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Madden NFL 16 Roster Update – Week 14
The roster update following week 14 of the season is now available in Madden NFL 16. Check out all the details on changes made in the update with the spreadsheet here. Notable players on the rise include Ndamukong Suh (+1 to 97), Khalil Mack (+2 to 95), Cliff Avril (+1 to 95), Earl Thomas (+1 to 95), Kam Chancellor (+1 to 95), Odell Beckham Jr. (+1 to 95), Russell Wilson (+1 to 94), Josh Norman (+1 to 94), Kawann Short (+1 to 94), Alshon Jeffery (+1 to 94), Vontae Davis (+1 to 92), Everso...
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End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Career Mode of 2015
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Career Mode. The single player path that generally begins on a low level of competition and progresses into a professional career has, outside of NBA 2K, not gotten much attention in recent years. The category has been won three times by the series with MLB: The Show capturing the title in two other years. Now Open for Voting: Best Gameplay – Best Presentation – Best Post-Release S...
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2015 Pastapadre Community Awards Preview
The annual Pastapadre Community Awards are back, offering an opportunity to reflect upon the year in sports gaming and recognize developers for their accomplishments in specific areas of the games and as a whole. In today's video Rich and I discuss the basis for the Community Awards along with all the categories and respective nominees. Now Open for Voting: Best Gameplay – Best Presentation – Best Post-Release Support –Best Career Mode – Best Team-B...
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Your most anticipated new feature so far announced for MLB The Show 16
Though the first news on MLB The Show 16 turned out to be somewhat less substantial than the first reveals of recent years, there was still plenty to chew on, particularly when realizing there are still well over three months until the game releases. Whether it's the addition of retractable roofs, return of classic stadiums (Polo Grounds, Griffith Park,Ă‚Â Forbes Field, Sportsman Park, Shibe Park, Crosley Field), new "bullet time" type feature called ShowTime as an option in Road to the S...
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Latest NBA 2K16 patch fixes some more issues
As far as post-release patches go, NBA 2K16 has now received three of them, with the latest having gone out today on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The first patch was primarily intended to get Pro-Am working, while the second one had wide reach influencing pretty much every mode in the game with changes based on community feedback. The new patch delivers a number of fixes to the game, including getting the couch co-op that was broken with the previous update back to being functional, and affects...
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End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Post-Release Support of 2015
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Post-Release Support. These days publishers can't get away with simply releasing and moving on. Consumer expectations include multiple patches, to just not fix any glaring problems but further improve the game and offer new content, along with constant updates in areas such as rosters and team-building modes. Now Open for Voting: Best Gameplay - Best Presentation - Best Post-Release Support T...
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New mode for Rocket League transforms the soccer into hockey with Winter Event
Last month developer Psyonix released free "mutators" for Rocket League with a dedicated playlist featuring the new twists on the game. At the same time another one was announced, for many maybe theĂ‚Â most intriguing of them all, as the soccer foundation of the game would transform into hockey with a special new mode. That hockey form of Rocket League debuts today with the "Snow Day" playlist on PS4 and PC along with new holiday-themed drop items that are earned by playing games: ââ‚...
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End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Presentation of 2015
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Presentation.Ă‚Â This is a category that has simply been owned by the NBA 2K franchise, having taken home the award all five years. Now Open for Voting:Ă‚Â Best Gameplay - Best Presentation NBA 2K16 looks to be in strong position to extend that to six in a row, after adding pre-recorded cutaway interviews during games, featuring a studio show with three quarters of the Inside the NBA crew, and even...
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