Game runs a Blitz on usual NFL boundariesFrom Staff and Wire Reports
Posted June 28, 2005
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...n28,0,4947462.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines
Ahhh, those wacky video-game makers.
Midway Games is developing a game called "Blitz: The League." Last fall, the NFL wouldn't grant an official license because of the game's "violent depiction of the sport."
Midway's response? The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that in an apparent slap at the league, Midway's new game has a team from Atlanta, nicknamed the Redhawks, quarterbacked by a guy named "Mexico."
Heh-heh-heh.
The NFL's Atlanta franchise is nicknamed the Falcons and, of course, is quarterbacked by Michael Vick. He is the target of a lawsuit filed by a woman who said he knowingly gave her herpes and used the name Ron Mexico (the alias has also spawned a Web site by the same name that hawks t-shirts).
"No longer bound to the NFL license, there will be no league restrictions on content and gamers will finally experience what makes playing a football video game really fun: off-field controversies, dirty hits, excessive celebrations and much more," said Steve Allison, Midway's chief marketing officer, in December. "'Blitz: The League' buyers will be assured of one thing -- our game will include all the gameplay and fun the NFL won't allow."
Let's just hope that by "off-field controversies," Allison's talking about something better than ESPN's short-lived series, Playmakers.
Posted June 28, 2005
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...n28,0,4947462.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines
Ahhh, those wacky video-game makers.
Midway Games is developing a game called "Blitz: The League." Last fall, the NFL wouldn't grant an official license because of the game's "violent depiction of the sport."
Midway's response? The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that in an apparent slap at the league, Midway's new game has a team from Atlanta, nicknamed the Redhawks, quarterbacked by a guy named "Mexico."
Heh-heh-heh.
The NFL's Atlanta franchise is nicknamed the Falcons and, of course, is quarterbacked by Michael Vick. He is the target of a lawsuit filed by a woman who said he knowingly gave her herpes and used the name Ron Mexico (the alias has also spawned a Web site by the same name that hawks t-shirts).
"No longer bound to the NFL license, there will be no league restrictions on content and gamers will finally experience what makes playing a football video game really fun: off-field controversies, dirty hits, excessive celebrations and much more," said Steve Allison, Midway's chief marketing officer, in December. "'Blitz: The League' buyers will be assured of one thing -- our game will include all the gameplay and fun the NFL won't allow."
Let's just hope that by "off-field controversies," Allison's talking about something better than ESPN's short-lived series, Playmakers.
