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Where Does NCAA Football Go From Here?
The NCAA Football series has seen its ups and downs over the last few years. Still one of the most fully featured sports games ever, there is definitely reason for gamers to be frustrated. NCAA Football 10 lacked emotion, presentation, and ultimately offered stale gameplay. A series of gaffes including the issue that found the rosters in disarray plagued the game prior to release. The first patch for the game did nothing to actually improve the overall experience being offered other than ...
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Will You Be Purchasing Draft Combine?
NBA 2K10: Draft Combine releases this Wednesday for the 360 and on September 3rd for the PS3 with a price of $5/400 MS points. Essentially a jump-start on the "My Player" career mode it allows for player creation and the running through of drills and scrimmages. In doing so the player can increase the chances of being drafted by improving attributes. This could also be viewed as a quasi-demo considering NBA 2K10 is still six weeks from releasing and allows for an opportunity to get an early ...
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NBA Live 10 Fact Sheet
Despite the numerous blogs and previews that have come out for NBA Live 10 recently there is still a lot to learn about the game. That remains the case even with the release of the official fact sheet. Some of the features have not been revealed and are apparently being saved for discussion over the next six weeks until release. The fact sheet does however provide a good overview of the general improvements made and overall theme of the game this year. (more…)...
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PP Online Franchise About To Begin
The Pastapadre Madden 10 Online Franchise has been taking shape over the last two weeks. Free agents have now been dispersed through a lottery and waiver process and a handful of trades have been completed. Philadelphia has been by far the most active having made multiple trades leading up to the start of the season. With how well the game has been playing online, especially after the adjustment yesterday to match the default online and offline game speed of "slow", it is exciting to get ...
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Full NBA Live 10 Preview
Gamespot has posted up a full preview of NBA Live 10 that focuses on player ratings and Dynamic DNA. Different gameplay elements such as changes to controls are also discussed. You can check the preview out here. According to producers, the NBA Live team barely scratched the surface of what Dynamic DNA could do with NBA Live 09. This time around, the data being pulled into the game has been expanded--with more categories of stats being used--and that data will surface in the game in a sligh...
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NHL 10 Demo Arrives
After several EA Sports releases with demos that either did not do a good job of displaying improvements or being tied into preorders in some manner comes a reversal of sorts with NHL 10. The demo is available to everyone (no preorder requirements) and is now up for the 360 and will be out for the PS3 next Thursday. Not only does the demo offer extended stretches of play but it also has unique scenarios and two different modes of play. Skill level, game style, and camera angles are adjustabl...
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NBA Live 10 Blocks and Rebounds
A new gameplay focused trailer for NBA Live 10 has gone out thanks to IGN that features the improvements made to rebounding and blocking. These are two areas that had been talked about receiving attention for this year and now this trailer shows off examples through actual gameplay footage. Continue on to check out the video and leave your thoughts in the comments. (more…)...
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How Good Are Favre and Vick in Madden 10?
Yesterday brought about the much heralded additions of Michael Vick and Brett Favre to Madden 10. The ratings are out there (Vick - Favre) but how effective they are in the game can not always be determined by looking at ratings. Continue on for analysis of the two players while user controlled and CPU simmed. (more…)...
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