<![CDATA[[GameRatty] tag: sports]]> http://gameratty.com/tag/sports Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:17:02 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[The Finer Details of Wii MotionPlus]]> http://gameratty.com/article/63dd8e8e53c9fd6bb14df66b000cd0a0 http://gameratty.com/article/63dd8e8e53c9fd6bb14df66b000cd0a0 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:15:57 +0000 wii motionplus motionplus wii sports resort wii remote press conference nintendo expect peripheral additions gameplayer The Finer Details of Wii MotionPlus <![CDATA[FIFA Manager 2009]]> http://gameratty.com/article/9d0b516e454b3768ae1ef9028f26ad59 http://gameratty.com/article/9d0b516e454b3768ae1ef9028f26ad59
FIFA Manager 09 gives you full control over the management of a football club. You are responsible for the line-up, the tactics and the training of your team – as well as for signing the right players, improving the club facilities and the stadium. It is also important that you maintain good relationships with your players, the board, the sponsors and the press. But FIFA Manager 09 goes further. Managing your national team is one of the options, playing as a player manager is another one (in this case you can even control your player on the pitch). And then there is the ultimate challenge: Found your own club and work your way up the leagues to finally become Champions!

Hardware Requirements

* Supported software: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP (Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98/ME and Microsoft Windows NT are not supported), executable on Microsoft Windows Vista

Minimum hardware requirements:

* 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor
* 512 MB RAM, 1024 MB recommended (depending on the number of selected leagues)
* 64 MB (AGP/PCI-E), graphics card (for additional information on supported graphics cards, please check section 10)
* 4,500 MB available hard disk space 8x DVD-ROM drive
* DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

FIFA Manager 2009 Screenshots










Release Dates: 31 October 2008
Category: Sports
]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:48:00 +0000 fifa manager microsoft windows 2000xp microsoft windows microsoft windows vista club hardware requirements minimum hardware requirements club facilities national team FIFA Manager 2009 <![CDATA[Celebrity Sports Showdown - review]]> http://gameratty.com/article/a5ee1aa5d1794509ae969d277424bc1e http://gameratty.com/article/a5ee1aa5d1794509ae969d277424bc1e A portion of a PlayTM review…

Celebrity Sports Showdown is not the worst game on the Wii, but its not a long way off. Only the SouthPeak Interactive crime against humanity Pool Party stands out as much worse than this, but by a lot narrower margin than any game should. I have resolved to go back to the local games emporium and see if I can instead give them 3 GBP to take this disaster far, far away.

Full review here

]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:38:56 +0000 review celebrity sports showdown worst game lot narrower margin local games emporium game playtm review southpeak interactive crime gbp Celebrity Sports Showdown - review <![CDATA[Korea pours billions into home games industry]]> http://gameratty.com/article/6371cff9b38695184b82a30282726d45 http://gameratty.com/article/6371cff9b38695184b82a30282726d45 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:33 +0000 countrys game exports nations games industry koreas government tourism minster billion in-chon sports investment trillion Korea pours billions into home games industry <![CDATA[South Korean Games Mania]]> http://gameratty.com/article/b07b2c771f02273b691409707a61851f http://gameratty.com/article/b07b2c771f02273b691409707a61851f In most parts of the world, the gaming industry seems to have problems. It’s not about losing focus and not being able to deliver games with a story to match the graphics, and it’s not about the economic problems, either. I think there’s a lot of trouble with governments trying to label games as evil, take various games out of the market, and so on, but - guess what? South Korea will become a new heaven for the gaming industry!

Just think about this, and we have a story already - according to Kotaku, “The South Korean government says they will invest 350 billion won in the computer game industry by 2012.” <-125x125 Button - right->The reason for such a juicy money input? Just because things are working properly, that’s why!

Same source says that the South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon talked on Wednesday about plans to take the gaming industry to a whole new level, since it already hit a billion-dollar export goal this year! Now, that’s what we can call “serious gaming,” don’t you agree?

Call it a crisis or not, but it seems that, with proper management, the world won’t go down. We’re only going through major changes, and best thing to do is try to understand what’s happening around us because, in a way or another, the gaming industry will pull it off, it only remains to be seen where will go all the money generated by it…

]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:14:08 +0000 games computer game industry industry label games billion-dollar export goal money billion juicy money input deliver games South Korean Games Mania <![CDATA[Korean Government Putting $200 Billion into Game Industry]]> http://gameratty.com/article/5b09e6c62249bea5a75f47f864035af2 http://gameratty.com/article/5b09e6c62249bea5a75f47f864035af2

Over in the U.S., we’re more used to hearing stories of the government trying to censor video games. So hearing a story about Korea planning to pump billions of dollars into the industry seems like quite a feat, but that’s exactly what they’re planning. In a recent meeting, Culture, Sports and Tourism Minster, Yu In-chon, stated that the game industry had proved itself effectively as a future growth engine by reaching it’s export goal two years in advance. Therefore, the Minister has proposed a US$200 billion fund through 2012 for the games industry in order establish Korea as one of the world’s top video gaming countries, alongside the U.S. and Japan. Korea also hopes to expand its exports in that area to around 5 trillion won (about US$3.3 trillion) per year.

