Category: Sports

Title: Madden NFL 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/27/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Madden is back, and it’s time to lead your team by barking out signals on both sides of the ball in Madden’s most immersive experience yet. Use Kinect to issue voice-controlled pre-snap adjustments, substitutions, and audibles. After the snap, experience ultra-realistic impact and player momentum with the all-new Infinity Engine. Jim Nance and Phil Simms call the action in a presentation that feels just like what you see on Sunday. Hear the quarterback’s cadence, on-field player chatter, and real gridiron sound effects with real game audio from the vaults of NFL Films. Experience the 24-7 spotlight as your every move is dissected from every angle in a Connected Careers Mode, play with expanded social integration, and much more.

Title: Adidas miCoach
Publisher: 505 Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/26/2012
Overview: NOTE: This is a two disc game, but it only counts as one disc against your rental plan.

The world’s greatest athletes help you raise your game in Adidas miCoach! Sharpen your skills as you learn from the Adidas roster of stars in workouts and training programs geared toward specific sports. Tailor your routine to multiple sports, including basketball, football, soccer, tennis, and running. Work out with guidance from NBA All-Star Dwight Howard, legendary footballer Kaka, world-class sprinter Tyson Gay, heptathalon world champ Jessica Enis, tennis star Ana Ivanovic, and NFL defensive back Eric Berry. Kinect monitors your movements as miCoach analyzes your performance and helps you reach your goals. Combine with the miCoach mobile app and sync data from your workouts outside the game.

Title: NCAA Football 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 7/9/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag while renting this title.

NCAA Football 13 puts the game on your quarterback’s shoulders and puts control of it squarely in your hands! Use new Total Control Passing to hit receivers in stride or float perfect passes between defensive backs. Your opponent counters with a new Read & React defense that makes pump fakes and play action more important than ever. Mid-game updates from new studio analyst Rece Davis and the addition of the ESPN Bottom line ticker help make an upgraded Dynasty Mode even more addictive. See the game through the eyes of a superstar in Road to Glory, try to repeat the glory of Heisman winners in the Heisman Challenge, and more.

Title: London 2012 Olympics
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 6/25/2012
Overview: In the world’s greatest sporting event, the true finish line is at the top of the medal stand! Compete to be the best of the best in over 45 events that let you experience what it’s like to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Single-player focuses on bringing home the drama of the competition. Multiplayer Modes riff on tradition by adding party-style elements to classic events. Choose from a mix of controller-based and motion-control events accompanied by new commentary and beyond-broadcast-quality Olympian visuals. Online play is built to capture the spirit of the Games, with your wins adding to the overall medal count of the country you’re playing for.

Title: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/26/2012
Overview: The greatest golfer of his generation returns to stalk the fairways in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. You’ll walk the Tour’s greatest courses right alongside the Tour’s greatest pros, playing with optional Kinect motion controls. Use swing metrics that deliver the most accurate shots yet. For the first time, the tempo of your swing affects your shot, with more speed delivering more distance. Get the sweet spot on the ball with a new Strike Meter and get full post-swing analysis to improve your shots. You’ll play as one of 22 of the world’s best golfers including Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, and Rickie Fowler, relive the greatest moments of Tiger’s career, and more.

Title: FIFA Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/12/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Street football is football at its creative, improvisational best, and the authentic experience of FIFA Street is as good as street football gets. Build the ultimate squad from real pros and legendary street players. Play in a variety of styles based on how the game is unfolding on streets around the world, from London’s physical, more formal play to the freestyling play of Amsterdam. Compete for the championship in World Tour Mode or enter your team in full-season online play where you can move up to better divisions or get sent down to lower ranks. Master ball movement then school your opponent with show-stopping moves you can only unleash on the street.

Title: Major League Baseball 2K12
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/5/2012
Overview: They say the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. Here’s your chance to see if you can dig in and make it to the finish line. For the first time, experience an MLB season as it unfolds, taking the helm of your favorite team and playing your own virtual season right alongside the actual 2012 schedule. A Dynamic Tendency System tracks your style just like an opposing scout would, forcing you to adjust your approach from game to game and at-bat to at-bat. The top-flight feature set includes highly realistic controls, pro-level scouting reports, a new Throw Meter that lets you gamble for speed over accuracy, and much more.

