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FNR4 DLC Details
EA has revealed plans for upcoming Fight Night Round 4 downloadable content. The DLC will come in two waves one being in early August and the other in early September. The DLC will be available for free for both the 360 and PS3. August: New gameplay sliders (punch accuracy, counter punch window, boxer stamina), a new gym, new equipment, and an alternate Sugar Ray Leonard exclusive to the 360. September: Button control scheme. It was almost inevitable that EA would have t...
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Madden 10 Play Calling Improvements
This week's Inside EA Blog for Madden 10 covers improvements that have been made to play calling and the playbooks. A lot has been done to give each teams their own identities based on how they play in real life as well as how they could change in the game due to player movement. You can check it out the article in full here. Another example we'll showcase is the Colts. Again, researching their playcalling percentages on first down, they are more of a passing team with Peyton Manning (56% p...
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UFC 2009 Patch Details
While aware that the upcoming patch for UFC 2009 Undisputed would address the issue with quitting in online matches it was unknown what else would be included. THQ has now released the full details of what will be in the patch in the game's forum. As to when it will go live it appears it has not yet been sent for certification meaning it is still at least another couple weeks away from arriving. We recognize premature match quitting as the biggest online issue and have taken steps to fix...
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Madden NFL Hall of Fame
EA is set to announce the Madden NFL Hall of Fame program tomorrow. This is something that is community driven in determining what players or game related history makes the Hall of Fame based on different criteria. Gamestop has the early word on this in their blog and EA will lay it out in great detail tomorrow. Because it's a community-driven initiative, fan involvement is KEY. As an active member of the Madden Community, you can be a guiding force for the direction of the Madden NFL Hall ...
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PP Online Dynasty Owners
After a few days of sign-ups this serves as the announcement for the two Pastapadre Online Dynasties being run. One utilizes Teambuilder and the other is traditional. If you did not make it in and would like to be considered for the waiting list continue to frequent the forums to take advantage of any openings that come up in the future. There will certainly be reasons for replacements throughout. Also if you would like to organize your own dynasty to run in the forums feel free to contact m...
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The Line Drive 7/5
Some Fight Night Round 4 patch news as word comes that the stamina problem, seen primarily with online play, will be addressed in a patch. As to the button controls being added with DLC they continue to string that out saying that they are still investigating the possibility. With the full reveal of Road to Glory mode for NCAA Football 10 several media outlets provided previews. You can check out the takes on it from TeamXbox and ESPN. The leaderboards sound like a particularly nice...
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NBA Live 10 Top Rookie DNA
This week's blog posting for NBA Live 10 goes into great detail on the DNA that Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, and Stephen Curry will be starting the season with. The article also shows how those particular players are expected to affect their team's DNA. You can check out the full posting here. The luxury of having Dynamic DNA is that each year when you have new rookies in the NBA, as a NBA video game, you don't start from scratch with made up / subjective ratings and tendencies. This is...
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Latest NBA Free Agent Moves
In the earlier posting the focus was on the first big names to commit to new teams. Those were Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva to the Pistons and Hedo Turkoglu to the Trailblazers (which has earlier been confirmed - and updating has now apparently fallen apart). Yesterday a new wave of news came with agreements coming in from Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza. Continue on to check out the most recent developments and leave your thoughts on them in the comments. (more…)...
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