I’m actually surprised it took them this long to see video games were a good market for them to invest in. When your country starts televising Starcraft competitions and literally setting up compounds for gamers to train, that’s probably a sign that you should be paying attention to something.

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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:50:38 +0000 game industry industry british game industry government billion censor video games video games sales us200 billion fund Korean Government Putting $200 Billion into Game Industry <![CDATA[Korea invests in video games]]> http://gameratty.com/article/c198af01500dd8a2525685ed60d769d7 http://gameratty.com/article/c198af01500dd8a2525685ed60d769d7 Korean gamers - Image 1Guess who loves gaming: Korea does! How much? US 200 million worth!

Korea's government is backing their country's gaming industry with such a sizable investment until 2012, with the intent of expanding their game exports to US 3.39 billion a year. Korea's Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon said in a meeting on Wednesday that they've got plans underway to drive the industry's growth. Yu also mentions that they reached US 1 billion in game exports earlier than they planned.

Yu promises to cook up 60 projects to give the gaming industry a boost, aiming to join the US and Japan as one of the top gaming markets. Now we're all about to see how Korea really gets its game on.


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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:17:59 +0000 korea game exports game industry sizable investment tourism minister billion plans underway million worth Korea invests in video games <![CDATA[Korea invests in video games]]> http://gameratty.com/article/fd77eb958bd487d6c8bb43af25fcb7e2 http://gameratty.com/article/fd77eb958bd487d6c8bb43af25fcb7e2 Korean gamers - Image 1Guess who loves gaming: Korea does! How much? US 200 million worth!

Korea's government is backing their country's gaming industry with such a sizable investment until 2012, with the intent of expanding their game exports to US 3.39 billion a year. Korea's Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon said in a meeting on Wednesday that they've got plans underway to drive the industry's growth. Yu also mentions that they reached US 1 billion in game exports earlier than they planned.

Yu promises to cook up 60 projects to give the gaming industry a boost, aiming to join the US and Japan as one of the top gaming markets. Now we're all about to see how Korea really gets its game on.


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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:17:59 +0000 korea game exports game industry sizable investment tourism minister billion plans underway million worth Korea invests in video games <![CDATA[Korea invests US 200 million in video games]]> http://gameratty.com/article/8b156b98ab3d26f95f7d599edc600d95 http://gameratty.com/article/8b156b98ab3d26f95f7d599edc600d95 Korean gamers - Image 1Guess who loves gaming: Korea does! How much? US 200 million worth! Korea's government is backing their country's gaming industry with such a sizable investment until 2012, with the intent of expanding their game exports to US 3.39 billion a year.

Korea's Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon said in a meeting on Wednesday that they've got plans underway to drive the industry's growth. Yu also mentioned that they reached US 1 billion in game exports earlier than they planned.

Yu promised to cook up 60 projects to give the gaming industry a boost, aiming to join the US and Japan as one of the top gaming markets. Now we're all about to see how Korea really gets its game on.


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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:17:02 +0000 korea game exports game industry sizable investment tourism minister billion plans underway million worth Korea invests US 200 million in video games <![CDATA[Korea invests US 200 million in video games]]> http://gameratty.com/article/b674543f401539175f91f06333f57ed7 http://gameratty.com/article/b674543f401539175f91f06333f57ed7 Korean gamers - Image 1Guess who loves gaming: Korea does! How much? US 200 million worth! Korea's government is backing their country's gaming industry with such a sizable investment until 2012, with the intent of expanding their game exports to US 3.39 billion a year.

Korea's Culture, Sports, and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon said in a meeting on Wednesday that they've got plans underway to drive the industry's growth. Yu also mentioned that they reached US 1 billion in game exports earlier than they planned.

Yu promised to cook up 60 projects to give the gaming industry a boost, aiming to join the US and Japan as one of the top gaming markets. Now we're all about to see how Korea really gets its game on.


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]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:17:02 +0000 korea game exports game industry sizable investment tourism minister billion plans underway million worth Korea invests US 200 million in video games