Author Bio
Jayson YoungHome Town: Nashville, TN.
Sports: Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer
Games: Old: Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition, NBA Hangtime, New: All Pro Football 2K8, NHL '09
Teams: Vanderbilt Commodores, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, Memphis Grizzlies
OS Username: OS: wEEman33 Xbox Live: wEEman33 BSD
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Friday, April 26, 2013
12:31 PM - April 26, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Portable baseball games are no longer minor league products.
The Vita version of MLB 13: The Show already proved it, and now Konami's Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 also proves it belongs in sports gaming's big leagues, showcasing the same all-star skill set as its PlayStation 3 brother, minus a thousand or so polygons and live online gameplay.
If your memories of portable baseball gaming are Bo Jackson beeping around the base path on an LCD screen or Mario and friends running at a snail's pace through black in white fields, those visions will be obliterated the moment Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 comes to life on the Vita's radiant 5-inch OLED display.
Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 is a faithful rendition of America's pastime, albeit, featuring teams with anime mascots and player names that most gamers cannot read, let alone pronounce.
Do not be fooled by the foreign symbols and logos; Konami's Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013 is a baseball game as true and real as its Major League counterpart on the opposite end of the Pacific.
Read More - Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 Review (PS Vita)
Friday, March 29, 2013
09:27 AM - March 29, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
If no college basketball game releases on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720, it will mark the first generation of consoles without an NCAA basketball game since the days of the NES, Atari and Sega Master System.
Starting with 1992's NCAA Basketball, multiple college basketball games have appeared in every console generation since the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
Read More - Will College Basketball Return to the Next-Gen Sports Lineup?
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
10:37 AM - February 20, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
The kart racing genre, popularized by Nintendo's Super Mario Kart in 1992, has slowed down significantly during its teenage years, seeing fewer releases and even fewer innovations to the original formula of power sliding, shooting items and wacky mascot races.
Sega's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, a direct sequel to 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, isn't here to reinvent the genre or launch any major innovations. The game's main marketable feature, transforming between boats, planes, and go-karts during a single race, isn't necessarily an innovation so much as it is an extension of the multi-vehicle concept introduced in 1997's Diddy Kong Racing.
The excitement that comes from playing Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed isn't linked to anything new it does, but instead, from everything old it has wonderfully re-imagined.
Read More - Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Monday, January 28, 2013
01:51 PM - January 28, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
How do you convince the millions of Trials Evolution players to spend money on official downloadable content when they can already download thousands of user-made creations for free?
The solution developer RedLynx has discovered is to load up their $5 DLC packs with new bikes, new clothes, new editor tools and new land masses -- all things that cannot be created by players using the free in-game editor.
Course-creating fanatics will instantly want both pieces of Trials Evolution's DLC, as over a hundred new parts and special effects have been crammed into the game's already robust track building feature. Players who simply enjoy downloading custom courses from Track Central will also want to purchase both Origin of Pain and Riders of Doom, as it's impossible to download any tracks that contain the new editor tools unless the DLC is unlocked and installed to your hard drive.
Read More - Trials Evolution DLC Review: Origin of Pain and Riders of Doom
Monday, January 21, 2013
10:45 AM - January 21, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Almost five years have passed since RedLynx's Trials franchise jumped from the shadows of PC gaming into the spotlight of Xbox Live Arcade. Finally, on March 21, 2013, the two sequels that helped rocket the Trials series to over four million units sold -- Trials HD and Trials Evolution -- are coming bundled together in a PC "Gold Edition."
Every map, mode and feature from the two Xbox Live Arcade games will carry over to the PC's Gold Edition. All courses from Trials HD have been recreated using the superior physics and graphics engines of Trials Evolution. Publisher Ubisoft promises that the PC update will feature increased optimization and enhanced graphics, presumably eliminating the pop-up and stuttering issues that plague Trials Evolution on the Xbox 360.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition is being developed by Ubisoft Shanghai with "supervision" from RedLynx, making it the first Trials game developed outside the company's Helsinki, Finland headquarters. A private beta group has been chosen to test Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, but due to a non-disclosure agreement, Operation Sports is unable to share any beta impressions.
