Sports
It's not just about the game. It's also about the training, the lifestyle, and the endless practices to perfect your skills. Are you up to the challenge? Find out as you experience the highs and lows of real-world players and take on the challenges they face on a daily basis. The new Be-A-Pro mode puts you in the role of a single player. It forces you to learn the same things that the player would learn - positioning, tackling, and passing. Combine your mastered skills to create signature moves and define your own style of play. Then, capture video clips of your record-breaking moments and upload them for everyone to see!
It's not just about the game. It's also about the training, the lifestyle, the ups and the downs, and the endless practices to perfect your skills. Are you up to the challenge? Find out as you experience the highs and lows of real-world players and take on the challenges they face on a daily basis. A new play made called Be-A-Pro puts you in the role of a single player. It forces you to learn the same things that the player would learn - positioning, tackling, and passing. Combine your mastered skills to create signature moves and define your own style of play. Then, capture video clips of your record-breaking moments and upload them for everyone to see!
Bring the hottest soccer superstars from all over the world to life in the biggest stylized arcade soccer experience for next-gen systems! Take the attitude and savvy style of street soccer into the living room, decking out your pro players in authentic street gear and bringing their unique abilities to the game. Construct your team using brawn, smarts, skills or crushing tackles. Use the intuitive and responsive new control scheme to command your squad to victory. Combine moves seamlessly with simple button and analog-stick combos. Fill up your Game Breaker to power your special abilities, including leaping past defenders, flipping off walls, and performing gravity-defying one-timers!
Chase one of soccer's greatest championships in UEFA Euro 2008. The world's best players and most prestigious clubs are all here, and they're all after the same goal: becoming the 2008 UEFA Champion. Lead one of 53 teams though qualifying and into the tournament, playing in the official stadiums of the 2008 UEFA Euro. Take complete control of your destiny with manually controlled through-passing and crosses, plus goalie control in one-on-one showdowns. Experience players that raise their game in crucial moments, hone your strategy by designing customized formations, test your soccer knowledge in Quiz Mode, fill a virtual sticker book, and much more.
Konami celebrates the 25th birthday of its Track & Field franchise with this gift for DS owners. New International Track & Field brings more than 20 sporting challenges to the DS, including the 100-yard dash, pole vault, javelin, and more. Test your skills in single-event challenges or go for the long haul in Career Mode. Choose from over 15 characters, including new athletes and classic Track & Field favorites. Each character is rendered with a unique style, complete with oversized athletic talents and equally oversized heads. You can customize the athletes' looks and give them a boost by urging them on through the DS mic. Then compete online to be the best in the world!
Top Spin returns for another unparalleled tennis experience with a lineup of the sport's top pros. This time around, the stars come from both past and present. Play on over 40 of the world's most prestigious courts, from the French Open's Roland Garros to the Australian's Rod Laver Arena. Use the powerfully expanded Player Creator to create a character using free-form body sculpting before adding make up and tattoos. Experience ultra-realistic tennis, with raging (in a tennis way) crowds, signature player animations, facial expressions, situation-specific behaviors, and more. The star-studded roster includes tennis legends Boris Becker, Monica Seles, and Bjorn Borg, plus legends-in-waiting like Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, and many more.
Top Spin returns for another unparalleled tennis experience with a lineup of the sport's top pros. This time around, the stars come from both past and present. Play on over 40 of the world's most prestigious courts, from the French Open's Roland Garros to the Australian's Rod Laver Arena. Use the powerfully expanded Player Creator to create a character using free-form body sculpting before adding make up and tattoos. Experience ultra-realistic tennis, with raging (in a tennis way) crowds, signature player animations, facial expressions, situation-specific behaviors, and more. The star-studded roster includes tennis legends Boris Becker, Monica Seles, and Bjorn Borg, plus legends-in-waiting like Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Andy Roddick, and many more.
Turn your living room into a lush island paradise, even in the middle of winter! Choose from one of seven different sports, all designed with the beach in mind, like volleyball, basketball, croquet, lawn darts, badminton, mini-golf, and horseshoes. Bump, set, spike, dribble, putt, and throw, all using the Wii Remote. Compete with up to four players on the same console. Basketball alone has three different modes on two distinct courts, and mini-golf has nine challenging and wacky holes! Every part of the game has been designed to immerse you in the tropical landscape - from load screens to beachside volleyball courts.
