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'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10' And 'Grand Slam Tennis' Coming Out Early

 
EA Sports has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis for Wii will be available a bit earlier than expected. Their release dates were moved up in order to coincide with Nintendo's June 8 release of the Wii MotionPlus accessory. In today's press release, EA Sports group vice president Todd Sitrin said: "Fans deserve great games that use the new accessory, and now they’ll have two that deliver authentic sports motion as soon as the Wii MotionPlus hits stores."  Here's my translation of Sitrin's quote: "Nintendo was flip-flopping on the release date of Wii MotionPlus. EA Sports thought it was going to be mid-June, but Nintendo went ahead and put it out a week earlier. We look like tools if we don't have our MotionPlus products out when the accessory comes is available. Thanks a lot Nintendo!" Seriously though, I'm greatly looking forward to Grand Slam Tennis and I know that a lot of Tiger fans are curious to see what Wii ... (link)

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