WorthPlaying writes: "While many sports fans are busy arguing about what a ridiculous system the Bowl Championship Series is when it comes to crowning a college football champion, basketball enthusiasts have migrated over to the hardwood and are currently enrapt by the opening strains of the NCAA college basketball symphony. In a sport where momentum swings happen in a flash and upsets are not only dreamt of but are expected, the legions of Cameron Crazies and Rock, Chalk Jayhawks are packing into arenas across the country to root their classmates on to the win. For those wishing to relive the experience digitally, this year, your only choice is NCAA Basketball 09; and while the spirit is there, this is one Cinderella who is just a few key players short of making it to the ball.
First off, EA has dropped the March Madness moniker from the series, most likely because its franchise is now the only game in town. In traditional EA fashion, the company has bought up exclusive NCAA basketball rights, leaving perennial competitor 2K Sports high and dry without a roundball game to call its own. What EA could have done here is present a highly polished, sublimely enjoyable game that made us forget all about 2K and not lament the fact that we no longer have a choice, but instead they turned in a respectable, yet not entirely impressive, effort that will tide fans over until next year's edition."
Hagens Berman Urges Student-Athletes to File Claims, as Keller, O’Bannon NCAA Settlements Merge
Good job EA for settle 1 of your 99 problems!
EA just please change our hearts that is all (Kamui).
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This topic will never go away. Way too much money earned for the little guys to not keep trying to get a slice of the pie.
If you aren't going to college on a scholarship, and EA is making big bucks off of you, why not?
NBA All-Star Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves is the winner of the 2010-11 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award. The annual award is presented to a player who has made a significant improvement from the previous season. Love, who was on the cover of EA Sports’ NCAA Basketball 09, talks about his gaming prestige with Call of Duty in this exclusive video interview.
this dude a rebounding monster. he's gonna go somewhere if he can get out of Minnesota. Would suck to see him go the same route as KG.
Rly? Can you get 100% accuracy with a desert eagle on every shot without a miss? Since it's not so hard
To me people who say "oh I play COD" seems so generic. Yes, in a way COD has made gamers more streamlined, instead of the nerd who was the loser.
It'd be more impressive if he said, "oh I'm a huge Red Dead Redemption fan, or I love playing Bioshock. Or, oh yeah I just picked up Portal 2."
Cod is just meh. Those are wanna be gamers.
lol how does playing Cod make someone a wanna be gamer?
I got bored of Cod and don't bother playing it anymore... but it is no less a game then any other game!
People need to stop hating Cod just the same as the Cod addicts need to stop loving it so much. It has slipped in recent years and there are much better games out... but it is an ok game, just nothing more than that!
@ evrfighter KG won a championship. so im sure Love will leave minnesota if resulted to a ring.
@ TheLastGuardian2010 lol. so you decide whats a game or not? also, COD is a big franchise so Love saying he's good at it is impressive.
What I'm saying is that Cod is more like a shooting fest competition. I can't tell you how many times people say in my school "Yeah, I play BlackOps. But that's it. Don't even need my 360/ps3 except for that."
Yes cod is a game. But to me it's on the same level as Madden, or any of the other sports titles. It's has become less about the narrative, the characters, the atmosphere, etc.
If he said yeah I like Alan Wake, or I love Heavy Rain, that's WAY different. That's saying you play a game for the narrative. With cod, your just saying you compete with your friends...there's a difference imo.
I really have to disagree with your statement. So your saying games that focus more on narration, characters and atmosphere are more of a game than Madden and COD? hmm Heavy Rain is not even a game by most people standards which I agree with.
Also, going back to the Kevin Love video, he mentioned he plays 2K11so that could indicate he's mostly a sports gamer. so holding.his own in COD is impressive. he's showing his range/versatility. .
wtf dude you realize this man is a pro athlete and his life is hectic with going to practice, workout and personal matters. Probably only knows mainstream games like CoD and 2K11. it doesnt have to be AW or HR to be impressive
LOS ANGELES, California – Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love is appearing in his first NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, replacing the injured Yao Ming. This weekend is a return to Hollywood for the former UCLA basketball star. Love was the first UCLA basketball player to be featured on the cover of the EA Sports College Basketball 09 video game. He talks about his love of Activision's Call of Duty: Black Opps and gives out his brother's Xbox 360 Gamertag in this exclusive video interview.
Maybe he didn't give out his gamertag because he doesn't want people to find out he sucks at COD. lol jk
I wish you got more for Prestige then extra classes ect. dosen't seem worth it to me i Prestige once or twice in most cods just for extra weapon slot or if i get really bored .. i really don't think it's anything special imo
