Hey Got Gamers,

I’ll keep this post short because I’m not the biggest Tennis guy out there. I leave all of the tennis game reviews in the hands of Zack because I am actually the smallest tennis fan out there. That being said, please forgive any factual mistakes made in this specific blog post.

However, I doubt there will be any factual mistakes, because I am writing this post to let you know that the EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis Two demo is now available on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network.

Virtual Novak Djokovic

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And while I’m still missing that needed tennis knowledge, even I have to admit that they’ve given out an is impressive list of promises. If they can actually follow through is something we’ll have to discuss on Got Game when Grand Slam Tennis Two is released.

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In the meantime, and according to EA Sports, Grand Slam Tennis 2 will include:

• An all-new Total Racquet Control system were you control every shot, smashing forehands, and backhands with the right analog stick.
• A championship mode were you compete for all four major championships in succession – including Wimbledon which is licenced for exclusive use in the EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis franchise.
• PlayStation Move Support.
• Legends of Now and Then including: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Bjorn Borg, Maria Sharapova, Serena and Venus Williams.
• Professional, Realistic, Organic (or what they call P.R.O.) AI. However, (and only time will tell if this is true or just my lack of knowledge but) it sounds like they’ve basically mo-caped all the legends that will appear in this game.
• ESPN Grand Slam Tournament Classics were you can relive some of the most memorable moments in tennis. Matches like Borg versus McEnroe, and of course Nadal versus Federer.

Virtual Maria Sharapova

Hey Got Gamers!

Who doesn’t want more videogame chatter on Sportsnet 590 the FAN?

My opinion may not be impartial, but I know that I want more chatter. That’s why when the Fan’s Rob Wong invited Momin and Calhoun to talk gaming on his show this weekend, we jumped at the chance.

In case you didn’t catch it live, we recorded the 15 or so minute conversation that happened on Rob’s show, and have attached it to this blog post for your convenience.

As per usual, you can find it in the audio file below this sentence.

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Hey Got Gamers,

Happy New Years to everyone!

We may have only missed a week, but as with all good things, it felt like it was much longer to me. I can’t explain how glad we are to be back, and we hope that you enjoy our very first episode of 2012.

So for the first time this year, I am happy to tell you that the post-broadcast-podcast of our January 8th 2012 show can be found in the audio file below this paragraph.

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This week on Got Game, the crew discusses:

• Zack’s experiences with the first UFC bout to be broadcasted over Xbox Live
• The current status of Gotham City Impostors
• More rumors about new consoles from everyone at E3 this year
• The possibility that Disney is making a sequel to Epic Mickey

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AND IN OUR REVIEW SECTION, WE TAKE A LOOK AT PUSHMO FOR THE NINTENDO 3DS.

Today’s the day! Blitz is now avaliable on the XBL Marketplace and the PlayStation Network.

For $14.99 in points or money (depending on what console you play on) you dollars will get you 7-on-7 Blitz Gauntlet action, online leaderboards in Blitz Battles, and the ability to create a “dream team” by collecting player cards in Elite League.

Personally, most of that doesn’t sound appealing to me, but EA Sports has promised all-new single-player and cooperative game modes that are supposed to be running at 60 frames per second (FPS). That’s the same speed that RAGE ran at and (while RAGE suffers issues with mission structure) man is that a good looking game. I’ll be interested to see how tackle and catch animations look at that 60 FPS.

However, don’t take this blog post as buying advice. If you’re unsure if NFL Blitz is worth the money, just keep listening to Got Game and we will tell you soon. I’m just writing this post to let you know the game is now out if you want to get it now.

Here’s the trailer.

Hey Got Gamers,

Like we said last week, there will be no more Got Games on the airwaves this year. Got Game would have aired on the days that we’re airing the station’s annual Year In Review of Sports, so we will see you back on the radio during the first week of 2012.

However, that doesn’t mean we can’t do a holiday special podcast. This isn’t the dark-ages or 1998 that we’re talking about. This is the age of podcasts… like the one you’ll find in the audio file below this sentence.

Download We just call it our 2011 Holiday Season Bonus show.

So come join the full Got Game crew and many of our friends as we look back at the year that was 2011.

And from all of us here on Got Game, please enjoy some happy holidays/your time off/the over time pay.

