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GameShow 1.2 update impressions
The new update to GameShow launched today. If you already have it installed on your computer you'll need to re-download the program from the official website. It'll install over the previous version. The 1.2 update of GameShow runs much lighter than the previous ones which had PC requirements that many had trouble meeting. The updated requirements are below as well as my quick impressions on some of the new features. - Windows XP (SP2) or Windows Vista - DirectX 9.0c or later - 128MB of ava...
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Vote for MM08 downloadable arena
Votes are now being accepted for the arena that will be offered as free downloadable content for March Madness 08. Email in your choice of the six options to mstephenson@ea.com The options are USC's Galen Center, Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena, Oregon's McArthur Court, Arkansas' Bud Walton Arena, Purdue's Mackey Arena, and Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The winner will have their authentic arena made available for free as downloadable content prior to the start of the March...
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Inside the Game with Peter Moore
EA Sports President Peter Moore has started up a blog titled "Inside the Game" on the EA Sports website. The blog will cover topics of interest to the community on a weekly basis. Currently it is being hosted on the EA Sports forums under his handle PeterMoore and you can check it out by clicking this link. A few of the things discussed in the initial entry include the Super Bowl, Madden Bowl, and Facebreaker. There is also an email address that you can send your thoughts in to. Back w...
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NBA Live OTP night four recap
There was only one game on night four of NBA Live 08 OTP which had the Chicago Bulls @ LA Clippers. It turned out to be one of the cleanest played games thus far even though one side was in control the entire way throughout. Where some of the earlier games had a frantic pace and predominantly centered on quick scores and easy baskets, this one had a more controlled pace and came down to half court offense and rebounding. The rebounding discrepancy tells the story of the game. Chris Kama...
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Chosen One preview and videos
IGN has posted up a preview and four gameplay videos from NBA Ballers: Chosen One. The preview goes into detail on the topics below among others. -Oddly enough Midway thinks of Ballers not so much as a sports game, but more like a sports game built around fighting game mechanics. -Midway is also implementing a super move system that bestows ungodly abilities to both the 80+ NBA stars (including 15 legends) and your created baller. -The story mode is centered on custom-made television ...
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Facebreaker debut trailer
Gametrailers has posted up the premiere trailer for EA Sports Facebreaker. The arcade boxing title was just recently announced and is tentatively slated to release in early November. The developers of Fight Night Round 3 have assembled the most ferocious boxers on the planet in an epic display of speed, power, and ego. As predicted the trailer doesn't show off any in-ring footage, being that it is still approximately 10 months from release that is no surprise. It does feature a couple of...
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Next two FIFA Street 3 game videos
Here are the next two games of FIFA Street 3 that I have been able to record. The first is USA vs Mexico @ Beach with the silver ball. The second has the Czech Republic vs Turkey @ Shipyard with the Adidas Adipure ball. Any requests for future matchups or game types can be left in the comments. Continue on to view the videos as well as find links to the ones that have been posted previously. (more…)...
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NBA Live OTP night four
Another session of NBA Live 08 online team play will go on tonight (Friday) with a meet-up in the created pastapadre lobby room at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. The game will be recorded and I'll be taking down the stats for a recap. Due to different circumstances I'm limited to just taking part in one game tonight and won't be available tomorrow but I still wanted to attempt to get one in. The next roster update (currently scheduled for around All-Star Weekend) will bring some matchups that have adde...
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