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No, that's version 13 of the golf game.

Unfortunately, publishers like EA are coming up with stuff like the OnlinePass, which must be bought by the person who buys your game, devaluing the second hand sale.

If you have purchased a used game and the code originally included has already been activated, you will need to purchase EA SPORTS Online Pass access from within your game by choosing PURCHASE ONLINE ACCESS from the Code Redemption screen.

Actually the summary is quite wrong, this code is to access sports games' online features, i.e. multiplayer, as detailed here http://www.easports.com/onlinepass

I would personally be very interested in a Rugby title similar to their existing games, but apparently that doesn't have enough market behind it.

You mean something like this or this?

They are the people who will buy the next version of Madden http://www.easports.com/games/madden2005/, because it has some new guy who is playing halfback for their team, because they made a subtle change to the colour or shape of the ball (for example making it round), or because they started requiring that the ball actually be struck with the foot.

http://www.easports.com/articles/afl.jsp

Now that just can't be true. Only Electronic Arts has the foresight and innovation to spell the word "tracks" like "trax". This is such a ground breaking innovation that they trademarked it! (http://www.easports.com/articles/trax.jsp)

jesus christ that press release even uses the phrase "win-win situation" kill me now

I just watched the commercial, go to here on the Madden site and you can choose low or hi bandwidth. Looks pretty impressive.

As for the console issue, the VE pics look more realistic to me (as to what it may end up looking like). But we'll just have to wait and see.

EA Teaser Commercials
No eyes... so true.

You can get Madden 2005 for the PS1.

Since when is Mercenaries a sequel? The article calls it Pandemic Studios' follow up to "its innovative strategy game Full Spectrum Warrior." Since when is a "follow-up" game a sequel? And what makes this a "follow-up", other than being developed by the same studio? Is Full Spectrum Warrior a follow-up to Pandemic's earlier games like Clone Wars or Triple Play Does that mean Full Spectrum Warrior is a sequel to a baseball title? By that rationale, id's Doom 3 is a sequel to their previous title Quake 3 Arena. Does this seem silly to anybody else?

> It's probably the current EA football title.

If it is, then it's a movie from the game.
This is the page that has all of EA's football on it:
http://www.easports.com/games/madden2005/home.jsp

Click on screenshots and take a look. There is no way that picture from the article came out of the EA game engine

the article claims that, but EA's web page for the title, clearly has the MLB logo

http://www.easports.com/games/mvp2004/home.jsp

"A deal between MLB and Take Two wouldn't change EA's plans in the area, though, as EA doesn't use the MLB branding on its baseball title, MVP Baseball - but smaller rivals in the sector would certainly be squeezed out, such as Sony's MLB range, the latest iteration of which is due out in March."

Erm, I think those NCAA games sell all right. EA, in fact, has such a game for sale - March Madness 2005. In fact, a number of game makers make both the NCAA and NBA version (since it's just the decoration of the players/teams/stadiums that differs, along with some minor rules settings), and even have intragame integration (like drafting a player you created in their NCAA game into the NBA game).

You're right. Because god knows, EA sure hasn't made any commitment to the DS.

You mean content-consumption games, which are usually single-player or at best cooperative. There do exist games whose goal isn't to "beat" the game (that is, consume all the game's content). See also tackle football sims, tetramino games, WarioWare multiplayer, fighting games, dance sims, or any game that goes back to the good old days when a game's goal was to beat your old score or to beat the other player.

...I will get to start my development of "Al Michaels: 2005". I will completely obliterate my competition!
Time to put in my letter of resignation for the current job...

What Happens When a Linux Geek Takes Over a Canadian Football Team ?

* Bob Young, founder of Red Hat and Lulu.com buys Canadian football team the Hamilton Ticats.
* Ticats playbook submitted to SourceForge for development. Fans of the Canadian Football League are invited to submit revisions.
* Initially puzzled by open source strategy, other CFL teams begin using the plays.
* Ticats adopt open-channel Wi-Fi for communications between coaches and quarterbacks using new helmet developed under the GPL, known as the GNU-Helmet. Xs and Os on playbook diagrams are replaced with 1s and 0s. Fans begin to show up at games with laptops to IM the assistant coaches.
* Ticats playbook becomes bestseller .
* First season is devoted to eliminating bugs. Bob Young called an eccentric, fringe player. Headline screams "Playbook Bazaar -- Bizarre!"
* Innovation in CFL play explodes. Stadiums host record crowds. US newspapers run stories, but most assume that the sport in question is actually soccer.
* Bill Gates surprises press by purchasing Seattle Seahawks.
* In the third season, CFL continues to gain momentum. Young brokers a revolutionary agreement with the Australian Football League incorporating new rules and tactics. Games become more interesting. Cable channel TechTV signs contract to air every CFL game. US viewers begin to abandon NFL games in droves.
* NFL sues, claiming a process patent on option plays
* Clear-Channel takes over 90% of US stadiums and inks 10-year contract with NFL. Fans are routinely strip-searched for illicit food and drink items as they enter stadiums.
* Gates responds to decrease in attendance at games by inking broadcast deal with all four networks to air games simultaneously.
* Canada announces increase in immigration. MIT Beavers win Division Championship.
* Electronic Arts announces that "Madden NFL 2007" will be open source. Furor erupts. New version quickly surfaces in which characters can be forced to play soccer.
* NYT article notes that enrollment in youth football programs across North America are up, as are demands for reinforced padding and elastic straps for eyeglasses. 'Football is all about brains!" bellow coaches.
* 2010 - Ticats win Grey Cup for the first time in decades. Average size of defensive lineman is 5'7", 155 lbs.

And NHL 2004 is coming out with online play in 17 days, 19 hours!