Electronic Arts Talks 3D Sports Games

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You up for a little 3D Madden Football in the future? EA thinks you will be and is hoping the sports genre will usher in a new era of 3D gaming. EA seems to think sports games will be the key to early acceptance of 3D gaming technology, but I beg to differ: first-person shooters will be the big lure, not Madden. Here is EA Sports head-honcho Peter Moore:

“None of the games I’ve seen [so far] have been built that way – they’ve been regular games running in 3D. The real secret sauce will be when somebody says: ‘I’m going to build this game specifically for a 3D platform.’

“Absolutely. I’m not making any announcements, but it’s no coincidence that of the 3D [TV] broadcasts I’ve seen in the last two years, I can count the NBA All-Star event in Las Vegas, while ESPN has announced 3D programming – perhaps even a full channel. There have also been a number of announcements around the [football] World Cup, with some games broadcast in 3D.

“This is reminiscent of where we were with HD five or six years ago. It seems like a lifetime ago now, but you’d go to CES and be in awe of HD – and it was sports games that showed up the technology.

“I think there’s great opportunity for EA to bring sports to life in unbelievably imaginative ways, once we can grasp what 3D means to us.”

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