The Line Drive for May 19
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The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
♦The NCAA is forming a group to explore compensation for names and likenesses.
♦While it could that realistically is unlikely to lead to the return of NCAA Football.
♦Developer blog details additions and improvements for MUT in Madden NFL 20.
♦Archived dev stream going over what’s new for Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 20.
♦Closed beta being run for Madden NFL 20 similar to the one held w/last year’s game.
♦Another patch made more adjustments to hitting and fielding in MLB The Show 19.
♦Details on all the new content released into Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 19.
♦Details on the latest roster update w/ratings changes out for MLB The Show 19.
♦Details on the latest update for NBA Live 19 which includes some ratings changes.
♦Steep is being given away for free until May 21 through Ubisoft’s uPlay.
♦Amazon has NBA 2K19 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on sale for under $20.
♦Microsoft is offering three months of Xbox Game Pass for $1 to new subscribers.
♦PlayStation store sale through 5/28 includes some sports games and digital content.
♦Steam store sale through 5/20 includes a number of sports games and digital content.