EA Sports still in the game, intros MMA, Grand Slam Tennis

01.06.2009
At the EA Press Conference, the teams behind Madden, Fight Night, and more announced the next iterations of their games and revealed hints of two new franchises.

EA Sports' series of reveals began with a closer look at , which will be launching on June 25. Along with twice the frames per second of , FNR4 will incorporate much faster gameplay in which a boxer's height and reach can make a great deal of difference in your fighting style.

and will both have Internet components when they're released. NCAA Football 10's is already available to fiddle around with, a month ahead of the game's release. Madden 10's Online Franchise, meanwhile, should allow for tweaking your Madden teams and interacting with other players in a half fantasy football, half social networking setup once it's released.

The audience also got looks at EA's two new sports franchise games, MMA and Grand Slam Tennis. MMA will be modeled after the mixed-martial arts cage matches common in UFC tournaments, while Grand Slam Tennis will be a Wii game that takes full advantage of the Wii MotionPlus enhanced WiiMote. Chalk up another two sports to EA!

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