The Line Drive for March 13

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.

♦The top ranked players broken out by specific skills in Out of the Park Baseball 17.
♦The highest rated players broken down by position in MLB The Show 16.
♦Giants and Raiders, Browns and Broncos - early winners and losers for Madden NFL 17.
♦Casey Powell Lacrosse 16 (review) introduces the sport to a new gaming generation.
♦EA Sports UFC 2’s new knockout physics system delivers devastating finishes.
♦NBA 2K16 may get be giving Steph Curry his own badges in an upcoming patch.
♦Owen Good at Polygon also wrote about what the news could mean for NBA 2K16.
♦It should now be easier to get green releases on open shots in NBA 2K16.
♦A new open world snowboarding game is coming to XB1/PS4/PC later this year.
♦The complete soundtrack and Spotify playlist was laid out for EA Sports UFC 2.
♦The full list of achievements have been revealed for EA Sports UFC 2.
♦Vote for the last four teams to be included in the OOTP 17 Tournament of Champions.
♦Developer blog goes over some smaller improvements coming to OOTP Baseball 17.
♦For some reason there will also be a retail release of RBI Baseball 16.
♦Full details on the March content update out now for Driveclub.
♦The Batmobile update also included a new Spectator Mode camera in Rocket League.
♦EA UFC 2 and Conor McGregor were featured in Conan’s latest Clueless Gamer.
♦Blu-ray releases this week include The Big Short and Game of Thrones: Season 5.
♦Amazon Prime members can still pre-order EA Sports UFC 2 for $48 or $56 Deluxe.
♦Amazon Prime members can still pre-order MLB The Show 16 for $48 or $56 MVP.