Today marks the day that the first Wii MotionPlus enabled game hits the shelves. In the U.S. anyway.
EA’s ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10′ and ‘Grand Slam Tennis’ are now available with enhanced one-to-one motion control that will set the bar for sports games of the future and accuarcy previously unseen in a videogame so far.
Grand Slam Tennis is out in Europe June 12th and Tiger Woods follows July 12th, both bundled with the Wii MotionPlus peripheral.
Full press releases from EA are inside.
Above is new footage of EA-developed, Dead Space Extraction. We think you’ll agree this is one tasty looking game and the action looks fast, frantic and downright spooky!
It’s not long now before EA’s Grand Slam Tennis takes on Sega’s Virtua Tennis as both go head-to-head in June.
Each game supports the new Wii MotionPlus peripheral and while they both have a different graphical style, the one-to-one control of your swing should mean thay both play similarly or atleast accurately!
We are looking forward to seeing which one comes out on top but don’t know where to put our money!
More screens of Grand Slam Tennis after the jump. Read more…
These latest shots of Dead Space Extraction on Wii show more scenes of the dark storyline. Looks like EA are doing a good job and it’s shaping up nicely.
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Here is a trailer for Spielberg’s latest Wii game ‘Boom Blox: Bash Party’ the sequel to last years game. Commentary is provided by the man himself so check it out!
Yesterday the IGN Nintendo team got their hands on the Wii MotionPlus peripheral and had some extended playtime with TIger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis from EA.
It’s pleasing to hear that the hype and expectations of the device are warranted. Bozon had this to say on his blog:
“We just got in Wii MotionPlus today along with Tiger Woods and Grand Slam Tennis, and after many hours of playing (and trying to do work amidst even more playing) it’s obvious that WM+ is as big as everyone expects it will be. The bar is being raised on the contol front. This is the first time I’ve truly felt like motion has been done better than in Wii Sports Bowling, and frankly I don’t want a single other Wii title that uses motion without it. Hopefully the “waggle” days are over… at least for the games that matter.”
As a side note, Matt from IGN also noted that the add-on can be freed from the rubber sleeve after all. The other day it was reported that Wii MotionPlus was ‘embedded’ to the silicon jacket. Good stuff!
Source: Bozon Blog
The latest Wii version in the Need For Speed franchise is shown above. Created by EA Montreal, Nitro is an arcade racer similar to the Burnout series.
I’m impressed with the graphical style from what has been shown so far. Let’s hope the gameplay is as good!
Need for speed Nitro is set for release this winter.
The release of EA’s latest golfing installment is nearly here and the company are stepping up promotion for the title. The latest footage of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 for Wii is a developer preview showcasing the games new putting mechanic amongst other features such as ‘Tournament Challenge’ and Wii MotionPlus controls.
Tiger Woods 10 is due out in June with the Wii MotionPlus accessory bundled in.
Thanks to G4TV.com for the footage.
Joystiq got their grubby hands on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 recently and with it comes this new footage of the Wii MotionPlus enabled game showing the new golfers and courses that the game includes.
This looks like the game all golf fans have been waiting for since the Wii was first announced. “It offers a greater degree of club control than we’ve ever seen in a game.” Said Joystiq. Bring it on!
EA’s ‘MySims Racing’ gives more than a few nods towards Nintendo’s Mario Kart on Wii. This latest footage of the game in action shows some of the various vehicles and tracks that will be available.
The game runs at an impressive speed and the course designs look good so far though only time will tell if it can keep up with Mario’s latest racer in playability terms.
Here is the first Wii footage of Spore Hero. We’ll have more on this soon.
Courtesy of those kind peeps over at IGN comes this new Madden NFL 10 footage. It’s looking pretty good too!
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