It might sound like one of Alan Partridge’s TV show pitches, but it’s actually part of EA’s forthcoming Celebrity Sports Showdown, out this Winter on Wii from the same team behind EA Playground.

Disappointingly, the celeb list is very America-focused, with the likes of Paul Pierce and Mia Hamm rubbing shoulders with Reggie Bush and Kristi Yamaguchi. As for those you might have heard of, the aforesaid female singers are joined by Sk8r G1rl (sorry) Avril Lavigne and LeAnn Rimes, who we suspect might be a bit weak, as she can’t even fight the moonlight. Heh.

Events include beach volleyball, curling and inner-tubing, and if you’ve ever wanted to see Keith Urban beat ten bells out of Sugar Ray Leonard (we’d like to see him try) then the Gladiators-esque Joust should be right up your street.

Character models are a little ugly (and I’m glad the screens are captioned as I’d never have guessed the identity of the two above) but EA’s current commitment to Wii is laudable, so hopefully it’ll all be good-natured fun.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm by Chris Schilling
Forthcoming titles, Waggle-tastic.