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Demo for March Madness 08 now available
The Xbox 360 Live Marketplace now has the demo for March Madness 08 available for download. As of yet I have not been able to verify whether the PS3 has received it as well. The demo features Kentucky @ Louisville in a five minute half and comes in at 927.82 MB. You can choose from Broadcast, Classic, Overhead, Sideline, Sky Box, and Floor camera angles. The difficulty level is locked on Varsity. I will post up a few videos and some impressions of the demo over the coming days. Initial...
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GameShow Night reminder
November 17th will bring about the first Pastapadre.com GameShow Night. For details on what it's all about read up on it here. The time frame to play is between 6pm and 2am ET on Saturday. The t-shirt that will be given away is pretty cool. I snapped a picture of it and you can check out what it looks like by clicking the thumbnail below. I thought I'd post a link to FloridaPerson's GameShow blog. For those who don't know, FloridaPerson has been one of the most dominant players out t...
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All about March Madness 08 Dynamic Post Moves
One of the biggest improvements to the March Madness series this year is the Dynamic Post Play. A new producer blog with a gameplay video from IGN and a video breakdown of the feature by Billy Donovan recently came out to go over it in more detail. The producer blog can be found here. It basically just expands upon what is talked about by Billy Donovan in the video that demonstrates the feature. Everything about the Dynamic Post Play sounds great, especially having options on the defen...
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College Football Game of the Week: Ohio State @ Michigan
This weekend the premiere match-up is the rivalry game between #7 OSU vs #21 Michigan. The winner comes away as the Big-10 Champions and will receive the automatic bid into the Rose Bowl. The National Championship may not be on the line, but for these two teams the game is always the most anticipated of the year. Continue on for the recap of the game as it was played through with NCAA Football 08. Also included are video highlights and screenshots via EA Sports World. (more…)...
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Updates on some hot community topics
-The 360 demo for College Hoops 2K8 was mentioned as coming "very soon" in the conference call. It seems likely that it is just going through the MS approval process and then it will be deployed. This will probably happen next week possibly on Tuesday, the day the game actually hits stores. -NHL 08 received a roster update yesterday. It took a long time but a great deal of effort was spent as they updated not just the NHL but the AHL as well. -NBA Live 08 should be seeing its initial roste...
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College Hoops 2K8 conference call summary
Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit in on a conference call relating to College Hoops 2K8 with representatives of various sites. The game's producer Zach Timmerman fielded questions and spoke to the new features and improvements to 2K8 as well as the general direction of the franchise. Those who have followed along with pre-release coverage would probably be familiar with a lot of the topics that were covered so I went ahead and took notes on what I found to be the most interesting thi...
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GameShow Night this Saturday
Saturday 11/17 will bring about the first Pastapadre.com GameShow Night. Up for grabs will be an EA GameShow t-shirt. Join in by playing during the 6pm ET to 2am ET time frame which is the live broadcast portion of the day. This is a good opportunity for those who haven't tried out GameShow to do so along with some of the regulars from the last couple weeks. Not only will you be gaining tokens through normal play to use towards the raffles but you'll have the chance to come away with the t-...
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Madden 08 roster update #5 details
A new roster update has been released for the 360 and PS3 versions of Madden 08. This represents the fifth update of the year so far though nine weeks of the NFL season. For tracking all of the roster updates throughout the year make sure to visit the roster update tag page. Continue on to view all of the changes such as the ratings up/down, weapons losses/additions, transactions, and contracts. There are a ton of them, and included again are explanations for each. (more…)...
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