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Is there a future for All-Pro Football?
TheStreet.com takes a look at the sales performance thus far for All-Pro Football 2K8 and whether or not it has done well enough to warrant it becoming a bi-yearly franchise such as 2K Sports/Take Two had been hoping for. Though Take-Two had hoped to turn All-Pro Football into a franchise that could take on the Madden juggernaut, so far, its efforts haven't paid off. The company, says Divnich, would be better off pulling the plug on its next football game. You can find myself quoted ...
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Tiger Woods 08 event impressions
Forum member Russell05 had the opportunity to stick around at EA's Tiburon Studio last week to get some time in with Tiger Woods 08. He discusses features such as Shot Confidence, GamerNet, Put Preview and more. You can check out his full impressions of the game here. From a game play stand point the biggest changes are the inclusion of shot confidence and put preview. Both of these new features actually makes the game harder, more dynamic, and expands the game play just enough without re-...
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Madden 08 first roster update coming soon
UPDATE 8/16: The roster update has been released for the 360/PS3. Look for all the details including the document laying out every change made to be up soon. I have confirmed that a roster update for Madden 08 will be coming in the very near future. It will likely find its way out before the week is up and may even be as early as this evening. However given the nature of these things EA can't narrow it down to a specific time. Please be aware that when the roster update is pushed i...
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Another release day means more online problems. This is Maddenoliday?
UPDATE 8/15: I have received word that the Madden team is doing some tweaking today to try and improve the online experience. There may be instances where players are booted from games as those changes are implemented. Hopefully we see some immediate improvements in this area. I will be attempting more games this afternoon and evening and will report back on the results. *Updated results on 8/15: I attempted to play six games. The loading into the team selection screen and into the games was...
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Madden 08 coverage recap
With Madden 08 now officially released, here is a summary of the content over the last several days. That includes the trip out to the EA Tiburon studio for the Madden Community Event as well as the reports once the game was in hand. Also make sure to check out the Madden Kickoff Competition to get some quality online games in starting Tuesday morning and running through the weekend. Community Day Impressions: Complete thoughts and observations on the gameplay and other miscellaneous aspec...
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More screenshots from NBA Live 08 and 2K8
Over the past few days new screens have emerged for both NBA Live 08 and NBA 2K8. While NBA Live's continue to look incredibly impressive, these shots from NBA 2K8 are arguably the worst looking screens for a sports game on the 360/PS3 to date. Not only do they just look bad but they include multiple graphical glitches. Continue through to find all the screens and click the thumbnails to view the full size images. (more…)...
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Madden 08 Kickoff Competition
Starting tomorrow (Tuesday the 14th) at Noon ET until Sunday night at 8ET there will be a Madden 08 Kickoff Competition taking place at the site. All members of the pastapadre.com forum are eligible to participate and results of the games between fellow forum members are to be posted in the appropriate thread. To make it easier on everyone involved I would appreciate if people kept track of their own records themselves and posted it each time a result goes up. Default games will be ranke...
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Padre’s 08 Superstar Experience: Part 3
For this writeup I remembered to up the difficulty to All-Pro and would look at how that affected the play on the field. After simming through the regular season the Saints made it into the playoffs as a wild card. Continue through to read a recap of the playoffs, a video showing some Padre highlights, and some notes on the off-season. (more…)...
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