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Electronic Arts simultaneously broke and warmed the hearts of basketball-loving gamers by officially announcing today that the upcoming Wii reboot (Weboot?) NBA Jam will, unsurprisingly, be released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this holiday. The bad news is that NBA Elite 11, which was supposed to be released simultaneously with NBA Jam on October 5, has been delayed. Classic giveth and taketh.

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In the X-Play video below, Adam and Morgan take a look at sports, specifically, the brutal ballet we know as football! So check out X-Play's top five football video game franchises in the history of gaming. Let's see if Madden makes the list.

Hockey, time, baby! G4's own Michael "Penalty Box" D'Alonzo has played the hell out of NHL 11, and his reaction is a pure rave:

"I have been playing hockey games for years, and have yet to find anything as viscerally satisfying as playing Blades of Steel on the original NES...until now. EA Canada has really amped up the fun quotient with NHL 11, focusing on getting the balance right between gameplay and presentation, between difficulty and simplicity. The result is the most satisfying hockey videogame experience to date."

Woah, as good as Blades of Steel? Amazing! Check out the rest of our NHL 11 review  right here.

The last time I traveled to Jam City, I made a left on Peanut Butter Lane and ended up in the land of Sandwich Deliciousness! But that was just a wonderful, wonderful dream. In real life, I played the upcoming WiiWare title Jam City Rollergirls at PAX 2010 and was impressed with the racing game's lighthearted style and fast-paced, Mario Kart-like action.

The game allows you to play as different real-life roller derby crews from all over the country (Although hometown favorites the L.A. Derby Dolls are not included) and mix it up with other roller skating chicks in a battle to the death...or to the highest point total. There is a single-player mode and dual-player mode, but the split-screen multiplayer is the way to go, so that's what I played.

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Tennis video game anyone? Top Spin 4 is coming out in 2011 for the PS3, 360 and Wii, according to 2K Games. The game will feature a deep roster of tennis greats, redesigned controls, "jaw-dropping player models" and "Signature Style animations," as well as enhanced TV-style presentation elements.

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Believe it or not, summer is just about over. And while the imminent approach of autumn means colder weather, school, and other horrors, it also brings with it one of life's great joys: Football season!  To celebrate, Madden NFL 11 has simulated the entire NFL season and determined that the Baltimore Ravens and the Green Bay Packers will win their respective conferences.

Madden also picked individual players of the year and MVPs. They're under the cut.

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I love Tiger Woods. And I love golf. I’ve been playing both for a long, long time, and when I heard that EA would be integrating PlayStation Move controls into Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, I was very much looking forward to playing a game that showed my one-to-one prowess with the sticks.

So, you can imagine my disappointment when I played the game and realized that the end result is more complicated than playing traditional Tiger Woods or actually golf. I was so frustrated that I wanted to break my imaginary driver over my knee and spend the rest of the day at the 19th Hole, drowning my sorrows in a bucket of whiskey.

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Tiger Woods isn't the only golfer out there with a video game. John Daly, the people's golfer, is coming out with his first branded golfing game on October 8. We spoke to Jerry Whitehead, public relations for O-Games, and he gave us a walkthrough of John Daly's Prostroke Golf for the PlayStation 3.

Daly's golf game was built from the ground-up with the PlayStation Move, and it's obvious from the subtlety and responsiveness of the controls. Check it out in the video below:

You know, in the year that's passed since I was last on Feedback, a lot has changed. It's better looking, more professional, and the studio smells a whole heck of a lot better than ever before. You know what hasn't changed? Sitting and talking gaming with some of the best in the business is still a damn good time. This week, your humble narrator joined Adam "The Hammer" Sessler, Abbie "The Jackhammer" Heppe, and Dana "Hammertoe" Vinson for a discussion about Madden NFL 11, as well as a look back at the stifling heat of QuakeCon 2010.

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Ubisoft this morning announced a new fighting game, Fighters Uncaged. The title is geared toward a "core" audience and has been developed exclusively for the Kinect-connected Xbox 360. It comes out in November.

Adam Novickas, U.S. director of marketing at Ubisoft, explained the game like so: “Fighters Uncaged requires players to get out of their seat to engage in a controller-free full-body combat game and experience the authentic fighting style of Thai boxing.”

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At Gamescom this morning, Pro Evolution Soccer 11 was given a release date. You'll be able to play it on September 30 for the PS3, 360 and PC, and in October for the PSP and Wii.

Hmmm... interesting release date. FIFA 11 comes out on the 28th of October, meaning that the world's two biggest soccer franchise are going head-to-head, like Arsenal playing Brazil in a to-the-death football match, with a razor studded ball and twin Uzis for each striker. -- Okay, it's not like that at all, but it is true that Konami and EA have competing soccer games, and in the parts of the world that aren't the U.S., soccer (futbol!) is a really big deal.

Also: They still make the occasional PS2 game. Nostalgia!

So, soccer-game-heads, which game do you think will prove the greatest critical and financial success?

Sony today revealed that Virtua Tennis 4 is coming in 2011, and will allow support for the PlayStation Move and be playable in 3D. The game comes out some time in 2011.

Here's how Sony described the technological innovations The Move will bring to this venerable tennis series:

The advanced motion sensors of PlayStation Move precisely track both the fast and subtle movements of the controller allowing for pinpoint accurate shots as players improve their racquet skills. Virtua Tennis 4 will also support 3D technology delivering unprecedented realism to the tennis experience, bringing you closer than ever to being out on the court.

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As you gear up for a weekend of Madden, Starcraft, The Expendables, Scott Pilgrim and Eat, Pray, Die In A Fire, remember there's plenty of internet out there to keep you occupied while you whittle away the last few hours of work on a Friday... Case in point, these links!

• Not all superpowers are created equal. Here are a few powers we'd all like to have, and a few we'd rather live without. [Heavy]

• Watch the new trailer for the epic Bangladeshi version of the Incredible Hulk. [FilmDrunk]

• Spend some time with the Predator's angsty, emo teenage son. [CollegeHumor]

• Check out 5 comedic actors whose movies suck now. [UnrealityMag]

• Enjoy a list of the dumbest John Madden quotes of all time. [Manofest]

I like golf video games, but I hate actual golf. Go figure. Anyway, I'm sick of Tiger Woods. It's not the sloot-banging I have a problem with, it's the self-righteous smugness that has always defined Tiger's persona. That's while I'll be playing John Daly's ProStroke Golf when it comes out on October 8.

John Daly may not have racked up the number of wins, the prize money or the fame of a Tiger Woods, but "The Lion" is honest as the day is long, wears loud, Caddyshack style clothes and seems to wrestle with his personal demons as hard as he wrestles with hitting a ball into a cup. In short: Daly is a golfer for THE PEOPLE.

Anyway, Pro-Stroke was built from the ground up for the Playstation Move, and features 12 "varied and challenging courses," populated with interactive spectators to bring a "rich match-day atmosphere to life."

Watch for it, golf-suckas.

I never thought that one day a 74-year-old former coach would be one of the driving forces behind a large chunk of the video game industry, but here we are on a day in 2010 where Madden NFL 2011 comes out and will contribute mightily towards EA's bottom line. BOOM! The game sits atop the cornerstone of American Football, which is practically the sacred cow to pigskin lovers, and with this being the 22nd game, it shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.

This is one of those titles that many gamers look forward to every year, and in some cases it might be the only game they purchase. Can you fault them? For some people, this is their Halo. Their God of War. Their Mario. If you're not busy gameflowing through a match right now or stacking up your playbook to be heavy on the play-action passes, take a look at some of the important milestones in this series.

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