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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Shipping this week: something edition]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/shipping-this-week/" rel="tag">Shipping this week</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://gamerdeals.net/blogs/cheap-video-game-deals-news/archive/2008/04/20/new-game-releases-for-the-week-of-april-20-2008.aspx"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="231" border="1" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/ballers-co-new-415.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
We're going to have to come clean and say we know virtually nothing about <em>NBA Ballers: Chosen One</em>. Since November of last year, we've had an <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/">announcement</a>, some screens, and that's about it. It <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/nbaballerschosenone?q=nba%20ballers%20chosen%20one">hasn't made a splash</a> on Metacritic just yet with the only review thus far coming from <em>GamePro</em> (the magazine gives it 60% according to Metacritic). Still, previous entries in the series have done fairly well, so here's hoping <em>Chosen One</em> can keep up. Whether basketball is your thing or not, you should know that it's your only choice this week. Maybe something more interesting will <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/gtaiv">show up next week</a>.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/new-games-this-week-emo-kids-win-or-persona-3-fes-edition/">Joystiq</a>]<br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/">Shipping this week: something edition</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gamerdeals.net/blogs/cheap-video-game-deals-news/archive/2008/04/20/new-game-releases-for-the-week-of-april-20-2008.aspx>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1173733/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/21/shipping-this-week-something-edition/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ballers</category><category>midway</category><category>nba-ballers</category><category>nba-ballers-chosen-one</category><category>shipping-this-week</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBA Ballers: Chosen One slams down first screens]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/nba-ballers-chosen-one/"><img width="415" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="300" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/04/nbaballers12.jpg" /></a><br />Today <a href="http://www.midway.com">Midway</a> released the first screens of the upcoming street-ball title, <em>NBA Ballers: Chosen One</em>. Where is <a href="http://www.easports.com">EA Sport's</a> <em>NBA Street</em> you ask? Well, for the last few years the NBA has restricted Midway and EA to release their respective street ball franchises every other year. So, <em>NBA Ballers</em> hits in '08 and in 2009 EA will release another itteration of <em>NBA Street</em>. We don't want to go on an opinion tirade but this system is the way every sports league should promote their brand (*cough* Sup, NFL *cough*). Oh and by the way, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/NBA-Ballers-Chosen-One/">NBA Ballers: Chosen One</a></em> also looks pretty nice too.<br /><br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/">NBA Ballers: Chosen One slams down first screens</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1160564/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/07/nba-ballers-chosen-one-slams-down-first-screens/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>midway</category><category>nba-ballers</category><category>nba-ballers-chosen-one</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Xav de Matos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBA Ballers: Chosen One coming Spring 2008]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/game-announcements/" rel="tag">Game announcements</a></p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="415" height="358">	<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> 	<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=28318"/> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=28318" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="415" height="358"></embed> </object><br />Today, Midway <a href="http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_12245.html">announced</a> that <em>NBA Ballers: Chosen One</em>,<em> </em>the third in the<em> NBA Ballers</em> franchise, will be headed to the Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime in the Spring of 2008. And again Midway is going back to the original <em>Ballers</em> formula with <em>Chosen One</em> by including over the top basketball gameplay, lifelike character models and promises to put you in the shoes of a living NBA legend. Playboy mansion and all! We've posted a new <em>Chosen One</em> teaser trailer embedded above for your convenience and it should give you a pretty good idea if you'll be taking the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redpill">red pill</a> or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluepill">blue pill</a> come this Spring.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/">NBA Ballers: Chosen One coming Spring 2008</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.midway.com/rxpage/mpr_12245.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1049186/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/27/nba-ballers-chosen-one-coming-spring-2008/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>midway</category><category>nba-ballers</category><category>nba-ballers-chosen-one</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dustin Burg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
