The Line Drive for May 26
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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.
♦NBA 2K19 correctly predicted Warriors-Raptors Finals before the season began.
♦Legislation has been introduced to ban essentially all forms of in-game monetization.
♦New podcast coming this week will cover ramifications of such a law on the industry.
♦Amazon has Madden NFL 20 pre-orders with price guarantee listed for just $50.94.
♦Archived live stream on RPOs and Playbook improvements for Madden NFL 20.
♦More questions on that work done to gameplay in Madden NFL 20 are answered.
♦Details on the latest content added to Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 19.
♦Details on the new roster update with minimal ratings changes for MLB The Show 19.
♦NHL 19 managed to get one Stanley Cup participant right but whiffed big on the other.
♦Amazon has NBA 2K19 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on sale for under $20.
♦Franchise Hockey Manager 5 is on sale for just $10 through the Stanley Cup Finals.
♦The Golf Club 2019 remains a free offering to XBL Gold subscribers on Xbox One.
♦Microsoft is offering three months of Xbox Game Pass for $1 to new subscribers.
♦Many backwards compatible games are currently heavily discounted for the Xbox One.
♦PlayStation store sale through 5/28 includes some sports games and digital content.
♦The big movie release this week is Captain Marvel making it to digital video.