THE INTERNETS - Kotaku.com reports that "In testimony during the class-action lawsuit against the National Football League Players Association, over royalties owed to retired players whose likenesses were used in Madden, EA's Joel Linzer said they made the decision to put Favre on the cover before he announced his retirement. When Favre announced his retirement, they considered replacing him with an active player, then bulled ahead and kept him on the cover. He later unretired."
However, since that testimony EA has retracted that official stance and instead claimed they have not used Brett Favre on the cover of their game AT ALL, but rather, what you see is Wabrettio, Brett's evil twin. (Seen above).
It's a very clever defense, since clearly that is a different person because he has a handlebar moustache.
This issue has been bothering me for a few months now and I wanted to get it off my chest.
I still remember how amazing it was playing the original Tony Hawk Pro Skater for Dreamcast (yes, Dreamcast, get off my back, it was amazing.) and it absolutely blowing my mind. Finally a game that made you feel like you were in control of a real skater from the get go, but also with the potential for mind blowing stunts not possible in real life.
In a report from Gamespot.com it was found that a class-action lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs that feel that EA's exclusive rights to NFL video game production hinder the genre and is "blatantly anticompetitive conduct".
Now, a lot of blogs are spinning this negatively at the football gamers, but we here at Two Bit News are all about long argumentative battles, especially in court, over issues that really aren't that important to society. So when we heard of one that coincidentally is a subject we agree upon we decided it was worth a post to show our support!
To the plantiffs:
On behalf of all gamers in the world that want higher quality games, we salute you!