Title: Winter Stars
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/15/2011
Overview: The competition heats up when the temperature drops in this Olympic-style sports festival! Become a cold-weather legend in 11 different sports: downhill skiing, bobsledding, snowmobiling, snowboard cross, ski jumping, figure skating, biathlon, curling, paraskiing, short-track, and curling. Experience what it’s like to compete as and live the life of a superstar in a story-based single-player mode, complete with quick-hit arcade-style training mini-games between events. Win championships and bragging rights in four-person online and local multiplayer, including a Family Mode that allows each player to choose their own difficulty level. Do well and earn points to purchase new equipment and upgrade your skills so you can elevate your performance.

Title: Jillian Michaels Fitness Adventure
Publisher: Majesco
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/10/2011
Overview: Leave the gym behind in this trip through a jungle setting that will whip you into shape one mission at a time. Jillian Michaels supercharges your workout with a wild thrill ride built around free-running, jumping, and freestyle climbing. Kinect monitors your movements and tracks your progress toward your goals in fully customizable routines. Switch things up with varied exercises in Individual Fitness Training or go for traditional Circuit Training in ten routines chosen by Jillian. You can incorporate fitness equipment you already have at home, post your progress on online leaderboards, and check out a calendar that logs every one of your Fitness Adventure workouts.

Title: Big League Sports
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/9/2011
Overview: All games are filled with one or two key moments that make the difference between winning and losing. Big League Sports skips the jump ball, ignores the kickoff, fast-forwards past half-time, and heads straight to the do-or-die moments where champions are made. Compete in six of the world’s most popular sports: football, basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey, and golf. Rise to the occasion in 18 skills challenges where you’ll use Xbox Kinect to make the highlight-reel play. Track your single-player stats on the leaderboard or challenge your friends in a variety of multiplayer games.

Title: Self-Defense Training Camp
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/8/2011
Overview: Be the hero of your own life with this game that trains you to respond best when you need it most. Self-Defense teaches you how to protect yourself from someone who’s trying to harm you. Build self confidence and learn self-defense techniques in a program that’s part workout and part master class. Focus on four essential skill sets: stamina, technique, reflexes, and composure in lessons taught by a real-life self-defense expert. Kinect provides feedback as you learn, letting you go at your own pace in a safe, comfortable environment.

Title: MotionSports Adrenaline
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/31/2011
Overview: NOTE: This title requires the Kinect Sensor for gameplay. The Kinect Sensor is not included with rental or purchase of this title.

Chase the ultimate adrenaline rush right at home as MotionSports goes extreme! Push the action envelope and become a superstar in seven activities that are billed as sports but happen to be the perfect way to laugh in the face of danger. Experience some of the world’s most dangerous thrills: kiteboarding, whitewater kayaking, jungle free-running, and more. Travel to the world’s most extreme locations, spots like the Amazon and Himalayas. The crazier your stunts, the bigger your fan base gets. Unlock more challenges and places to pull them off, grab new gear, and score big-money sponsorship deals. Challenge your friends to top your achievements and steal your superstar status.

Title: NBA 2K13
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/17/2012
Overview: NBA 2K13 unleashes its extensive features on Wii U, adding exclusive GamePad controls and giving you one never-before seen basketball superpower. Use an intuitive new Control Stick scheme in play boosted with music, pre-game montages, and other production enhancements from executive producer Jay-Z. Other new features include an expanded My Career Mode that spills across the world of social media and a Shoe Creator. The Wii U GamePad lets you call plays and substitute players, plus it gives you the equivalent of a coaching super-power: biometric heat vision. Point the GamePad at the screen to check your player’s fatigue levels, see who’s hot and cold, and maximize your team’s performance.