The Trials series, which spent its first five years (2000 to 2005) as a free-to-play, browser-based Java game, last appeared on the PC platform in March 2008, when Trials 2: Second Edition introduced gamers to RedLynx's compelling brand of 2D motorbike mayhem.
Friday, January 11, 2013
10:12 AM - January 11, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Most Indie titles on the Xbox 360 are as poorly built as the Jacksonville Jaguars' roster and about as much fun as sitting through a Kansas City Chiefs game.
Avatar Football, by comparison, is the San Francisco 49ers of Indie sports games -- not always the prettiest product on the field, but a winning franchise with an intelligent leader who has assembled a deep roster of features that can compete with Xbox Live's elite downloadable titles.
Read More - Avatar Football Review (360 XBLA)
Saturday, January 5, 2013
05:21 PM - January 5, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Check out more Avatar Football screenshots, right here.
Coinciding with the start of the NFL playoffs, veteran Xbox 360 Indie developer, Barkers Crest Studio, just released Avatar Football onto the Xbox Live Marketplace.
For 240 Microsoft Points ($3), gamers get:
- 2D gameplay inspired by Tecmo Super Bowl
- Play as Xbox Avatars or as realistic football player models
- 3 vs. 3 online multiplayer
- Fully editable players, teams and playbooks
- Create-a-play editor
- Share edited rosters over Xbox Live
- Offline single season mode
- 2 vs. 2 local multiplayer
UPDATE: Check out the Avatar Football video, captured last night from the 4th quarter, it was a crazy finish!
Monday, December 31, 2012
10:20 AM - December 31, 2012. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Funding opened last week for the PC/Macintosh Kickstarter project, PerfectGolf. With the game already 12 months into development, the PerfectGolf team is requesting an additional $300,000 in fan funding to secure licences for multiple real-world courses, add an online multiplayer clubhouse system and an in-depth course editor that will allow users to create and share their own dream courses over the Internet.
PerfectGolf has been built with the increasingly popular Unity3D game engine, which has been featured in recent PC games like Endless Space, Battlestar Galactica Online and MechWarrior Tactics. While gameplay footage hasn't debuted yet, a few early teasers are uploaded onto Perfect Parallel's YouTube channel.
If you can't view the embedded video, click here.
Located in Vero Beach, Florida, developer Perfect Parallel is a small team of artists and programmers who have worked on popular franchises like Links, Forza Horizon and Crysis.
Fundraising for PerfectGolf closes February 4, 2013, with a $15 pledge earning a digital download of the finished game, and higher reward tiers offering Kickstarter-exclusive clothes, equipment and courses.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
10:31 AM - December 29, 2012. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Jayson Young
Xbox Live Gold members can save 50% on Backbreaker Vengeance today through the end of 2012.
As a downloadable spin-off to the 2010 Backbreaker retail game, Backbreaker Vengeance offers improved camera angles, a refined controller layout and numerous enhancements to the Euphoria physics engine, which generates lifelike procedural collisions.
If you can't view the embedded video, click here.
Operation Sports gave Backbreaker Vegeance an 8.5/10 in the original review, praising its incredible physics and creative game design.
Backbreaker Vegeance was Natural Motion's final console release before the company-wide switch to mobile game development.
Cell phone hits My Horse and CSR Racing have since generated huge profits for the British-based team, which currently has no plans to revisit consoles.
Friday, December 7, 2012
09:35 AM - December 7, 2012. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Every gamer has a "dream game." Yet few gamers possess the knowledge, persistence, time and funding to actually code those ideas into a complete, working video game. Dave Wishnowski, lead designer and producer of Pro Wrestling X, has built his dream game. But he still needs your help to get it released.
With a Kickstarter campaign just hours away from ending and a STEAM Greenlight project stuck in limbo, Pro Wrestling X has its mask on and its tights all laced up, but it still doesn't know if it will be offered a spot on the evening's card.
Operation Sports has been granted backstage access to speak with Dave Wishnowski about his wrestling game's pending debut on the PC platform.
