Category: Sports

Title: Madden NFL 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/9/2005
Overview:
Go long in Madden NFL 2006, the first NFL video game in a decade to truly revolutionize the passing game. Use the new QB Vision Control and QB Precision Placement to scan the field, locate receivers and aim your passes with unprecedented accuracy. Use new Formation Specific Audibles like Smart Routes and Head Tracking to have your receivers fight for openings and keep their eyes on the ball. The new Superstar Mode also allows new single-player thrills as you live the life of a superstar player. Enhanced sound, presentation, and commentary create even greater NFL thrills, while new online features like EA Locker allow you to share files and find more challenging match-ups.

Title: NHL 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/7/2005
Overview:
Sizzling skating and searing slap shots are back in Electronic Arts’ NHL 06, with all-out gameplay designed for maximum offensive firepower. The EA Sports Skill Stick feature unlocks the signature moves of NHL stars with a tap of the right analog stick. Deking control provides intuitive on-ice movement designed to make the opposition look foolish. Rip off goalie-shaking blasts with Realistic Puck Momentum (RPM) physics. Fly by defenders with all-new momentum skating that accounts for the size and speed of each player. Duck inside the Creation Zone to build a hometown dynasty or to create a player in your likeness. You can even add black eyes and broken noses to up your intimidation factor.

Title: NHL 2K6
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/7/2005
Overview:
2K Sports has been busy during hockey’s hiatus, and they’re primed to roll out the latest and greatest installment of NHL 2K series as the NHL returns to action. When the puck drops, the revolutionary ProControl icon-based passing system lets you run the most intricate pro-style plays on the ice while Maximum Goaltending provides intuitive control of your netminder. Coach the game according to your preferred style, unleash enforcers, and marvel at highlight-reel animations, all experienced through broadcast-quality presentation accompanied by all-new commentary. Put your off-ice skills to the test with the enhanced Franchise Mode that now factors in Practice and Team Chemistry.

Title: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/21/2005
Overview:
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 gives you the chance to beat the best. Create a player and tee off against golf’s greatest legends – including Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer – playing in their prime. New mechanics put every shot under dual-analog control. In another new twist, you can now compete against up to three other players online. Back your bravado by making bets before any shot or round. Play on 15 courses against 19 PGA pros. Boost your power and accuracy by nailing insane shots and posting low scores. Dominate the fairways and conquer the greens to settle the best-golfer-ever debate once and for all!

Title: NBA Live 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/27/2005
Overview:
Take the court for the most complete rim-rocking basketball experience yet! A new graphics engine helps players look more like their real-life counterparts than ever. They play like it, too, with performance typing that slots everyone into distinct character types: Scorer, Sharpshooter, Stopper, Power, Playmaker, or High-flyer. Each superstar showcases signature moves, and enhanced Freestyle Control combines with an up-tempo style to open the court so they can operate. Run a franchise year-round in Dynasty Mode. Scout, train, and develop new players while watching existing ones evolve their game as the years progress. Online play is more expansive than ever – you can now host All-Star Weekend festivities in cyberspace.

Title: NBA 2K6
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/27/2005
Overview:
Live the hoop dream like never before with NBA 2K6. Experience the superstar lifestyle in 24/7 Mode, where you’ll build your own baller and guide him through every aspect of an NBA career. Develop his skills, raise his game, trump the competition, and earn endorsements. The V.I.P. System remembers profiles of friends, online foes, and the world’s top 2K6 players so you can learn their habits and download their profiles, even when they’re not around! Earn new Crib Credits to pimp your pad, play mini-games, or buy music. Take full reign of an NBA franchise in The Association. Go online for league play, stat tracking, buddy-list management, and more.

Title: FIFA Soccer 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/5/2005
Overview:
Become more GOOOOOOAAAAAAL oriented with FIFA 06. Dictate pace and player performance through on-the-fly strategy shifts with tactical button configurations. Control players with pinpoint accuracy as you shoot, pass, trap, and tackle like a world-class footballer. Create a superstar and customize play to fit your style. Choose from a dizzying array of officially licensed clubs, stadiums, and players. Create eight-player round robins in the all new FIFA lounge. Get updated rosters and more online. The most full-featured management mode yet puts you in control of sponsors, transfers, and signings for 15 years in the search for the ultimate 11. As for your search for the ultimate soccer experience? It ends with FIFA Soccer 06.

