The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
•Deal already on NHL 13 only days after release (360 – PS3) coming in at $50.
•Make sure to get entries in for the NBA 2K13 and The Avengers giveaways!
•2 million people downloaded the FIFA 13 demo during its first 3 days out.
•EA Sports released a video w/ some Madden NFL 13 online play statistics for week one.
•Kotaku demonstrates drawing up plays for Madden NFL 13 with the Wii U.
•EA Sports released a video regarding the impact of First Touch Control in FIFA 13.
•Notre Dame’s association with the ACC will create a lot of scheduling work for NCAA 14.
•EA Sports is closing down the terrible Facebook game PGA Tour Golf Challenge.
•Details on the EA Sports Challenge series for Madden 13, FIFA 13, and NHL 13.
•There is a new financial-themed NFL browser game (seriously) from Visa.
News and content that may have been missed from the last week around the site.
•DVD/Blu-ray Releases This Week. Headlined by The Cabin in the Woods.
•Trailer for Lincoln. Steven Spielberg drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
•Trailer for Wreck-It Ralph. Awesome animated video game themed movie from Disney.
•Fox to Offer Movies Early as Digital Downloads. For $15 starting with Prometheus.