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NCAA Basketball 09 Roster Sharing Problem
As discovered by ncaaStrategies it appears that the EA Locker 3.0 in NCAA Basketball 09 has a flaw that prevents the ability to share rosters openly from being utilized. Named rosters are still able to be traded but as of now that is only possible directly from the user's locker, which means you would have to be on their friends list to retrieve it. What is happening is that the game is identifying some names as being inappropriate, which rejects the file entirely. Unfortunately numerous ...
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NBA Live 365 Now With Streaks
The last update I had concentrated on the emerging story of Anthony Morrow. He had been added into NBA Live 09 through 365 following his first game. Though his ratings now can be identified as being far off from accurate (I couldn't make a shot with him) the feature did get him in immediately after his first appearance. At the time 2K9 did not have him in the game however the latest roster update has added him in. That made it 10 days from the time Morrow first appeared to when 2K9 had him i...
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NBA Live 09 Patch Details
While the patch status for NBA Live 09 remains in question, we do finally have the details of what is being included. As expected many of the well discussed gripes such as shot percentages, delay in attempting shot blocks, and improvements to Online Team Play are included. It sounds as though there are numerous fixes/improvements that aren't specifically mentioned so we'll be looking for or coming across them on our own. Hopefully they'll wipe out the current record and stats in OTP given the...
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NBA Live 09 Patched Today…Apparently Isn’t The Patch
A patch for NBA Live 09 was released this morning for the PS3 and 360. Or was it? According to EA no patch was released, however users of both consoles (including myself) were prompted to download an update. Given the timing it was reasonable to expect that this was the patch that everyone has been waiting on as it was submitted to Microsoft and Sony a couple weeks ago. I spent a few minutes trying to get a feel for any differences between then and now. As far as I can tell nothing has wa...
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Madden 09 Roster Update #12 Details
While roster update #11 only lasted something like a day before disappearing, it was at least out there which makes this week's update #12 of season. It is expected to be available for download sometime tomorrow. From browsing through it not much jumped out at me other than a couple good players heading to the IR. Continue on for all the transactions, ratings up/down, contract extensions, and injuries. (more…)...
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NXE Update Improving Game Experiences
One of the anticipated elements to the New Xbox Experience (NXE) is the ability to install the games to the hard drive. While the disc is still required to be in the 360 while playing, drawing from the hard drive is supposed to put less strain on the hardware as well as decrease loading times as the disc isn't spinning or being read. So I thought I would go through and experiment with some of the more recent sports titles to see what if any effect is had by installing the game to the hard...
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Upcoming NCAA Basketball 09 Patch
While we knew that the authentic schedules were going to be patched in for NCAA Basketball 09 following release of the game there will be more included in the patch. NCAA Strategies has received information on what the patch entails and when it is expected to be out. The targeted date for the patch to arrive is Thursday December 4th. Incidentally that is the week that the game was originally scheduled to be released before they moved it up by two weeks. Along with the authentic schedules ...
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Pastapadre on OS Waiver Wire Podcast
For a second time I joined Chase from Operation Sports for the Waiver Wire podcast. Amongst the wide array of topics discussed is the emergence of the NBA 2K series as a dominant sales force and what that means, the MLB 2K9 cover announcement, the possible move towards subscription and advertising based gaming, and the good and bad of downloadable content. Click here to download the show. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here. Be sure to leave your thoughts on the podcast ...
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