Read More - Q&A With Pro Wrestling X Creator, Dave Wishnowski
Monday, November 19, 2012
10:31 AM - November 19, 2012. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Walmart In-Store Sales Schedule
Thursday, November 22
Doors open at 8 PM
FIFA Soccer 13 (Xbox 360)- $25.00
Forza Horizon (Xbox 360)- $15.00
Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition (PS3)- $10.00
Kinect Sports: Ultimate Collection (Xbox 360)- $15.00
Madden NFL 13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
Mario Power Tennis (Wii) -- $15.00
Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) -- $15.00
MLB 12 The Show (PS3)- $15.00
NBA 2K13 (Xbox 360)- $25.00
NCAA Football 13 (Xbox 360)- $25.00
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Xbox 360)- $25.00
UFC Trainer (Xbox 360)- $10.00
WWE '13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
Wipeout 3 (Xbox 360/Wii) -- $25.00
Amazon.com Lighting Deals Schedule
Monday, November 19
9:10 am - 1:10 pm PST
NBA 2K12 (PS3)- $15.99
Tuesday, November 20
9:10 am - 1:10 pm PST
Madden NFL 13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
1:10 pm - 5:10 pm PST
NCAA Football 13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00[
Wednesday, November 21
9:10 am - 1:10 pm PST
Kinect Sports Season Two (360)- $19.99
1:10 pm - 5:10 pm PST
FIFA Street (Xbox 360)- $25.00
Thursday, November 22
5:10 am - 9:10 am PST
MLB 12 The Show (PS3)- $15.00
5:10 pm - 9:10 pm PST
FIFA Soccer 13 (Xbox 360/PS3/Wii U)- $25.00
NBA 2K13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition (PS3)- $10.00
Madden NFL 13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
NCAA Football 13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
Friday, November 23
5:10 am - 9:10 am PST
SSX (Xbox 360/PS3)- $15.99
9:10 am - 1:10 pm PST
WWE '13 (Xbox 360/PS3)- $25.00
For a full list of all Black Friday video game deals, check out the massive post from CheapyD over at cheapassgamer.com.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
12:18 PM - November 8, 2012. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Wednesday at noon, Canadian developer WishboneX Creations launched its Kickstarter campaign for Pro Wrestling X. Supporters have until December 9, 2012 to raise the $75,000 project goal.
A $15 pledge secures a downloadable copy of the game once it's released, plus a spot in the game credits. Further incentives like private beta access and early access to the original source code are being offered at higher pledge levels.
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| Pro Wrestling X is a 3D wrestling game being developed for the PC platform. Our game features the core game mechanics lovingly inspired by the classics of the Nintendo 64 era, WCW/nWo Revenge and WWF No Mercy – but free of the imposed limitations of licensed console games. A game made by wrestling fans, for wrestling fans. Our mission with Pro Wrestling X is clear and attainable:
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Wrestling fans can further show their support for Pro Wrestling X by voting for the game on Steam's Greenlight service.
For more details on Pro Wrestling X, check out the game's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and official website.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
05:06 PM - October 30, 2012. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
Read More - Overlooked Sports Games of 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
08:13 PM - September 21, 2012. Posted by jyoung. Written by Jayson Young
Another NHL 13 tuner update has been released (1.03), details below.
Name: Tuner 1.03
Date: 09/21/2012
Notes:
EASHL Only
- Increased AI goalie glove and stick high ratings
- Slightly lowered wrist shot accuracy
- Increased AI goalie rebound control
- Decreased AI ability to make long stretch passes when Users were calling for a pass.
Reverted the previous tuner change that fixed the issue where players were only starting their BAP shift at a faceoff since it raised the chance of a crash. We are continuing to look for an alternate fix for how to allow Users to start shifts mid play.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
11:21 AM - September 18, 2012. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Jayson Young
True Performance Skating has revolutionized hockey gaming, but how does the rest of EA Sports' NHL 13 fare when compared to real hockey?
Read More - NHL 13: Grading the Realism
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