NFL Street (series)

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NFL Street
Genre(s) Sports
Developer(s) EA Tiburon
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation Portable
First release NFL Street
January 13, 2004
Latest release NFL Street 3
November 14, 2006

NFL Street is a series of sports video games developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. It combines the talent and big names of the NFL with the atmosphere of street football.

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History

NFL Street is the first installment of the NFL Street series, developed by EA Tiburon, and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on January 13, 2004, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. [1] Similar to the Blitz series, Street is seven-on-seven American football, modeled after its informal variant, street football. In the game, the player could create a team and complete challenges for rewards, play a pickup game with teams made from a pool of select NFL players, or just play a regular exhibition game.

NFL Street 2 is the first sequel to NFL Street, released on December 22, 2004, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and later PlayStation Portable (under the name NFL Street 2: Unleashed). [2] The game introduced new game modes such as Own The City, NFL Gauntlet, 4 on 4, and Crush the Carrier. It also introduced new wall moves (such as the wall juke), Gamebreaker 2's, and several new playing fields.

The third installment of the series, NFL Street 3 , was released November 14, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. [3] New game modes include Play Elimination, Yards for Points, and Bank, and the player can now perform specific Game Breaker Moves while on offense or defense (such as a Game Breaker Juke or a Lock on Tackle).

Games

TitleAvailabilityRelease
Sony Nintendo Microsoft
NFL Street PS2 GameCube Xbox January 13, 2004
NFL Street 2 PS2, PSP GameCubeXboxDecember 22, 2004
NFL Street 3 PS2, PSPNovember 14, 2006

Reception

The series has received generally favorable reviews from reviewing websites.

GameReview Scores
IGN GameSpot Metacritic
NFL Street92% [4] 79% [5] 80% [6]
NFL Street 289% [7] 71% [8] 77% [9]
NFL Street 380% [10] 69% [11] 70% [12]

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