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The video game sports season kicks off with NCAA Football 2005, the best-selling college football game - and this year it's all about the home field advantage. For the first time in a football video game, the game day atmosphere directly affects players' on-field performances. Track the crowd's impact on your players to see if they can withstand the pressure, and find key personnel mismatches with the new Match-Up Stick. Then celebrate big plays with new fan celebrations like the Gator Chomp and Texas Hook 'Em Horns. Only NCAA Football 2005 puts you inside the stadium to deliver the real emotion, collegiate atmosphere and traditional game play of college football.

Discover the power of the punch with Fight Night Round 2. Unleash the most fearsome punches in video game history. For the first time, a single Haymaker can crumble your opponent to the canvas like he was hit by a wrecking ball. Every devastating punch inflicts massive punishment and reduces a fighter's ability to defend himself - swollen eyes impair vision and broken ribs reduce mobility. Use the all-new Cut Man between rounds to minimize the damage because nagging injuries persist from fight to fight and haunt you throughout your career. Manage your boxer inside and out of the ring, and pave your path to glory.

With an all-new graphics engine and physics system, Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood is the knuckle-down follow-up again being developed by the fighting freaks at Paradox Entertainment and featuring several new enhancements to the gameplay, graphics and presentation. The Enviro-Mental engine provides lots more background interactivity and damage modeling, while the new character creation features will allow fight gamers to make each other bleed as never before.

Step up to the plate and master the true art of hitting with MVP Baseball 2004. An all-new hitting model gives you complete control over all swing types and signature cuts from the game's best sluggers. You oversee every aspect of your franchise, from the minors to the pros. Play, sim or manage your each game until you make it to the World Series. The exciting 2004 version features rich new presentation, realistic player models and enhanced animations. Other new features include: an improved fielding model, added front office options, full EA Sports Bio compatibility and competitive online play.

The recreational combat of paintball comes to Xbox in this sponsored shooter. Players join the battle in virtual arenas based on real-life paintball fields. A total of 80 opposing teams await, including nearly 70 based on real-life paintball teams that feature celebrities of the sport, such as Keely Watson, Rocky Cagnoni, Alex Fraige, and Greg "Red" Hastings himself. Over two dozen real-life paintball sponsor companies are also featured, adding to the authenticity of the presentation. Game modes should be familiar to most first-person shooter fans, and include Elimination, Capture the Flag, and Center Flag. Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball is supported by the Xbox Live service. Connected gamers can join in online matches with up to 13 other players.

Rip the ultimate line on wide-open real mountains packed with jumps and rails in Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, the first snowboarding game focused on freestyle riding. Over 120 wide-open mountain runs ensures a different ride every time. Pull insane tricks in front of roaming camera crews to get your face on video and magazine covers.
Get enough media exposure to become one of the world's snowboarding superstars.
And do it all to the music of over 150 core indie tracks. Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding is the first snowboarding game focused on freestyle riding down real mountains. Jib and spin off of a huge variety of jumps and rails for a different ride every time. Pull insane tricks in front of roaming sponsors and camera crews to get your face on magazine covers and in videos. Your goal: Get enough international exposure to become one of the world's snowboarding media superstars. ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Gamers return to the slopes in this third full edition of EA's exaggerated-action snowboarding series, SSX. As the game goes "On Tour," players create their own custom characters, which they'll develop from amateur bunny-hillers to seasoned "Black Diamond" pros. For the first time, the game allows skiers on the mountains as well, and players can decide if they'd rather ski or board when they create their characters. Building upon a distinguishing feature of the series, SSX On Tour features long, seamlessly streaming courses, some of which may take as long as half-an-hour (of real-time) to complete. The slopes are populated with fellow boarders and skiers in this edition, providing some extra personality. Featuring more than 40 songs, the diverse rock soundtrack includes selections by Def Leppard, The Hives, Iron Maiden, Bloc Party, Jurassic 5, and several others.

Catch all the great baseball excitement with the Backyard Kids and real pro baseball players as kids. Pick your team and position players, then choose a field to play on for single games or an entire season. Choose from all 30 MLB teams or create your own winning line-up with custom team names and uniforms. It's the chance of a lifetime to play with the pros right in your own backyard!

EA Sports Rugby 2005 incorporates all the major Rugby teams, players, and tournaments, including the Tri-Nations, Super 12 and many more authentic and prestigious events from the world of Rugby. The game incorporates a completely upgraded graphical engine with individually differentiated players, realistic motion-captured player animations, dramatic lighting and cameras, and stadiums that are accurate with details such as crowd reactions, songs and chants. The game features on-the-fly play-calling, right analog stick controls for fakes and crushing hits and improved kicking control. The game also features a "Rugby 101" training mode outlining the rules, controls and tactics of the sport through videos and interactive challenges.

For the first time in 10 years, the Madden NFL Football franchise has revolutionized its passing game, giving Madden NFL 06 one of the most groundbreaking and innovative offensive arsenal ever created. The new QB Vision Control lets you scan the field, look off defenders, and make perfect throws within your quarterback's unique field of vision. QB Precision Placement lets you put the ball exactly where you want it. Madden NFL 06 brings authentic NFL passing to video games like never before.