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Gamespot: NFL Tour Hands-On

NFL Street is dead, long live NFL Tour. Okay, so the official word from EA Sports isn't that the Street football series is dead and buried, but Gamespot does know that the publisher is focused firmly on its new arcade pigskin game, one that is reminiscent of the old Street series but not without a few twists of its own. At a recent EA Sports press event, Gamespot got their first hands-on look at the game, and managed to score a few touchdowns and blow up a few QBs in the process.

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Why Exclusive Sports Licenses Hurt Their Respective Games

Allan Muir of VGU.TV takes a look at exclusive sports licenses in games and why they hurt the genre

Stuntman, Facebreaker, NFL tour come to Games On Demand

3 new games added to games on demand (albeit average games)
Stuntman
Facebreaker
NFL Tour
Check after the break for region specific pricing

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GameInformer: NFL Tour Review

GameInformer writes: "Let me start this off with a message to the Miami Dolphins: Believe it or not, you're not the only team that's toiled in futility and totally embarrassed yourselves on the football field this year. I thought that in retooling the NFL Street series into NFL Tour EA would actually be improving the franchise and learning from its past mistakes in the sub-genre. Unfortunately, I was mistaken, as NFL Tour represents a total regression – one that the company says is aimed at young kids and football novices who don't play Madden. Even if I take this at face value, it's clear that this game is a failure no matter how you try and qualify it."

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