Debate surrounding how college athletes should be compensated for their skills is never ending. EA Sports, at least for now, is no longer part of those issues. On May 4, 2011, Judge Claudia Wilken removed EA Sports from a lawsuit that also included the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company.

The lawsuit combined the cases of former college quarterback Sam Keller and college basketball player Ed O’ Bannon. In her dismissal of EA from the case, Wilken said the lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to use player likenesses and deny compensation through NCAA rules. Wilken said the complaint doesn’t actually allege that EA Sports participated in the conspiracy.

Microsoft Corp. and ESPN recently reached an agreement that will bring the world of sports to the Xbox 360. Owners of Microsoft’s console will be able to download full length sporting events and television show episodes in both standard and high definition formats through its Xbox LIVE service. This service started on November 5, 2007, more »

EA has announced that it will be discontinuing online support for older sports games effective September 1, 2007. These older sports titles would be rendered redundant, at least, as far as online gameplay is concerned, beginning September 1, 2007. Major sports titles including NHL 06, NBA LIVE 06, FIFA 06, NCAA FOOTBALL 06 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 will go offline.

Racing games Burnout Revenge and Need for Speed Most Wanted will have their online wings clipped from November 1. It will be a complete withdrawal of online support and all versions, both PC and console, will be affected.

At first glance, it seems to be a…