college football action!

Title: Outlaw Tennis
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/29/2005
Overview:
The Outlaw series is back and taking on tennis! An array of quirky characters are available, many familiar from other Outlaw ventures. As you play, you’ll develop your tennis skills, improving your accuracy, speed, endurance, etc., as well as acquire new outfits and gear. Gameplay modes will be numerous. In Casino mode, you’ll ante up and play for money. In Football mode, you’ll accrue yards as you hit the ball to your opponent. Play on 12 different courts ranging from a slaughterhouse to an aircraft carrier! What would an Outlaw game be without a little fighting? If you start to lose you can always start battling your opponents!