The roll out of these Xbox360 applications have been the source of much head scratching around the Got Game broadcast studio here inside Sportsnet 590 the FAN. First, the whole new update is launched without a single application to prove that this update was ever necessary. Then when we finally get an update, most of the material seemed like odd choices for being the first public demonstration of what these video applications can do.

As sports fans it looked like we have to wait until early 2012 to get our hands on the applications that would really interest us, but once again Microsoft has made a move that has left me wondering what in the world in going on at their headquarters. However, that doesn’t mean it’s a move that I can’t get behind.

Today we found out that ultimate fight center, the UFC video watching application and community interaction application, was security launched last night and is now available for download if you are a Xbox LIVE Gold subscriber.

To celebrate the launch, the UFC and Microsoft will make UFC® 141: LESNAR vs. OVEREEM free to the first 25,000 fans that complete the order process. According to Microsft,”these fans will be able to make predictions and prepare for a night of epic fights by watching the weigh-ins, pre-fight press conferences and other related videos live or via the on-demand library.”

The application will also allow you to participate in community interactions like polls that will let you pick who you think will win a fight, and a leader board for the number of correct predictions.

Also, for those of you wonder, this application will operate along similar lines as watching UFC fights over cable providers. You will have to pay for live fight content through the pay-per-view purchasing model that the UFC has been using since they started.

Broadcasting live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena at 10 p.m. EST on December 30th, UFC 141 is headlined by a title contender bout between former Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and international superstar Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem.  In addition, UFC 141 will include fights starring Nate Diaz, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Jon Fitch, Johny Hendricks and more.

Hey Got Gamers,

It’s hard to believe, but another year has come and gone. It feels like only yesterday when Zack, Momin, Bryan, and Ken Rodney (who is still not dead) started up this video game show, but here we are at the end of the 3rd year of radio broadcasts.  Speaking of broadcasting on the radio, the next two Sundays are Christmas Day and New Years Day; therefore, Sportsnet 590 the FAN will be airing our year in review all day on those two days.

Basically, there will be no more Got Game on the radio until 2012. That being said, (and like last year) we’re already planning to do at least 1 special website only episode during those two weeks. You’ll be able to get it off of iTunes, download it directly from our website, or just look for it here on the blog next week.

However, that’s something ponder next week.

This week we still have a show blog to do, and as you’ve come to expect, the podcasted version of our latest radio broadcast can be found in the audio file below this paragraph. Although, we just call it the December 18th 2011 edition of Got Game.

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This week on Got Game the crew discusses:

• The always controversial Spike TV Video Game Awards
• Sony’s victory over the class action suit filed against them when they removed the other OS functionality from PS3s
• A single piece of game content in a free to play game that will cost you $100
• Some of the new video applications for the Xbox that have finally rolled out

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Plus, we talked about the Spike VGA trailers for Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

Fortnite

The Amazing Spiderman

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare

Command and Conquer: Generals 2

The Last of Us

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD

All trailers on this particular show blog are courtesy of the Game Trailers website.

With less than 10 days in this holiday season, you may not know what gaming gifts to get the people on your shopping list.

That’s why the Got Game crew cowboyed up during this cold and flu season to bring you the annual buyer’s guide that you can find in the audio file below this sentence.

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Also, don’t forget that you can always download MP3s of each of our shows off of our website; or if you have an iDevice, you can grab those same files from the iTunes store.

Last week we talked about the new Xbox dashboard that was released on December 6th. However, we were confused about why the dashboard would be released without any of the video applications that obviously gave the new dashboard a reason for existing.

Well we just heard that the first wave of video applications were released today, and at some point during this day you should be able to download:

• MSN Video.
• Rogers On Demand (Rogers Media).
• TMZ (Warner Bros.).
• YouTube.

We’ll let you know when more of the services become avaliable.

Hey Got Gamers,

This week we had so much content, that we didn’t know what to do with it all. We could have done a normal show, or our annual video game buyers guide. In the end, we decided to do both shows, so in the audio file below this paragraph you can find the podcast only edition of our December 11th webisode.

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On this podcast only edition, the crew discusses:

• The conflicting words between Sheguri Miyamoto and Nintendo
• The pros and cons of the latest Xbox360 dashboard
• The latest information we have from the development team working on NFL Blitz

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However, just remember that this is a podcast only show. Our regular show, which this week is our annual holidays buyers guide, will air tomorrow on the radio station like it always does.