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PadreCast #4: A look at the week ahead
In preparation for a busy week I recorded a new PadreCast to go over some of the plans ahead and what to expect. The NBA Live Community Day event is taking place this week and I'll be in NY for that until Friday. Also The BIGS is being released on Tuesday. Because I'll be busy much of the time look for the site to be updated more so late at night/early in the morning on Tuesday through Friday. I'll try to post up news as well as updates on whats going on in NY but I don't know how much op...
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First look at Owner Mode in Madden 08
Along with revealing the list of the players with overall ratings of 99, ESPN the Magazine gave the first details on Owner Mode which is returning to Madden 08 this year on the PS3 and 360. Some highlights: Ability to relocate franchises Create-a-Stadium Full economics system (such as setting ticket prices) Franchise editor (change team colors, logo, name) Hire scouting agencies to learn more about players There will be draft "busts" and "gems" The possibility that a...
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Latest screens from NBA Live 08
Four new screenshots were recently released for NBA Live 08. Click the thumbnails below to view the full size images. The darkened crowd has been a topic of discussion surrounding the Live screens that have been released so far. At this point that is done to keep the 60fps going strong. Throughout development details such as lighting will be tweaked with. It is very early in the dev cycle and something like this isn't out of the ordinary considering the circumstances. Overall...
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Weekly Recap: June 18th-24th
Gametrailers really pushed out a lot of videos for NCAA Football and Madden this week. It dominated NCAA Football's content, while Madden had a handful of other things going for it as well due to the producer blogs. Specifically, the blog discussing the blocking may have gotten the best reaction across forums of anything EA has ever put out. All-Pro Football was dominated by marketing discussion. NBA Live has been showing itself off and has the community day event this coming week. There was a s...
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Who should go #1 in the NBA Draft?
With the NBA Draft coming up on Thursday the 28th, who do you think the Trailblazers should select with the #1 pick? We know Greg Oden and Kevin Durant are going to be chosen with the first two picks by Portland and Seattle. But which guy should the Trailblazers go with? I'll be live-blogging via twitter from the NBA Draft and should have a bunch of thoughts and pics to post up after as well. Being a Sonics fan it'll be an especially exciting night for me, not to mention I've never attended ...
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And the videos keep coming for NCAA Football 08
Gametrailers has really been pushing out a ton of videos for NCAA Football 08 lately. Here are the two newest ones. The first video shows off an interception return for a TD. You then get the user going through and creating the highlight video as well as see a glimpse at "My Shrine". The second one shows off gameplay as Florida faces off against Georgia. Click through to the full article to view the videos as well as my notes on them. (more…)...
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Early look at Tiger Woods 08
Teamxbox has posted up a pre-E3 preview of Tiger 08. After revealing GamerNet and Photo Face on April 11th we hadn't gotten anything on Tiger until the recent trailer and now this. So it appears that the news and media on the game is getting ready to gear up for its release on August 28th. This year the franchise has moved from the EA Redwood Shores studio (not EA Canada as stated in the Teamxbox preview) to the Tiburon studio and that has brought some hope that it will come back with a ...
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NHL 08 screenshots featuring new jerseys
In conjunction with the NHL draft this evening, EA has released 11 screenshots from NHL 08 showing off the new Reebok Edge jerseys in the game. The screens feature Washington, Carolina, Boston, and Columbus. Click here to view all of the screenshots. ...
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