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Press Row Podcast: Celebrating the Holidays (And College Football 25)
Rich and Bryan return to sum up the year in sports games, which, ultimately, means solely discussing the game that mattered most: College Football 25. The two recap having faced off in a game that was a decade in-the-making in their college football online dynasty. Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS or on any of the popular podcast platforms including Spotify! Subscribe and give the podcast five star reviews to help support the show. You can also listen with the Spotify str...
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Press Row Podcast: College Football 25 is Here!
Rich and Bryan discuss the release of College Football 25. 11 years passed between licensed college football video games - so how did EA Sports do with the highly anticipated return? From general first impressions, to a planned dynasty mode with 32 people, and a viral broadcast camera tweet, there's a lot to get into from just the early days with the game. Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS or on any of the popular podcast platforms including Spotify! Subscribe and give ...
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Press Row Podcast: The College Football 25 Reveal
Rich and Bryan reunite for a podcast 11 years in the making. EA Sports College Football 25 had its first trailer and initial feature list reveal. Will the game be able to live up to fan expectations? Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS or on any of the popular podcast platforms including Spotify! Subscribe and give the podcast five star reviews to help support the show. You can also listen with the Spotify streaming player found below. >...
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Press Row Podcast: EA Sports College Football Pushed to 2024
The wait for a fully licensed college football video game will have been 11 years should EA Sports College Football 25 release as now scheduled. Rich and Bryan discuss the return being pushed back from summer 2023 to 2024. Why it happened and what the first game back could benefit from the extra year as EA juggles extensive legal and development challenges. Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS or on any of the popular podcast platforms including Spotify! Subscribe and give...
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The return of EA Sports College Football will now happen July 2024
EA Sports' initial pitch to licensors regarding the launch of a new college football gaming franchise targeted release in July 2023. It's disappointing then to get word today that the first game in the new series will instead release in 2024. That shouldn't come as a surprise however given the scope of the project. In the initial news post about its return and in several podcasts and tweets in the years since I cautioned this was not only a possible scenario but a more likely one than hit...
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Press Row Podcast is back: Reviewing Madden NFL 23 and NBA 2K23
Following an extended hiatus the Press Row Podcast is back with two episodes hitting early in this sports game season! In "The Return" Rich, Bryan, and Owen Good discuss the release of Madden NFL 23 and assess the upcoming battle between 2K and EA golf games. The more recent episode just went live and features Rich and Bryan primarily focusing on NBA 2K23 and impressions of The Jordan Challenge and MyNBA Eras. Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS or on any of the popular pod...
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MLB The Show ignoring Franchise Mode again raises more concern about its future
Today the prerelease stream schedule for MLB The Show 22 was announced. Rather than what was present being the story it's what was absent. There is no mention of Franchise Mode for any of the seven streams to come. In recent years Franchise has at least been included, even when barely addressed in the actual stream. Now, despite pressure from fans on social media, it's been made more clear than ever that Franchise not only the lowest of priorities but may not be around much longer. (more...
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Press Row Podcast: Locked In
Rich and Bryan discuss the reveal of MLB The Show 22 amidst the lockout, the sales of Activision-Blizzard and Bungie and what it would mean if EA were to be acquired by Microsoft or Sony, and go into the latest in their Madden online franchises. Check out the show through Apple Podcasts for iOS, on Android with the Stitcher app, or with Pocket Casts on iOS, Android, and Windows. The PRP can now also be found on Spotify! Subscribe and give the podcast five star reviews to help suppor...
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