Blitz: The League
Blitz: The League is an American football video game developed and published by Midway as an extension of their NFL Blitz series. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October 2005, after the National Football League (NFL) signed an exclusive licensing deal with Electronic Arts. Lawrence Taylor, who provides voice acting for the game, served as its official spokesman.
Blitz: The League
Kraig Kujawa
Dave Lang
Matthew Gilmore
Blitz: The League was ported to the Xbox 360 in November 2006. This version of the game was banned in Australia. A portable version, titled Blitz: Overtime, was released on the PlayStation Portable in December 2006. These versions included the voicework and likeness of former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski. The game was originally intended to be a launch title for the Wii, but the version was delayed and eventually canceled.[3][4]
A sequel, titled Blitz: The League II, was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008.
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On July 20, 2005, Midway announced Lawrence Taylor will become the official cover athlete for the video game, who would also act as the voice and personality of the game's main character/athlete, Quentin Sands.[5]
The Xbox 360 version, which had been planned for release in Australia on February 23, 2007 (the day before its European release date), was refused classification[6] by the country's Office of Film and Literature Classification, effectively banning the game there. The reason for the ban was that the use of drugs was related to incentives and rewards.[7][8] Blitz: The League became the first professional American football game in history to receive the "Mature" rating from the ESRB.