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MLB 15: The Show Week 16 Roster Update
Another week has gone by and the (promised for All-Star break) sweeping reevaluation of ratings for the entirety of the league in MLB 15: The Show is still nowhere to be found. In its place today is just a typical roster update, with the highest rated players affected being in the mid-80s. Noah Syndergaard is the big winner this week rising from 75 to 82 with Kyle Hendricks (+10 to 76) also getting a strong push. There's more in the way of downward movement this week with Tanner Roark (-4...
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The Line Drive for July 26
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Check out articles written and videos recorded for Sporting News and Hit The Pass:    •NBA 2K16 will feature the return of colleges    •Will NBA 2K16 be the rebirth of college sports games? (video)    •All-time Lakers vs All-time Bulls simulated in NBA 2K15    •NBA 2K16 soundtrac...
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Goalie improvements for NHL 16
EA Sports has released a new video that details the various enhancements made for user-controlled goalies, including new controls, coming with NHL 16. The improvements will be experienced sooner than anyone would have anticipated, with the EA Sports Hockey League beta set to open on Thursday. The fate of your team is at your fingertips with all-new enhanced goalie controls. Precision Skating captures the authentic look and feel of a goaltender’s momentum and precise movement...
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Top Rated Tight Ends in Madden NFL 16
Though Rob Gronkowski has been 99 Overall at times in the past, he finished off Madden NFL 15 at 98. He's gained the point back to start with in Madden NFL 16 as he'll be one of the few to have the coveted 99 Overall Rating. Four of the top five tight ends return to their top ranked status, but one new name has surged ahead to steal a top five spot. (more…)...
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Sports gaming threatened by detrimental release schedule in desperate need of fixing
From the end of August, to the end of September, there are nine sports-related games releasing. Five of them are major league licensed titles. How is it that all these games will release at practically the same time, when there's only a handful of them distributed over the other 11 months out of the year? This situation has become of major concern to sports gaming fans, particularly as the genre has contracted so significantly over the past decade. There's only so much money to go around,...
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Top Rated Receivers in Madden NFL 16
EA Sports is continuing to roll through the offensive side of the ball with the ratings reveals for Madden NFL 16 that began this week. Today the focus shifts to the wide receivers, and a new playmaker takes his place all alone atop the list. (more…)...
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More NBA 2K16 feature information leaks
It's rare to have any game information leak prior to the planned marketing schedule for the annual sports games. That's especially true of 2K Sports who has always been very protective of their traditional cycle. NBA 2K16 releases in two months, and the company hasn't even put out a single screenshot or shown any gameplay footage yet, while revealing very little about the feature set and hinting any news would still be several weeks away. That makes what's going on with NBA 2K16 outside o...
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Settling the debate with NBA 2K15: All-Time Lakers vs All-Time Bulls
The highly publicized back-and-forth between Shaquille O'Neal and Scottie Pippen over the last week, concerning which team of all-time greats would win between the Lakers and Bulls, can't go much further than trash talk (their preferred method) and well-reasoned lineup analysis and speculation. However with NBA 2K15 we can see an actual game play out with rosters containing all the legends, both current and past, that make up the storied franchises. With that in mind I ran a simulat...
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