The Line Drive 7/11
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The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
- Kotaku takes a look at Road to Glory mode in NCAA Football 11 including thoughts on how the mode could be improved in the future and how it has been largely untouched since first being introduced late in the last generation.
- GoMadden has a good interview with Ian Cummings that goes into some of the decision making for Madden 11 and a bit of a future outlook on Madden.
- EA Sports is bringing FIFA back to the PC. FIFA 11 will be released on the PC utilizing the same engine found in the 360/PS3 version.
- Reminder to check out the NCAA 11 GCCS competition which will be starting soon if you are interested in participating. Details can be found at the dedicated GCCS site or in its forum.
News and content that may have been missed from the last week around the site.
- Review: Dinner for Schmucks. Disappointing effort considering the cast. Releases July 30th.
- Second Teaser Trailer for The Social Network. Strong buzz continuing to build.
- Trailer for Let Me In. Remake of the Swedish film Let The Right One In.
- Emmy Nominations Announced. The Pacific gets 24 nominations followed by Glee with 19.
- Avatar Re-Release Gets Dated. Hits theaters August 27 with eight minutes of new footage.
- New Beavis and Butt-Head Episodes. Mike Judge rumored to be working on 30 new ones.