This is the week, guys! No more filler games! Well, alright, so we still have a couple of titles from the Imagine and Petz series, but never mind that. Big titles are coming out this week, and the publishers did not fail to beef up the lineup just before the Black Friday sales. It's a deluge of games, alright. Can your wallet handle it?

Electronic Arts' MMA may not be getting anything from the UFC, but EA Sports managed to sign Strikeforce into their stable as a premier league, bringing a few familiar names into the game. Read up and learn more.

Still hitting the ring at Fight Night Round 4? Good news, slugger. EA Sports is sending another haymaker over to pack more punch into the game. This round will see a neat price drop for the game, so those who still don't have the game will be able to grab a copy minus the ouch of the full price. For those who already have the game, EA Sports will continue post-launch support with some fresh new downloadable content.

Even though they denied Dana White a UFC video game with the belief that mixed martial arts is "not a real sport," EA Sports is now jumping on the MMA train with EA Sports MMA, now unveiling the game's first screenshot, featuring the very painful armbar.

With the new NBA season prepping for the tip-off tonight, EA Sports also readies a patch to activate the Dynamic Season feature that'll sync NBA Live 10 with the real NBA action. Also adding to the action will be quite a number of bug fixes and gameplay adjustments to make sure you keep playing all-season long. Wouldn't make much sense getting a season-long feature if you're gonna give up on the buggy gameplay on the first week, yes?

Electronic Arts is most certainly proud to announce today the record-breaking launch of the latest iteration in the FIFA videogame franchise, FIFA 10 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2 and PC). In its first week alone, said title has earned over 1.7 million copies throughout European retail.

Those who've already been to the PlayStation Store might've run into the new EA Sports category over there. Just like Capcom dating back to November in 2008 with the release of Age of Booty, EA Sports would be the second to have its own special storefront.

It looks like Dana White's threats of a lifetime ban for fighters who choose to sign up with EA Sports MMA has left quite a few big-name fighters unfazed. EA has recently announced the addition of former UFC and Strikeforce champion Frank Shamrock to their own mixed martial arts game's roster.

Just hours after the launch of Madden NFL 10 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC, PS2) last week, Michael Vick was signed to a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. EA Sports is now working on rushing the Vick addition into the game to mark the NFL star's comeback into the game.

For the fifth consecutive month, the US gaming industry experiences a downward slip, this time with a 29% year-over-year decline to US$ 848.9 million. Details on July's NPD results are at the full article.