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NFL Tour gameplay videos
Gameinformer was able to play Shawne Merriman online in NFL Tour and they recorded the action. The videos are from near the end of the first half and then the entire second half as Merriman takes his Chargers up against the Packers. IGN also posted up videos of their time playing Merriman and they took the Jaguars up against him. What I am a little confused by is the rosters which were announced yesterday. They aren't balanced in terms of number of players at each position. In the video t...
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NFL Tour rosters
The full rosters from NFL Tour has been revealed by Gametap. With only five weeks to go until release we'll be hearing more about the game now, including when I get hands-on time with it in less than two weeks. Some of the decisions are a little puzzling, such as how a handful of teams have two QBs but most have just one. Some teams have two wide receivers while others have three or four. Why is Charlie Frye in over Seneca Wallace? Bizarre. These are the final rosters as there will be no ...
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Top candidates for the MLB 2K8 cover
Derek Jeter signed a multi-year agreement to be the spokesman and cover athlete for the MLB 2K series beginning with 2K5. It was never stated how long the agreement ran for, so it is possible that he will continue on for a 4th straight year. Lets hope not though. Here are some of the top candidates should a new cover athlete be selected. 2K tends to go with either the young star on the rise such as Chris Paul or the overly marketable superstar such as Derek Jeter or Shaq. If they move awa...
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A look back at MLB 2K7
With the time for MLB 2K8 news approaching I thought it would be interesting to look back on MLB 2K7. Coming into the 2nd year of producer Ben Brinkman's "three year plan" what is the series working from after last year? A patch was released for 2K7 that addressed some of the issues including adding an additional fielding camera. Did you play the game after the patch was released? If so feel free to leave your thoughts on how much it improved the game. Initially I thought 2K7 was a lot...
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Updates on a few of the upcoming games
Over the past couple days some news has arrived on several of the upcoming releases. Summaries for each game are below. March Madness 08- I've added a bunch of new screenshots to the gallery and make sure to check out the Q&A I recently posted. I'm expecting to have my copy of the game next week and as usual the prerelease coverage will include impressions and videos. NFL Tour- I will be getting hands-on time with NFL Tour in about two weeks. I'll be following up by posting my impr...
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Controversy brewing over integrity of reviews
In a story that has quickly picked up steam as it could demonstrate the current state of video game journalism, Gamespot editor Jeff Gerstmann has been fired. The apparent reason is the score of 6.0 that he had recently given to Kane and Lynch. Advertising for K&L has been prominently featured all over the Gamespot website and Eidos, the publisher of the game, was not pleased and threatened to pull their campaign. The final decision would've been made by parent company CNET which handle...
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March Madness 08 Q&A
About a week back I looked for some input for a March Madness producer Q&A. Along with some of the suggestions that were given I formed others mostly based off the demo and the reaction to it. What I really appreciated about this was that every question was responded to and in a straight forward manner. Hopefully these responses help clarify some topics that have been discussed throughout the community. Continue on to check out the full Q&A. (more…)...
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Madden patch #2 released
The second and more significant patch for Madden 08 has been pushed live by Microsoft. Those with the 360 version will be prompted to download the patch as the game loads up. The PS3 version is expected to receive the patch soon as well. When is dependent on Sony but it is in their hands. As previously reported the patch addresses the following issues: (more…)...
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