The world's best golfer is ready to share the wealth! For the 2009 edition of his unrivaled golf game, Tiger Woods is out to make your game the best it's been. Tiger's coach Hank Haney is onboard to get you started, analyze your performance, and tell you how to improve your game. Now anyone can jump right into the chase for the PGA Tour's prized FedEx Cup. New All-Play controls show you exactly where your shot will go, new mechanics sync your movements with your player's better than ever, and new simultaneous online play lets foursomes conquer the course in record time. You'll also find 15 Wii-exclusive mini-games, and more.
The world's best golfer has made the world's most realistic golf game better than ever. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 puts you right on the course with the best golfers on the planet. Play as or against PGA and LPGA pros including Vijay Singh, Se Ri Pak, Justin Rose, and many more. Master some of the most challenging courses all around the world, including England's Wentworth, China's Sheshan, and America's Wolf Creek and Bay Hill. The easy-to-use swing system features new two- and three-click swing controls, making it easier than ever to play like a pro, while the new EA SPORTS Cup lets you challenge others to fast-moving tournament-style matches.
It's the toughest stuff on dirt - professional bull riding! Capture the adrenaline, intricacies, and excitement that over 20 million fans of bull riding have already discovered, right in your living room! Create your own character from the ground up, then compete as a professional rider or as a bucking bull through 10 three-round events all over the country. Ride or throw riders in New York, Anaheim, and Atlanta. Top riders like Guilherme Marchi, Justin McBride, and Chris Shivers are available to play as or compete against. Unlimited Play Modes allow you to practice your skills to become the best rider or bull on the circuit, meaning you'll learn how to stay on for eight seconds - or throw that rider off.
Realistic football action takes another walk on the wacky side in Backyard Football 2009! The biggest hits, the biggest plays, and the biggest players all come in a smaller size in the only game that features kid versions of your favorite NFL stars. You'll find authentic NFL teams that run real NFL strategies, but in backyard style. Pick your favorite team, or create a custom squad with its own playbook. Take the field with 15 top NFL footballers and 22 Backyard kids leading the way. Single-game and Season Modes are filled with unlockables and power-ups. Both modes are easy enough for rookies and yet hard-hitting enough for gridiron vets.
The 2K series has driven a Zamboni over previous NHL games to create a hockey experience that's as pure and inviting as a fresh sheet of ice. NHL 2K9 has been rebuilt to put the fun back in the game. The realistic details and gameplay you'd expect are here, but you'll experience them with revamped controls that are much easier to use. The result is that you spend less time thinking and more time just playin' hockey. All-new in-game presentation features enhanced player animations, commentary, and online content, plus a user-friendly franchise mode. They've also played up some of the game's best quirks, adding a Zamboni mini-game, a new fighting engine, and even play-off beards.
The 2K series has driven a Zamboni over previous NHL games to create a hockey experience that's as pure and inviting as a fresh sheet of ice. NHL 2K9 has been rebuilt to put the fun back in the game. The realistic details and gameplay you'd expect are here, but you'll experience them with revamped controls that are much easier to use. The result is that you spend less time thinking and more time just playin' hockey. All-new in-game presentation features enhanced player animations, commentary, and enhanced online content, plus a user-friendly franchise mode. They've also played up some of the game's best quirks, adding a Zamboni mini-game, a new fighting engine, and even play-off beards.
Some players have greatness in their genes. Now a video game does too! Each player in NBA Live 09 has been built with all-new Player DNA, with opponent-by-opponent tendencies broken down so you know where to look for the hot hand. You can also take advantage of Hot Spots 2.0, an on-court, in-game display showing where each player likes to shoot. Start out in Practice Mode to focus on the fundamentals. Then use the all-new Be a Pro option to live the NBA career of your favorite star. Improvements to Dynasty Mode let you woo free agents in a negotiation mini-game, or you can dominate the world in a 24-team FIBA World Championships series.
The 2K series has driven a Zamboni over previous NHL games to create a hockey experience that's as pure and inviting as a fresh sheet of ice. NHL 2K9 has been rebuilt to put the fun back in the game. The realistic details and gameplay you'd expect are here, but you'll experience them with revamped controls that are much easier to use. The result is that you spend less time thinking and more time just playin' hockey. All-new in-game presentation features enhanced player animations, commentary, and enhanced online content, plus a user-friendly franchise mode. They've also played up some of the game's best quirks, adding a Zamboni mini-game, a new fighting engine, and even play-off beards.
