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After seven years of bogies, Rory McIlroy has helped 2015’s instalment in the PGA Tour series straight to the UK retail chart top spot. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is a big shake-up for the golfing franchise – it’s both the first PGA Tour to drop a year from its title …
Read More »Rory McIlroy PGA Tour special edition includes an EA Sports umbrella
In what may be a first, UK retailer GAME is offering a golf umbrella with a special edition of upcoming Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. Usually occupied by the offer of digital add-on content or a steelbook game case, there have been some pretty strange physical pre-order bonuses in the past, …
Read More »EA pushes Rory McIlroy PGA Tour release back one month
EA’s upcoming golf title Rory McIlroy PGA Tour won’t be coming out in its previously announced June release window. Instead the sports game will be coming out on July 14th.This is the same week as the Open Championship 2015 in St Andrews. It’s yet to be revealed if this is …
Read More »The Masters golf championship won’t be appearing in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
EA’s upcoming Rory McIlroy PGA Tour will not feature one of the most best-known courses in the golfing world. The iconic Masters tournament will not be making an appearance in the forthcoming golf title as the game cannot feature the Augusta National course, where the championship takes place. In a …
Read More »EA: New Golf game includes crazy fantasy courses
EA’s next golf game sees the franchise move away from its Tiger Woods origins and into more…. unusual areas. EA’s next PGA tour title is built using the Frostbite engine and will let players explore and wander around the course. But the best thing is the new fantasty courests, featuring …
Read More »Tiger Woods already negotiating video games return
The Tiger Woods brand could return to a video game near you sooner than you think. EA announced earlier this week that it had reached a mutual decision” with Woods to end his run of appearances on the cover of its PGA Tour Golf series. Now the golfer’s agent Mark …
Read More »EA ends partnership with Tiger Woods
PGA TOUR publisher EA has announced the annual golf game franchise will no longer bear the Tiger Woods name. The company revealed that the change is part of a new approach moving forward to add more choices and customization elements to the series. "EA Sports and Tiger Woods have also …
Read More »EA Sports hires new pro golfer
EA Sports has signed a new golfer as its ambassador for upcoming simulation game PGA Tour 12. Welsh pro Rhys Davies will wear the EA logo on his shirt during all golf competitions this year and help promote the new Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii game. The news comes following …
Read More »EA’s PGA Tour Golf hits Facebook
Publisher EA has released a new free-to-play golf game on Facebook. EA Sports PGA Tour Golf Challenge, which is developed by EA Tiburon, blends to connectivity of the social network with proper 3D graphics and a host of real-life golf courses including Pebble Beach, St Andrews and Sawgrass. Casual-friendly controls …
Read More »Tiger dropped from PGA Tour cover
EA has denied that its decision to depict the Augusta National golf course on the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 instead of the iconic sports star himself has nothing to do with the personal issues that have dogged the former world No.1 over the last year. The cover …
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