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EA’s announced that it’s to shut down online servers for 25 of its games, including various versions of NBA 07, 08 and 09; FIFA 07 for PS2, PSP and PC; Madden NFL 09 on the original Xbox, Wii and PSP; Facebreaker; and Champions League 07 for PC and 360.

Find the full list here.

Oh dear. IGN’s given Facebreaker 5/10, which EA’s likely to be very pleased at considering Edge just gave it 3/10. From the IGN piece:

Overall FaceBreaker doesn’t deliver on many of its goals. It’s designed to provide a rock-paper-scissor style gameplay experience, but players will likely end up feeling cheated and overly frustrated by the core gameplay. There are too many balancing issues and cheap moves given to some characters to keep players around for more than a couple of hours. The multiplayer options help a bit, but not enough to pull FaceBreaker up from the lower tier of fighters.

We’re saying nothing.

EA’s confirmed that demos for Madden 09 and Facebreaker are now up on both Live and PSN, so get them if you’re bored.

Madden’s out on August 15, says Gamespress, with Facebreaker shipping on September 5.

DarkZero’s reporting that EA Sports will release a FaceBreaker demo to Live next week. The PS3 version will release a week later on August 7. No reason was given for the PSN delay.

More through the link.

On PlanetXbox360, as snapped at E3. As previously reported, the EA Sports exec has had his face modelled for the cartoony fighter, giving you the change to go toe-to-toe with the marathon-running games industry superman when it releases in early September. He’s a good sport, Peter.

New Zealand site Buttonmasher reports that EA Sports boss Peter Moore has had his face scanned in to FaceBreaker, meaning we all get to beat it to a pulp when the game releases on September 5.

Peter’s going to be unlockable, apparently, so you’ll have to work for the privilege.

By Mike Bowden

EA has just announced a giant line-up for Holiday 2008, and it’s hard to be unimpressed. There is, quite fairly, something for everyone. Big boss John agrees.

“EA’s 2008 lineup is our best ever,” said EA head John Riccitiello. “This is the year that our core franchises leap forward with stunning innovation and we introduce more brand new games than any other year in our history. Sports lovers will compete in an all new holographic mode in Madden NFL 09 and experience the online evolution of their players in NBA LIVE 09. Action fans will be able to destroy everything in sight in Mercenaries 2 and be scared witless in our new Sci-Fi horror title Dead Space. We’ve got casual family titles like Hasbro’s Littlest Pet Shop and genre-defying experiences like Mirror’s Edge and Spore. EA has never offered consumers a stronger, more innovative and diverse line up of new games.”

It’s all after the link. There’s nothing there you don’t already know about, but seeing it all in one place is something else.

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This Facebreaker movie on Gamersyde has confirmed the cartoon boxer for a September 5 release. Watch it to the end.

The footage is a lengthy gameplay trailer, showing fast punching and lots of “breaker”-related words.

Facebreaker will ship for PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Couple of new movies of EA Sports cartoon boxer Facebreaker after the link, and it’s starting to look a lot more Street Fighter than Fight Night. Steve the ninja and Romeo are shown in action, including teleport moves and juggling sequences. See for yourself.

Game’s out in September.

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EA announced the EA Sports Freestyle brand yesterday, “a new sub-brand aimed at a growing, more casual sports gaming audience,” according to the firm.

“The launch of EA Sports Freestyle is an exciting milestone in the evolution of the EA Sports brand,’ said EA Sports boss Peter Moore.

“EA Sports Freestyle will be a perfect complement to our core portfolio of games that our loyal fans are deeply passionate about, and will provide compelling opportunities for new audiences looking for a lighter gaming experience and an easier entry point into EA Sports.”

Along with the announcement was news that cartoon boxing title Feacebreaker will release in September.

Press release after the link.

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Here. The cartoon boxer looks the same as the last time we posted shots of it, which probably means we won’t be doing it again.

Here. The EA Sports cartoon fighter has taken on greater significance than it possbly should have as it’s the first “new” offering from Peter Moore’s surging EA Sports.

Pretty though, innit?

We’re having a few problems playing this, but that doesn’t mean you will. First trailer for recently announced cartoon boxing game, Facebreaker, published by EA.

EA’s made a first showing of “lighthearted” boxing game Facebreaker, in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii at EA Canada. See screens here.

“Arcade boxing takes me back to my roots in this industry, and this game signals our shift to adding more approachable fun to our product lineup,” said EA Sports boss Peter Moore.

Fictitious boxers like Romeo and Molotov will suffer “real-time face deformation” in the game, which currently has no release date. Expect to see this mentioned in EA’s third quarter financial statement later today.