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EA Sports Active 2.0 coming this fall to Wii, PS3 and iPhone

by Griffin McElroy on Mar 9th 2010 10:50PM

EA Sports' "Season Opener" event at GDC contained one major announcement for the developer's bevy of franchises: EA Sports Active will receive the sequel treatment this Fall with EA Sports Active 2.0 (working title), an updated version of the exergame for the PS3, Wii, iPhone and iPod Touch platforms. The console versions of the game will come equipped with two motion sensors and a heart rate monitor the player can strap to their arms and legs.

User information in this new game can be shared over an online social network, allowing fellow players to keep track of how frequently you've been skipping out on your demanding workout regimen. EA Vancouver is reprising its role as developer for the title. We'll let you know when we hear more about 2.0 -- like, for instance, why the game is apparently skipping out on launching on the 360.

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Tags: Apple, EA, EA-Sports, EA-Sports-Active, ea-sports-active-2, ea-sports-active-2.0, EA-Vancover, Electronic-Arts, Electronic-Arts-Vancouver, Exercise, exergaming, Fitness, gdc-2010, iPod, Nintendo, sports, Wii

Reader Comments (33)

You're welcome.

Nobody said thank you.

Dear Mr Peter Moore

Did you know that using motion tracking and providing "personal trainer" from a computer system was invented by the writer in 1991. See this web site
http://www.mycoachbuddy.com/

First TW11, now this?

Is EA abandoning Natal?

More than likely something different is being made for natal.... since it can track full body movements there are more things you can do with it (potentially)

Except they could have mentioned at least something. Not to mention this doesn't require Natal at all, so I guess the 360 is being ignored.

It's odd.

Seeing how Natal isn't coming out until Fall, showing a fitness game in March doesn't make the best marketing sense.

Also, Microsoft asked us not to show our stuff until E3.

That makes sense, but...

Let me clarify by my "Fall" comment.

I mean, late October/November.

I was going to come up with some crazy theory as to why this wasn't announced for the 360, but Peter Moore really didn't beat around the bush.

Can't wait for E3. Should be epic. The fact that I'll probably be broke by Christmas buying all these newfangled Natal games won't be. But at least I'll have fun!

From the news today, it looks like Arc is coming out ahead. Though we should wait to see the final tally at E3.

Also, maybe EA Active 2.0 isn't coming to Xbox 360, but EA Active "Natal" will be, and that will be very different from this game, so they're announcing later at E3.

awesome, so the ps3 will also get wii's shovelware, can't wait!

Or...maybe EA doesn't want to pay a BS license fee to have a wireless device work on the 360.

...please say you're kidding. Is that true?

I remember something like that.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/05/microsoft-not-allowing-red-octane-to-produce-wireless-guitar/

Could be true, but the BS license fee is for utilizing the internal radios of the Xbox. Using your own proprietary dongle doesn't. EA doesn't seem opposed to doing this since it appears they're already using one for the PS3 version.

GOTY!

Is that the TIME BELT!!?!

Put your long pink shirts on and get ready!

I'd buy it if it was shaped as the Foreigner belt.

I am DYING to know how this is suppose to work on an iphone.

Same way Nike+iPod does. Through Bluetooth and an app.

I'll wait for natal

you don't need natal to exercise.

If I were a betting man, I would say that MS wouldn't approve the new motion sensors.

Please tell me the ps3 version uses bt and not a damned usb rf dongle.

Oh lovely, another Wii accessory that will be used five times and forgotten about by the owner. The Wii really is a money sink after all the crap you buy just to make it functional.

That's only if you're casual, but yes.

may be he noticed right from the future that nobody as you..

...what?

yugo doesn't afraid of anything!

hmm.. posted at wrong place my fault
was replying to the 2nd comment from top (@ random g), and i thought this will be upvoted :(

Awesome!!!
PS3 is getting this!! WooooHooo! great news!
i'm getting the arc and this DEFINITElY!

Griffin, tag this with release-date, please.

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