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The Line Drive for January 18
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Wrote one Sporting News article this week - an early MLB 15: The Show preview. ♦2K Sports posted an outline of how to earn the various badges in NBA 2K15. ♦EA Sports released details on the latest roster update for NBA Live 15. ♦EA continues to talk about shoes more than anything else for NBA Live 15. ♦NCAA Football had...
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Press Row Podcast: Breaking Down the 2014 Awards Season
The latest Press Row Podcast features extensive discussion on the 2014 accolades given out through the Pastapadre Community Awards and the Operation Sports Awards. Every category is examined from nominations to results and reactions. The year-in-review period is important not just in looking back on what happened but identifying what can be learned from for the future of the genre and specific products within it. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS and the Stitcher app ...
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Three Sports Games Finish in Top Ten Sales for 2014
With NPD reports in for December the entirety of 2014 can be analyzed and three sports games finished in the top ten of sales for the year. The three in question are regulars when rounding up the best-sellers annually. Madden NFL 15 finished as the second biggest seller in 2014. Only Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was able to top it. NBA 2K15 finished the year in seventh place and FIFA 15 came through in ninth place. It's important to note that NPD only covers North America. NBA ...
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Madden NFL 15 Roster Update #19 Details
The latest roster update for Madden NFL 15 which follows the Divisional round of the Playoffs has gone out on all consoles. Richard Sherman has finally recaptured the 99 overall rating while Peyton Manning continues his plummet from being rated 99 midway through the season. Check out complete details on all of the changes made in the spreadsheet here. Players rising significantly in ratings include Tom Brady (+1 to 98), Marshal Yanda (+1 to 98), Vontae Davis (+1 to 98), Earl Thomas ...
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2015 Academy Award Nominations
The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced today. Leading the way was Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel with nine nominations each. The Imitation Game follows right behind with eight while Birdman and American Sniper received six. The biggest snub is arguably The Lego Movie which didn't receive a nod for Best Animated Film. Best Picture “American Sniper” “Birdman” “Boyhood” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “The Imi...
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New Patch for The Golf Club On The Way
The runner-up for Best Post-Release Support in the 2014 Pastapadre Community Awards recently sent out another patch for the PC version which will soon come to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Golf Club's Twitter account noted today that it has been submitted to Sony and Microsoft which means it should be expected to go live within the next two weeks. The patch isn't bringing in new features like some of the past ones have but instead is focused on bug fixes and adjustments bas...
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Final Set of 2014 Community Award Winners
After a few weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 31K – it’s time to announce the remaining winners of the 2014 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards. Make sure to check out the earlier results for the first six categories here. Continue on to see what has won Best New Feature, Most Disappointing Game, Best Mobile Game, Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game, and Best Sports Game of 2014! (more…)...
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New Trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Marvel debuted the new trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron during the College Football Playoff National Championship. The highly-anticipated film is is slated to release May 1. Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black...
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