Author Archive
-
2K Releasing Yet Another MLB Game
The cost of the exclusive licenses for the NFL and MLB have lead to EA Sports and 2K Sports releasing multiple branded titles for their respective sports. By doing so they hope to extend the value of the contracts and take advantage of the opportunity to present varied products. EA has done so with its arcade line of games such as NFL Street/NFL Tour and ultra-sim title NFL Head Coach. 2K has really been pushing out MLB titles lately. Of course the headliner is the MLB 2K franchise. We ha...
-
Madden 09 Roster Update #7 Details
The seventh roster update for Madden 09 is being targeted to be out as early as tomorrow morning. This latest one seems to be more substantial than the last couple of updates. While it can be debated whether one or two point ratings changes really mean anything it is great to have the consistency of weekly roster updates which has led to them being more accurate than ever before. (more…)...
-
NBA Live 09: OTP Clubs
With the first opportunity to try out NBA Live 09's Online Team Play Clubs last night we were able to get a feel for how things are shaping up. The games were fun, just as they were last year. There were some issues though that will hopefully be fixed in the near future. These impressions and suggestions have been passed on to EA for that purpose. I've included videos of the first two games that I was involved in broken down by half. Both times club Pasta Padre was the Blazers and took on...
-
NBA Live 09 Coverage Recap
Here are links to the coverage presented over the last week for NBA Live 09. The general impressions provides a complete overview but each article is worth checking out to learn more about the specific feature and see it in action. Still to come is a more detailed look at the Online Team Play and Clubs which I should have up in the morning. General Impressions Player Ratings NBA Academy: Part One NBA Academy: Part Two NBA Academy: Part Three NBA Academy: Part Four Be A Pro Screens an...
-
NBA 2K9 Screens and Highlights
Previously I went through both community websites being presented by 2K and EA. Both offer features that can extend the enjoyment of their respective titles. Having Live over the last week I was able to get up a handful of highlight clips and a bunch of screenshots. The screens were great quality and the highlights had some excellent improvements and turned out really well. Now comes an opportunity to look at the 2K community site. I've included a couple screens I've taken, a Deron Willia...
-
NBA Live 09 OTP Club Attempt #2
With the server issues yesterday we were unable to begin for the Pasta Padre OTP Club. Having reached the club lobby the game was unable to match us up against an opponent. So we will take a second attempt at it tonight at the same time (5PT/8ET). Meet up in the lobby by hitting X once entering the club area. For those of you on the PS3 a joint Pastapadre & NCAA Strategies Club is up and running. Make sure to leave your PSN name if you would like to be included. Specify whether you ar...
-
Basketball Games Having Rough First Day
It isn't release day of a sports title lately without major issues becoming the topic of discussion. The NBA games have continued the trend as they struggle to get advertised features operating properly. With NBA Live 09 the online servers appear to be down causing the much touted NBA Live 365 feature to be inoperable and making online games unable to be played. At the same time people who have already entered in their code for 365 are being prompted to do so again giving a message that t...
-
Pasta Padre Live 09 OTP Club
*Update: While we were able to get in our club lobby the game couldn't find an opponent to connect to. This is likely due to the server issues being experienced right now. We'll try again tomorrow at the same time. With NBA Live 09 now available we can begin to fill up the Pasta Padre Online Team Play Club (Xbox 360). After how successful OTP was last year it has gotten even better in 09 with the addition of clubs and ranked games, tracking of individual stats, and being graded on individ...
by