Gillette, EA SPORTS team up for Champions of Gaming

Gillette and EA SPORTS have teamed up for the Second Annual Gillette - EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Tournament on Xbox 360, a multi-sport online gaming competition that pits gamers from around the globe against each other, and the winners against some of the biggest names in the world of sports, including Gillette Champion Tiger Woods.

Last year the tournament saw more than 350,000 gamers participate last year, and EA Sports expects the same turn out for this year’s event. The Tournament begins on November 18 and runs through February 14, 2010. Xbox 360 owners will be able to compete against others on Xbox LIVE within their geographical region on several EA SPORTS titles including - Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10, EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 10, Madden NFL 10, NHL 10 and Fight Night Round 4.

Winners who climb to the top of their region on each title will have the chance to be crowned a Gillette - EA SPORTS Champion of Gaming at the Final Event in March 2010. At the Tournament Finals, Gillette Champion Tiger Woods, as well as other sports superstars, are scheduled to take on one of the five Gillette - EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming participants in an EA SPORTS title.

To compete in the Gillette - EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Tournament, gamers must have valid e-mail address, access to a Microsoft Xbox 360, the EA SPORTS video game in which the player is competing, a valid EA SPORTS account in good standing, a valid Xbox LIVE Gold Member account and a valid Windows Live ID with their Xbox LIVE Gamertag linked.

For more information on the event, check out www.gillette.com/easports2010.

NHL 10, NHL 2K10 in stores

Two hockey games are in now in stores vying for your love, affection, attention and game buying dollars. EA’s NHL 10 and 2k Sports’ NHL 2K10 are available in North America now for various platforms. NHL 10 is available for PS3 and Xbox 360, while NHL 2K10 is available for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

Featuring 2009 Hart Memorial Trophy and Lester B. Pearson Award winner Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals as its cover athlete and spokesman, NHL 2K10 promises fast-paced action and fun of the NHL without actually getting your teeth knocked down your throat.

Catering to both die-hard NHL fans and casual players, NHL 2K10 offers pick-up-and-shoot controls, authentic gameplay, all the teams and players from the NHL and variety of on- and off-line multiplayer modes. The Wii version of the game, a first for the series on this platform offers Mii competitions, Mii support and controls refined for the Wii remote and nunchuk.

Developed by 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts studio, NHL 2K10 is rated E10+ by the ESRB . Learn more at www.2ksports.com/games/nhl2k10.

Available for PS3 and Xbox 360, EA SPORTS NHL 10 promises a new, physical brand of hockey to match the physical and emotional intensity real-world players endure in pursuit of the Stanley Cup. New gameplay innovations include first-person fighting, all-new board play, Battle for the Cup and Be A Tough Guy modes, and new ways to score. NHL 10 features more than 200 gameplay refinements that promises to “replicate the skill and finesse of hockey.”

NHL 10 was developed by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C and is rated E10+. You can learn more about the game by visiting http://www.easports.com/.

EA Sports summer games soundtrack details

If you were wondering or (even care) EA Sports has released details on the music found ion all of this summer’s sports releases including Madden NFL 10, FIFA 10, NHL 10 and NBA LIVE 10. It’s a pretty big list, so you’ll have to wait until after the break to read it (listed by artist, song):

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Patrick Kane covers NHL 10

20-year-old Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be the new face of the NHL 10 videogame from EA SPORTS, if you care about such things. Kane is the youngest player ever chosen for the cover of the NHL franchise, reckons EA, who says that his image will be on the front of all packaging when NHL 10 is available in North American retail stores this September.

EA SPORTS has also signed Canadian junior hockey scoring sensation John Tavares, expected to be the top pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, to promote the release of NHL 10. Tavares will join Kane, the first overall draft pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, as spokespersons for NHL 10.

Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom was earlier named a cover athlete on NHL 10 packaging in Sweden. Additional regional cover athletes for Finland, Denmark and Switzerland will be named at a later date.

NHL 10 will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in September of this year.

NHL 10 Pulls No Punches

Electronic Arts wants the next hockey game it releases to offer you some realisms - or at least the illusion of it. Its EA sports division today announced that NHL 10 will offer first-person fighting. Why? To match what it calls the “toughness and emotional intensity real-world NHL players endure in pursuit of a Stanley Cup Championship.”

The new first-person fighting engine enables players to trade punches with an NHL tough guy - on the ice in the skates of an NHL player. When the game thrusts you into such a fight you’ll have to throw and dodge punches to win the fight. You’ll also be able to grab and tug an opponent’s jersey to land a punch which in turn ignites excitement in the crowd. Sounds like Fight Night on Ice.

NHL 10 will be available in stores this September for the PS3 and Xbox 360 for $59.99. It is developed under the EA SPORTS brand by EA Canada in Burnaby, B.C. and has not been rated.