Title: NCAA March Madness 06
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/12/2005
Overview:
The road to the Final Four begins now with NCAA March Madness 06, where national titles are won with intense defense and a high-flying transition game. D-up with the Lockdown Stick. Use it to dictate game tempo by pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers, and jumping passing lanes. Then streak to the hoop for easy buckets with an enhanced up-tempo play style. Expanded defensive playbooks let you unleash tenacious man-to-man, suffocating zones, or draw up custom sets. Your team’s energy feeds off your Senior Leader. A monster 30-year Dynasty Mode is more extensive than ever. Re-create the greatest moments from college hoops by playing College Classics.

Title: SSX On Tour
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/12/2005
Overview:
Go from slope-side wannabe to snow-stylin’ king of the mountain in SSX On Tour. Create your own skier or boarder and craft a career by shredding the slopes and pulling off jaw-dropping acrobatics. Dominate all-new challenges to earn a Tour invite. Then out-style the competition and build black-diamond buzz on your way up the ranks. Plunge down 12 new courses as you experience adrenaline-pumping velocity through speed-sensitive cameras, motion blurring, and controller feedback. Catch big air with monster tricks that lay waste to the laws of physics. Just make sure you look good doing it. To become a true black-diamond rock star, your reputation matters as much as your technique.

Title: Blitz: The League
Publisher: Midway
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/18/2005
Overview:
Learn the price you pay for living the dream in this gritty football saga that shows all the hits you take, on the field and off, to win in professional football. In Story Mode, lead a down-and-out football franchise back to glory. Bring in new players, retool the coaching staff, and guide your squad to a league championship. In this league, players will do whatever it takes to win. Compete head-to-head in person or online. Teams, players, and stadiums are fully customizable. Earn bonuses to enhance your off-field lifestyle. Some may call those hits you laid on opposing QBs dirty. You call it doing your job.

Title: Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/19/2005
Overview:
Los Angeles is your playground in the first-ever Tony Hawk game to feature a completely open environment. American Wasteland is built with no levels and no load times. You’re free to skate or bike from Hollywood to East L.A. and beyond, without repetition. New tricks and expanded controls include Bert slides, Natas spins handstands, wall runs, wall flips, and more. Accomplish goals and earn cash to customize your look at skate shops, barbershops, and tattoo parlors. In another first, you can choose a BMX mount for the entire game and experience BMX-specific tricks and goals. Two players can complete old-school THPS goals together via Xbox Live.

Title: NFL Street 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 12/24/2004
Overview:
The gridiron returns to the gritty streets for a second season of no-holds-barred football in NFL Street 2! Crush your competition with even more style this year with one-handed grabs, ball strips, hurdle wraps, and other fresh Style moves. Seven new game modes and ten new fields introduce walls to the game, letting you pull all-new wall tricks you never thought possible: leap 15 feet off the wall for a catch, run the QB up the wall to open passing lanes, or wall-juke to avoid incoming defenders. Perform wall moves on key areas of every field to open up unlockables, gain style points, and claim arenas as your own. Take your team online to challenge the competition and find out who owns the streets of Bay City!

Title: World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/2/2005
Overview:
World Soccer Winning Eleven International returns! One of the best sports games of 2004, WSWEI 7 for PlayStation 2 left many soccer fans around the world weeping with joy. Now round 8 takes all the tricks, flow, and drama into overdrive! Graphics and gameplay are tweaked to perfection, as the new dribbling system allows for even deeper control as you go up against defenders. A new on-screen referee will also help control the flow of the game and help players learn what they can and cannot do when it comes to penalties. New free kick and penalty kick techniques also add to the realism. Round 8 also features 136 club teams, 57 national teams, up to 4,500 of the world’s best players, and more in-depth stats and player styles.