It's all about The Life. Play through the lives of three different up-and-coming ballers: a point guard, a small forward, and a big man. You'll start out in the NBA Development League and work your way up to an NBA squad. Each story is different, with different details and mini-games, all the while teaching you what you need to know to head out to the court. Not up for a detailed story? Quickplay and Franchise are both available, as are a bunch of mini-games like Own the Court, Three-Point Shootout, and the Skills Challenge. Take on your friends online in one-on-one, two-on-two, or full squad matches.
Welcome to one party where you're guaranteed to leave looking different than when you came in! FaceBreaker K.O. Party brings people together to lay them out, delivering an over-the-top boxing game that doesn't skimp on the personal injury factor. Pick-up-and-punch controls are intuitive enough that you'll fight like a champ from the moment you step in the ring. If not, you're face is likely to get reorganized. Fight friends or take on the rudest fighters ever in a single-player tournament where you'll earn belts, costumes, and boxing glory. Once you've pummeled your opponent, use the Wiimote to leave your victory mark all over his mangled face.
Getting to the top is hard. Staying there is even harder. Winter Sports 2 gives you another chance to prove that you're a champion. Compete at the highest level in nine of the most prominent winter sports, with 15 different disciplines to master. Experience the rush of international competition as you're thrust into the glare of sports' highest stage. This sequel adds two new events - the biathlon and the snowboard halfpipe - and 13 new levels and arenas. Test your versatility in 42 bonus challenges that stretch across every event, compete against a friend in split-screen, or see if you can handle the "Hot Seat" in four-person multiplayer.
Getting to the top is hard. Staying there is even harder. Winter Sports 2 gives you another chance to prove that you're a champion. Compete at the highest level in nine of the most prominent winter sports, with 15 different disciplines to master. Experience the rush of international competition as you're thrust into the glare of sports' highest stage. This sequel adds two new events - the biathlon and the snowboard halfpipe - and 13 new levels and arenas. Test your versatility in 42 bonus challenges that stretch across every event, compete against a friend in split-screen, or see if you can handle the "Hot Seat" in four-person multiplayer.
PES has scored big. The ultra-realistic football franchise gets even better as it's now the exclusive video-game home of the UEFA Champions League. Experience every element of the premier club competition along with across-the-board improvements in on-field play. Improved AI drives your teammates to seek open space, take smart lines to the goal, and call for the ball once they get there. New, more realistic camera angles showcase the even-more detailed players like never before. There are new teams, new stadiums, updated rosters, and improvements in ball control, passing, and coordinated attacks.
Collegiate basketball season is upon us again, and this time, the focus is on the entire season. Former UCLA Bruins superstar center hits the cover of the game which defines collegiate ball. Choose your team and take them from the season beginning all the way to the craziness of March Madness. The all-new engine includes over 1,000 new animations for superior ball handling and movements for hyper-realistic action on the court. This year, you'll be able to set your team's tempo before each game, and playing within your chosen tempo will give you an advantage as your players hit the court. Head coach feedback will be available throughout every game to improve your play!
Collegiate basketball season is upon us again, and this time, the focus is on the entire season. Former UCLA Bruins superstar center hits the cover of the game which defines collegiate ball. Choose your team and take them from the season beginning all the way to the craziness of March Madness. The all-new engine includes over 1,000 new animations for superior ball handling and movements for hyper-realistic action on the court. This year, you'll be able to set your team's tempo before each game, and playing within your chosen tempo will give you an advantage as your players hit the court. Head coach feedback will be available throughout every game to improve your play!
When it comes to accuracy, 2K Sports "paints the corners" as well as anyone. So get ready for the return of baseball season with more detail than ever in MLB 2K9 for PSP. The world is your ballpark with an ultra-realistic Big League experience captured in portable form. Experience True to Form Fielding, lifelike player animations, and much more. The VIP System creates a scouting report on you, tracking your hitting, pitching, fielding running, and managing styles. Sharpen your eye for spotting future stars by dipping into The Farm System and playing games with actual Triple-A teams. The action is backed by new 2K beats featuring Judas Priest, Coheed & Cambria, Ted Nugent, and other ballpark-rocking artists.
