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EA Sports MotionPlus games coming out a week early

by JC Fletcher on May 4th 2009 3:00PM

EA just released some awesome news for people hoping to have something to do with their MotionPlus peripherals when the device comes out on June 8. The company announced that the release dates for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis are being bumped up a week, to match the release of the MotionPlus.

Even better, the Tiger Woods/MotionPlus bundle is also coming out on June 8, so the peripheral will be available with a game from day one. Nice of EA to step up and do what, for some reason, Nintendidn't.

Surprisingly, despite now being available alongside the MotionPlus, EA probably won't be able to boast the first game to support it -- or even the first tennis game. Sega hasn't announced an official date for Virtua Tennis 2009 beyond "June", but GameStop currently lists June 2.

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Tags: ea-sports, ea-sports-grand-slam-tennis, motionplus, Nintendo, tiger-woods-10, Wii

Reader Comments (27)

Is EA making a Tennis game for 360 and PS3 as well?

Hmmm not sure....

However,

After the consumer pics up that Wiimote strapped with Motion Plus for the first time, it wont even matter if there are 360/PS3 versions.

I believe they are, but significantly later than Grand Slam Tennis

not exactly sure, though

Cody got voted down for speaking the truth. Well done fellow gamers -_-

Great, now I have to buy a Wii a week earlier than I planed. Thanks EA! meh. should have made enough to get em. How much is the Tiger bundle gonna be again?

Tiger has Bee sting on neck. Ouch!

Never thought I'd see the day when a golf game was a system seller.

Never see a day when I thought I'd buy a Wii, but it happened.gonna happen. I feel bad for it, but it looks like more fun than the PS3 version.

Oh god, the "tiger-woods punches himself in the face" picture returns.

Ahh, who am I kidding, I love that picture.

I'm so pumped for this!

But maybe not as much as Tiger is up there.

Did he just uppercut himself?

Ohhhhh, pulling out an old Sega line there, nice. :)

Is this going to feature the new and unique art "style" that Wii Madden is coming out with?

Looks like it from the picture there :P

I wish! (But, no.)

I'll certainly be interested to see which Tennis game will have the best controls. Tiger will certainly be a day one purchase for me though, that bundle is so mine.

Ah Damn you, God damn you all to hell.

PLEASE dear God fix the putting mechanic this year in TW-PGAT-10

I think they answered your prayers:

"The benefit to putting is also tremendous. It feels much more realistic. You use a single putter and your power is determined by a combination of your backswing length and your downswing tempo. Hit it soft and it won't go far. Hit it hard and off it goes. A medium tempo swing should get you where you want to go. We've even added the ability to push or pull your shots when putting. The fidelity is that precise," says Shenkman. "The best part about it is that it's consistent so you can learn how to putt without even looking at the screen."

http://wii.ign.com/articles/961/961390p1.html