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Shippin' Out 8/21-25: Madden, Texas Hold 'Em

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Aug 21, 2006 5:06 pm PT

Annual edition of top-selling franchise arrives on shelves alongside first XBL poker game.

There are other games coming out this week, but none that can compare to the retail stiff arm of Electronic Arts' gaming juggernaut Madden NFL 07. EA is calling an all-out blitz on the gaming industry with tomorrow's release of the title for the Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PSP, DS, PC, and Game Boy Advance. With Shaun Alexander as this year's cover boy, EA has gone back to the drawing board and revamped the running game with new moves, new running styles, and the option to control the lead blocker while a back dashes for daylight.

For gamers who couldn't care less about the digital gridiron, there are a few other notable offerings on tap this week. Some online retailers have said they've already started shipping American McGee's satirical PC action game Bad Day L.A., almost certainly the first game to cast players in the role of a homeless man who must single-handedly save a City of Angels beset by multiple catastrophic disasters in a single day. [UPDATE 8/22: Bad Day L.A.'s publisher today confirmed a ship date of August 28 for the game.]

Elsewhere on the release lists, DS owners get a flight sim this week in Natsume's Freedom Wings, Xbox 360 owners can go all-in with the Xbox Live Arcade game Texas Hold 'Em (free for the first 48 hours of availability), and gamers of multiple systems will be able to take Namco's classic yellow pellet-gobbler for a spin on the kart-racing circuit with Pac-Man World Rally.

This week's new releases are listed below. The list is taken from retailer information, so actual dates may vary. Contact your local retailer for availability.

AUGUST 21
First Battalion (PC)
Ship Simulator 2006 (PC)
Freedom Wings (DS)

AUGUST 22
Madden NFL 07 (Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2, PSP, DS, GC, PC, GBA)
Yu-Gi-Oh Double Pack 2 (GBA)
Pac-Man World Rally (PS2, GC, PC, PSP)
Rapala Trophies (PSP)

AUGUST 23
Texas Hold 'Em (Xbox 360)

48 Comments

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Aug 26, 2006 3:32 pm PT

    nothing really good

  • manapsal

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 8:21 am PT

    Bad day LA - day - LA=Bad

  • Dill-Man

    Posted Aug 24, 2006 10:35 am PT

    cause you know, 06 is so different from 07, oh i forgot the number, and a runningback is on the cover

    wow, if people wouldnt be so crazed about football this game should only be like 20, as an expansion pack for 06 or something, but EA likes to rip peopel off

  • nuttabutta

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:14 pm PT

    thats a bold prediction dergy

  • boxcarracer565

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:44 pm PT

    hmm. cheap line-up

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 12:44 pm PT

    Madden07 and Poker for the Xbox360?

    Sounds great to me!

  • dEaThAwAiTs013

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 11:34 am PT

    I've been waiting for Bad Day L.A. for a while now. I hope that turns out to be as good as it looks.

  • Gigastormz

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:07 am PT

    [This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

  • peeviness

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:05 am PT

    Does anyone here not like Madden? Talk about rehash - sports games are the worst evolution wise.

    I don't really care for the game.

  • dergy

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 9:23 am PT

    woe! alooooot of games...i bet not one of them gets a 9

  • VGMusicFreak

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 9:07 am PT

    ""If you don't enjoy football you must be communist"
    ----Joseph McCarthy---"

    yeah thats gotta be it. But if i was a communist my name would be hillary clinton.

  • mr_squibble

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:51 am PT

    Yu-Gi-Oh Double Pack 2? So I can get the same crappy game twice on one cart a second time around? Wow.

  • coolgamer6

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:21 am PT

    I really want madden

  • ashuncc2

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:13 am PT

    I'd like to see weeks like this! Two games that I have been waiting for.....Madden and Hold'Em.

  • TheOneDubb

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:07 am PT

    "If you don't enjoy football you must be communist"
    ----Joseph McCarthy---

  • TintedChimes

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:30 am PT

    Doesn't sound great but better than nothing, hopefully the trickle of good games will come at a steady stream.

  • Heazie

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:21 am PT

    Yeah, Bad Day was supposed to be on XBOX, I was actually looking forward to it.

    Also, on Madden, there are alot of new features, the 07 like Sam_Lowery stated, and ALSO, there is a RUNNING BACk on the cover this time!! What more do you need? Oh, and they renamed the right stick again. Worth $60 right there....

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:01 am PT

    yes savoy i remember hearing that also

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:00 am PT

    Hmmm...wasn't Bad Day L.A. suppose to ship for the Xbox at the same time the PC version released.

  • Sam_Lowery

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:10 am PT

    "mr_montoya85 - whats the big deal about madden???? it cant be that different from last year. "

    Of course it's going to be different. Very different, with all kinds of new featurers. For instance, this Madden will have the number 07 after the name instead of 06.

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