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Releasing a new video, Electronic Arts announced that EA SPORTS IGNITE , a new game engine that will power EA SPORTS games on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. These games, Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, NBA LIVE 14, and EA SPORTS UFC, will each launch within the next 12 months.

The dust hasn't even begun to settle after the reveal of Microsoft's next gen gaming console that we now know is called the Xbox One, but two of the announcements that may have the greatest impact on the shape of the next console war have nothing to do with games.

If you listen closely, you can hear the buzz about tomorrow's reveal of Microsoft's next Xbox.

The software giant introduced the successor to the Xbox 360 at an industry event at its headquarters here Tuesday.

Andrew Wilson, vice president of EA sports, took the stage at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal and confirmed the company is developing four games for Xbox One: FIFA, NBA Live, Madden NFL and UFC, EA's upcoming sports titles will be powered by 'Ignite', a brand new EA Sports engine that "blurs the line between real and virtual."

For gamers and football fans alike, Madden NFL 25 will be on the must buy list. For those who are looking for purchasing the title, Amazon looks like it will be offering the best use of your money.

Fight Night Champion will set a new standard in sports videogames by delivering the most dynamic simulation fighting experience to date, pushing visual boundaries and redefining the single player journey for the category.

Listed at 6-foot-8 and 270 pounds, Scott had no points and 69 penalty minutes in 34 games last season.

Plus, how console is still a big deal in the global games market, the rise of 'neuro-gaming' and Nintendo's forthcoming announcements Less than a year after its launch, EA seems to have abandoned Nintendo's latest console.

AbbVie today announced that data evaluating several investigational compounds in the company's oncology pipeline will be presented at the upcoming 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 31 - June 4, Chicago.

Electronic Arts has announced the Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders has been named the cover athlete for Madden NFL 25 .

Various Apple iPad tablets and Xbox 360 acccessories are available as low as 1 cent at SportsFanPlayground.com , while the supplies last.

Madden NFL 25 will have a special edition available only from Amazon . The edition, which will cost $99.99, will come with a one-year subscription to the DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket, letting fans watch all out-of-market NFL games during the season.

The news comes as a blow to Nintendo on the day that it is due to unveil a fresh marketing strategy to boost interest in the Wii U. EA revealed in an interview with tech news site Kotaku that it had halted work on Wii U games.

AbbVie today announced that data evaluating several investigational compounds in the company's oncology pipeline will be presented at the upcoming 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, May 31 - June 4, Chicago.

"Yes, we're discontinuing Online Pass," said John Reseburg, EA's senior director of corporate communication.

That's what a lot of healthcare investors are doing right now on the web site of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

In addition to the fully Loaded roster of talent slated to perform at "The 2013 Billboard Music Awards," Cee-Lo Green, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Kelly Rowland, Hayden Panettiere, Kid Rock, Chloe Grace Moretz, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alyssa Milano, Jenny McCarthy, Emmy Rossum, Stana Katic, Gabriel Mann, Jennifer Nettles, PSY, Sky Blu, ... (more)

BC Ferries president and CEO Mike Corrigan spoke to a joint meeting of the Parksville and Qualicum Beach chambers of commerce on Thursday night.

A Chicago law firm has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NHL on behalf of the family of Derek Boogaard , a former player who died in 2011 at the age of 28.