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EA Nets Another Exclusivity Deal

Posted by Zonk on from the wow-the-afl-sure-is-a-catch dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that EA has signed an exclusive deal with the Arena Football League to produce games for that organization. From the article: "The move will see the creation of a new AFL title in the EA Sports line-up, joining other football franchises Madden, NFL Street and NCAA, with the first title due to hit the market before the 2006 AFL season starts in a year's time."

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  1. I think... by hollismb · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We all know why they did this. So Sega doesn't have any other licensing options in terms of football. Nobdy actually wants an AFL game, and I bet they won't even make one. It's just so Sega can't. EA sucks monkey balls.

  2. Re:Find another way! by HarvardAce · · Score: 2, Interesting
    That reminds me of a baseball game for the NES (maybe SNES) back in the day when you couldn't get both an MLB and an MLBPA license in the same game. For example, on the New York Mets you had "Darryl Raspberry" and "HoJo".

    Anyone remember the game?

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