Title: ESPN Sports Connection
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/13/2012
Overview: Connect with your friends while playing your favorite sports in this Wii U-exclusive game from the worldwide leader in sports! Play football, baseball, tennis, soccer, and golf or go kart racing with a combination of motion controls and GamePad interactivity. Go online to challenge your friends, earn rewards, and see where you rank on the leaderboards. Get inside the game with the GamePad, which lets you get a closer look to give you an edge on your opponent. The touch screen lets you add a fifth player to kart races, and you can seamlessly switch back and forth between the touch screen and your big screen in solo play.

Title: Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/13/2012
Overview: Your Shape Fitness Evolved is designed with variety in mind, so you’re losing inches from your waistline, not losing interest in your workout. Choose from 125 workouts and 215 moves that focus on cardio, strength building, stretching, relaxation, or help you burn calories while you dance. Create a customized four-week fitness program with trackable goals and Daily-Do’s that help you reach your goals. Get motivation and guidance from expert virtual trainers. Connect with other workout warriors online, where you can see your rank on leaderboards, compete with friends, gain encouragement, and tap the knowledge of the game’s community. The included recipe database features 150 delicious meals and snacks to help you eat right and live well.

Title: FIFA Soccer 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/12/2012
Overview: Get a player’s-eye view of the action or guide it from above in FIFA 2013, revolutionized for Wii U! The Wii U GamePad gives you total control of the pitch. See the game through a player’s perspective as you line up free kicks. Tap any player you want to control, instantly activate touch screen shooting, change formations in real time, send players on runs, and more. Shape the match from the sidelines in Manage Match Mode, where you’ll direct players, rally your squad at halftime, and track stats, all from the touch screen. Four players can play while another manages in Co-Op Mode. The action unfolds with HD presentation, high-impact physics, and over 500 officially licensed clubs.

Title: Madden NFL 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Wii U
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/12/2012
Overview: The NFL is a league dominated by quarterbacks. With a new pass-ready system, Madden NFL 13 lets the men under center – and the new read-and-react defenses that oppose them – take center stage. Experience ultra-realistic impact and player momentum with the all-new Infinity Engine. Jim Nance and Phil Simms call the action in a presentation that feels just like what you see on Sunday. Up to 32 friends can link their characters in one league in the new Connected Careers Mode. Compete as a player or coach in a story the crosses onto your other devices with 24/7 social integration. Use the GamePad as an interactive coach’s clipboard for streamlined play-calling and player/personnel management in an all-encompassing next-gen experience.

Title: Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Wii
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 11/8/2012
Overview: Dominate the pitch with total ball control in Pro Evolution Soccer 2013! Experience the game with mechanics designed to give you complete freedom to choose how players handle the initial touch and take shots on goal. New Player ID gives individual players signature moves and personalities that make them stand out. Master the moves of your best striker or win the crowd with the play of an eccentric keeper. New ProActive AI means action unfolds at a quicker pace, with improved balance between attacking players and defenders so your team moves with the skill of a championship side. Goalie mechanics have also been refined with help from soccer pros to make the responses of keepers more realistic than ever.

Title: NBA 2K13
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: Wii
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/1/2012
Overview: In the era of the Big Three, it’s only fitting that NBA 2K13 showcases three cover athletes for the first time ever. The premier NBA experience expands its rule with new gameplay improvements and production values boosted by executive producer Jay-Z. Use a new control scheme that concentrates dribbling, passing, shooting, and other offense moves in the Right Analog Stick for fluid on-court control. Take over the game using the Signature Skills of your favorite superstars, from Derrick Rose leading the charge as The Floor General to the Durant icing the game as The Closer. Create shots with a new Dynamic Shot Generator, use a revamped fast-break passing system to visit Lob City, and much more.

Title: FIFA Soccer 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Wii
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/27/2012
Overview: There is no more thrilling outcome than the one that no one saw coming. FIFA 2013 takes the all-world football experience you expect and adds intrigue by amping up the unexpected, making each match play out with the anything-can-happen feel of real life football. Key refinements improve first-touch capabilities with more realistic physics and intensify battles for ball control with a new Player Impact Engine. The sharpened AI attack is more versatile and relentless, while a tweaked dribbling mechanic with true 360-degree mobility lets you chart a path through the defense with more precision. You’ll also find more free-kick options on both sides of the ball, and much more.