Great news to everyone who's raring to step into the gridiron this summer! EA Sports' Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PC, PS3) is now on gold status and should be released very soon. New features are now implemented, and the game is on the run to store shelves across North America. See the full article for details.

Calling plays is any good team's lifeblood in pro football. That's why in Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PC,  PS3), EA Sports made sure that this year's interface would get a revamp to take it into the thick of things in the next-gen console era. New technologies have been integrated with some old-school elements for more convenient and accurate field control. Details after the jump.

The comments made by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick about how 2K Sports titles are out-rating EA Sports games in reviews seem to have gotten to EA Sports boss Peter Moore. Peter blogged recently about how competitive their line-up is and he spoke of how franchises like NBA Live will put on a ground-breaking show when E3 2008 comes. More details in the full article.

EA Sports or 2K Sports? Although EA Sports has the advantage in the number of their franchises, Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick believes that 2K Sports still "outrate[s] them significantly." Quite a claim. More in the full article.

In a few months it'll be a year since Peter Moore left Microsoft to become the head of EA Sports. As he looks back, Moore relates that it broke his heart to leave Microsoft. Full story after the "read more" link below.

EA Sports has released more screenshots from their upcoming arcade boxing title, FaceBreaker (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii). This time, the spotlight is on a new character named Voodoo. Check out the screenshots at the full article.

 With the closure of EA Chicago, some thought that the night may have ended early for the Fight Night franchise. Not so, says EA as it announces Fight Night Round 4 for the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360. Along with the comprehensive list of all-time greats, the devs promise us that plenty of improvements will be added. Controversial ex-champ Mike Tyson will also return here. Details in the full article.

In its never-ending pursuit of innovation, Electronic Arts pushes the envelop of sports in video games further with the announcement of its new label, EA Sports Freestyle. Along the lines of EA Sports headed by Peter Moore comes sports-based titles with casual gamers in mind, highlighted by Facebreaker (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii). For more details, hit that jump!

Few things enlighten people more about a game than a demonstration of the game itself. Perhaps that's why EA Sports has released a couple more UEFA Euro 2008 videos. One of them is a gameplay demo match of Spain vs. Portugal, while the other is the trailer of the previously explained Battle of the Nations feature. To view them, turn to the full article after the jump.

Aspiring golfers will finally get to experience what it's like to be trained by Tiger Woods' own personal coach Hank Haney in EA Sports' latest game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09. Other new additions, mostly online gameplay improvements, are also thrown into the gaming franchise. More details in the full article!