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MLB The Show 17 roster update details for July 14
After taking off last week and only relatively minor adjustments made in the last few roster updates the anticipated sweeping changes to be made during the All-Star Break for the entire league didn't materialize with this week's update in MLB The Show 17. There is some significant movement made however including a fair number of players actually dropping this time around. Carlos Correa is a newly crowned Diamond. He went +1 to 90 Overall. Francisco Lindor lost Diamond status by dropping 2...
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Trailer for NHL 18 goes through the biggest gameplay improvements
Three weeks ago EA Sports began promotion for NHL 18 by announcing the cover, confirming new features, and revealing details on the online beta that will take place later this month. Today the spotlight has been put specifically on the gameplay improvements that earlier were only referred to, with a display of the new Defensive Skill Stick, Creative Attack Dekes, Creative AI, and 3-on-3 EA Sports Hockey League.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Four years later and NCAA Football is no closer to a return
Shortly after release of NCAA Football 14 publisher EA Sports declared that the NCAA would be pulling their license (which only would have affected the name and official marks from appearing) and that the series would continue into the PS4 and Xbox One generation. That of course never materialized as the O'Bannon vs NCAA case had begun to scare away other partners as well, including conferences and individual schools which proved to be the tipping point. Less than two months from that ini...
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Two months later NBA Playgrounds on Switch finally has its online play
It has been a difficult process for developer Saber Interactive with NBA Playgrounds on Nintendo Switch since releasing on May 9. The game shipped without online functionality and consumers were promised that would be patched in within a few days. Due to technical conflicts with Nintendo over patch size it ended up taking two months with that update now finally here. This is simply the first patch that was submitted for the game way back in May. Besides online it also includes new players...
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Full NHL 18 online beta details
There are two online betas taking place later this month. PES 2018 kicks off first featuring its new online co-op mode and then NHL 18's will begin on July 25. To take part in NHL's beta make sure to sign up here before then. EA Sports has now laid out a complete description of all that will be available with the beta. It will include EA Sports Hockey League with both standard and the new 3-on-3 OT style, regular online versus games, and the new arcade mode NHL Threes.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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The Line Drive for July 9
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Amazon Prime Day begins on Monday night and will offer tons of deals. ♦Those without Prime can sign up for a free 30-day trial to take advantage. ♦The fourth event in The Golf Club 2 pastapadre society is live on PS4. ♦DeMar DeRozan will appear on the Canadian cover of NBA 2K18. ♦An update has added an outdoor court progra...
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Press Row Podcast: Reflecting on the first half of 2017
This episode of the Press Row Podcast looks back at the games that released and biggest stories to have developed through the mid-point of the year. MLB The Show 17, NBA Playgrounds, The Golf Club 2, ARMS, Rocket League and more are reassessed and news on eSports, digital subscription services, story modes, and new consoles are revisited. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, on Android with the Stitcher app, or with Pocket Casts on iOS, Android, and Windows. The sh...
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New Diamond Dynasty content for July 7 in MLB The Show 17
While there's no roster update this week in MLB The Show 17 some significant new content has just been rolled out in Diamond Dynasty. Players of the Month for June are live with Jose Ramirez, Gary Sanchez, Chase Anderson, David Hernandez, Mike Zunino, and Jacob Faria being rewarded for their efforts with special cards. The big prize is Cody Bellinger who receives his own Player Epic that involves beating the Dodgers in a Play vs CPU game, reaching statistical goals based on the best June ...
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