It's official: EA sticks with Tiger, announces Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
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Though we've already twice confirmed EA's steadfast dedication to Tiger Woods -- and, subsequently, sequels to his popular sports franchise -- EA Sports has gone ahead and announced Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. Coming in "June 2010" to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and iPhone, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 features the philandering golf star (as per usual) and others from the PGA Tour circuit. No screens or an official release date were given out, but ... umm ... you could always play Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/29/ea-reveals-tiger-woods-pga-tour-online/) for free right this minute! It's a browser-based version of the game you know and love!
Damn i wanted 'Failed Woods PGA Tour 11'. The main guy at EA promised me when i let him do those things in the back of th .... never mind >_<
Tiger Woods to Share Cover of Tiger Woods Game
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He's also sharing it with a rookie. Billed as an advertisement of the game's Ryder Cup features, some take the pairing with Rory McIlroy as more fallout from Tiger's inability to abstain from sex with women not named Mrs. Woods.
An EA Sports news release described the new cover but, understandably, said nothing about his marital infidelity scandal - which has sent Woods to rehab, indefinitely delayed his return to the PGA Tour, and sent big-name sponsors running for the hills, EA not among them.
Instead, the statement focused on the inclusion of Ryder Cup play, allowing players to choose from U.S. or European teams and participate in the tournament's varying competition formats. As for the cover, "Tiger Woods denotes the U.S. team and Rory McIlroy represents the Europeans." And he's a perfectly good choice.
McIlroy, 20, of Northern Ireland, is technically a rookie, though he is regarded as the future of the game, is ranked ninth in the world, and Woods has said very complimentary things of him. Some might think this is a prudent time for EA Sports to begin preparing for life after Tiger.
But golf legends' names - Palmer, Nicklaus, et al. - far outlive their competitive prime and besides, EA's had no problem publishing a game by the name of Madden, without his face on the cover since 1998. Then, as the NCAA Tournament begins next week, take note of how many ads will feature any of Woods' four victories. Granted, he's not even a confirmed participant. But nor is his absence confirmed, and marketers are definitely minimizing connections to him.
Back to the game. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will feature an intriguing online team play mode accommodating up to 24 players, with teammates capable of communicating strategy with one another between shots (on Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.) A slew of other capabilities and features have been mentioned in this posting on the game's official blog (http://tigerwoodspgatour.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=first_blog). The game is out June 8.
EA: No Project Natal support for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
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When Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 was revealed to have PlayStation Move support, we wondered why EA would support every other motion-controlled peripheral (all two) and not Microsoft's Project Natal. So we hit up EA for an answer. As it turns out, EA just wasn't "in a position" to add Natal support to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 -- but the company doesn't rule out implementation in future installments of the franchise.
"We are always evaluating new technologies and Natal would be a perfect fit for the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise," an EA spokesperson told Joystiq, "however we are simply not in a position to do so with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11."
There you have it: Natal is a "perfect fit," but Tiger Woods 11 won't have that functionality. Our guess? The Natal dev kits haven't shipped and a post-release implementation patch would not be cost effective.
Natal mini-games in Tiger Woods 12
EA set to sue over South Park Tiger Woods Episode (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=239898)
Make sure you watch the video, it's priceless ;D
Just found the video on youtube, it's uncensored but the video is mirrored, still damn funny though ;D
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Just found the video on youtube, it's uncensored but the video is mirrored, still damn funny though ;D
When I saw this I was in histerics!! South Park from about season 9 has just gotten so much better and better!! ;D :D
EA: Rumors of lawsuit over South Park episode are 'nonsense'
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Today, a recent post on Daily Informer was brought to our attention, which reports that EA has decided to sue over a recent South Park episode, "Sexual Healing." The episode in question shows a mock-up of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, mixing in some ridiculous fighting elements (involving the wife he cheated on) into the golf sim portion of the game. It's really over-the-top, akin to the show's usual satire practices.
We contacted EA to get to the bottom of this, to which an EA spokesperson commented the rumored impending lawsuit is "nonsense." So, there you have it: EA is not suing over the episode. Nothing else to see here -- move along.
yeh, EA's getting loads of publicity over a game that isn't out yet, they don't care.... and i'm sure they care less about joining a huge list of other people who would like to sue South Park.
Tom Cruise being top of said list ;D
hehe! gotta love some South Park
Achievements (http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/tiger-woods-pga-tour-11/achievements/) and thankfully not that many online ones so I can still get a decent score from it when I rent it. ;D
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 demo on Live
A sneaky Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 demo has crept onto Xbox Live.
The file's a whopping 2GB, and is only available to Gold subscribers. You can queue the demo for download from the Xbox.com website (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-gb/games/offers/0ddf0001-0000-4000-8000-0000454188ed?cid=majornelson&partner=majornelson).
There's no word on what the demo offers.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, the full package, has a Ryder Cup mode for 24 people online and will support PlayStation Move.
The game's due out on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on 2nd July.
NPD: Tiger Woods 11 sales way down compared to Tiger 10
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The NPD figures for June show that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 didn't have a debut comparable to the previous year's game. In fact, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 only managed to unload 32% of the copies sold during Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10's initial launch month, Venturebeat offers. We contacted the NPD, who told us the same thing: "The new Tiger Woods release sold only 32 percent of what last year's release sold in its introductory month at retail. That said, last year's game saw a huge sales increase over previous versions, but still, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 did not break into the top 10 games for the month."
Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is Tiger's promiscuity -- a likely factor behind Tiger's waning popularity. But, EA's Rob Semsey contributed that the slowing Wii market and Tiger's performance on the course as of late are also contributors to the dip in sales. Now the real question is: with the drop in sales, will EA still stand by its man?
It depends on the Golf tournament performances as a whole. For example the fact that I've been watching the open all day has actually made me think about picking this up tomorrow.
So I fully expect TW: 11 to shift a far few copies once this weekend is over with, not forgetting the Ryder Cup is only a few months away (I've got my tickets already!).
Sales drop nothing to do with EA's tactic of forcing people to buy the game new in order to play online then?