Title: NBA Street Vol. 3
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/9/2005
Overview:
Electronic Arts continues its “Streetball Revolution” with NBA Street V3. Basketball fans will eat up all the new moves, dazzling graphics, bumping sounds, and customization features that make EA Big’s NBA Street the household name of the basketball nation. Build your reputation with new eye-popping, bone crunching, rim jangling moves in a variety of exciting game modes. Tough it out in old favorite courts like “The Cage” and “Rucker Park” while playing in new locations, like “Venice Beach.” Streetballers can also take their devastating moves to the rim in an all-new dunk contest. And the best of the best can take their reputation online as they battle it out with other street hustlers in cyberspace.

Title: FIFA Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
Electronic Arts takes soccer to the streets with FIFA Street. Like NFL Street and NBA Street, this latest Street venture puts big action into “futbol” mix, taking you on world tour of freestyle street soccer. Join today’s star players as they leave the stadium for 4-on-4 match-ups in the streets. Show your moves 1-on-1, dancing with the ball and burning your buddies with bold tricks. Build your skills and take your team across the globe as you muscle and finesse your way into soccer history. Lead a revolution in the streets with the world’s most popular sport!

Title: MVP Baseball 2005
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/23/2005
Overview:
MVP Baseball 2005 is loaded with enhancements! With a new Precision Pitch Meter you can catch runners with unparalleled pickoff control. Own the plate by changing your position in the box to adjust where the pitcher is working for you. Enhanced big play control means you can make an underhand toss to the pitcher as he sprints to cover first, slide around a tag at home, and make user-controlled stretches and dives. An all-new manual leadoff control helps you beat pickoff throws. In the Owner mode you can build your baseball empire, controlling every aspect of your organization. Advanced Single A squads and additional stadiums have also been added to round out the list of teams available in the minor league system.

Title: Major League Baseball 2K5
Publisher: Take Two
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/24/2005
Overview:
Batter up! ESPN MLB 2K5 is all new with robust features – K Zone Pitching, Maximum Fielding, and On Command Baserunning, to name a few. With K Zone Pitching you’ll control every aspect of your pitches using an interactive crosshair interface. Maximum Fielding is a gameplay mechanic that will have your players diving and robbing bases. On Command Baserunning has a nifty picture-in-picture display so you can take ownership of the basepaths. The utmost control and precision, a new graphics engine, and realistic gameplay combine for a one-of-a-kind baseball experience.

Title: Fight Night: Round 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/2/2005
Overview:
EA Sports keeps the punches coming with Fight Night: Round 2. The main draw is again the Total Punch Controls, which allow virtual boxers to fight with ease and accuracy. As each punch hits its target, the boxers’ ability to fight is altered. But boxers will also be able to heal between rounds as Round 2 allows gamers to control players outside the ring. But the newest trick Fight Night boasts is the EA Sports Haymaker, which allows gamers to add extra power to punches, allowing for more intense damage and the ability to knock out opponents with one well-placed blow.

Title: Rugby 2005
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/9/2005
Overview:
EA Sports brings another rag and tear Rugby experience for 2005. Bust some heads and slam your opponents in the Tri-Nations and Super 12 tournaments. Play all the major Rugby teams and players. Call clutch plays in real-time, while controlling your kicks, tackles, and fakes with unprecedented finesse. And for us Yankees who are unfamiliar with rugby, training mode “Rugby 101” teaches the moves, rules, and tactics of the game. Rugby 2005 also features major advances in its visuals, including better lighting, more accurate environments, and dynamic motion-captured animations.

Title: Virtual Pool: Tournament Edition
Publisher: Globalstar
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 5/12/2005
Overview:
Chalk up your cue and get ready for some of the most realistic billiards action ever to hit the Xbox. Virtual Pool combines easy-to-learn gameplay with some of the most advanced table and ball physics ever seen in a pool game. Learn the ins and outs of the game with over 18 types of pool, including 8-ball, 9-ball, Snooker, and more. Mix it up and take your game from chic Monte Carlo to biker bar dives and beachside mansions. Shark your opponents as you choose from a library of trick shots, or set up your own library. Connect online and rise to the top of the Xbox Leaderboards if you have the skills!