Electronic Arts has confirmed that its urban basketball series NBA Street is now on hold, with rumors suggesting that Midway's NBA Ballers franchise has been halted.

"We'll still do traditional sports, but we're going to do them a different way," EA Sports president Peter Moore explained to ESPN. "In the old days we had things like SSX that were our own intellectual property, but since then we've kind of moved away from that. We need a mixture of experiences that are not only for the hardcore."

"If Wii Sports has taught us anything, it's that people will sit there and play big head tennis all day long," he explained. "We need to have something for that sports fan who might not necessarily be a sports gamer, but who wants that 15-minute... Read more

Direct from the Midway Gamers Day comes a metric ton of screenshots and artwork from many of its upcoming titles, including Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360), the Xbox 360 version of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament 3, This Is Vegas (PC, PS3, X360) and more.

If available, more information can be found by clicking on a game's name. Be sure to click through for the complete list, as the full breadth of content is far too meaty to fit in a single front page post.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, X360) - Fall 2008

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Midway has announced it plans to bring balling to the next level with the third entry in its internally-developed NBA Ballers franchise. Due on out PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in spring 2008, NBA Ballers: Chosen One marks the first current-gen release of the basketball lifestyle simulator series.

Over 65 NBA players are featured in the title, which, as demonstrated in the accompanying screenshots and trailer (download or view below), allows players to face off in one-on-one or two-on-two duels for ball-handling supremacy.

Gamers can also create their own baller, choosing from a variety of super moves in the process, and duke it out online in their quest to become the next chosen one.

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