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First Trailer for Ant-Man
Marvel this evening debuted the first teaser trailer for Ant-Man during the premiere of the limited series Agent Carter on ABC. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Douglas the movie is directed by Peyton Reed. Ant-Man, which will wrap up "Phase Two" of the Marvel film slate, is set to release on July 17. The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.â...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Sports Game of 2014
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards concludes with Best Sports Game.Ă‚Â This will be the sixth year that the community will name a Sports Game of the Year. Previous winners have been MLB 13: The Show (2013), NBA 2K13 (2012), FIFA 12 (2011), NBA 2K11 (2010), and Madden NFL 10 (2009). No game stood head and shoulders above the pack this year - and they all sure had their fair share of issues and deficiencies - but strong arguments can be made for five of the...
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Latest NBA 2K15 Roster Update Delivers Yesterday’s Three-Team Trade
Despite 2K Sports having rarely altered player ratings in the past six weeks of NBA 2K15 roster updates they have stayed on top of player movement and other personnel moves. Less than 24 hours after the announcement of a three-team trade between the Cleveland Cavaliers, Oklahoma City Thunder, and New York Knicks it has been executed in a brand new roster update. The Thunder received Dion Waiters, the Cavs got J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert, and the Knicks have taken on the expiring...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best New or Non-Yearly Game
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game. This is a category that awarded no one in 2013 sadly - because there were none to consider - but in 2014 a few risks were taken and strong efforts emerged. The Golf Club, Super Mega Baseball, and EA Sports UFC vie for the award. (more…)...
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The Line Drive for January 4
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Heading into the last week for the Pastapadre Community Awards. Make sure to cast votes for Gameplay - Franchise - Career -Presentation - Online - Most Disappointing Game -Post-Release Support - New Feature - Best Mobile Game. ♦Seems that EA Sports is hinting at one more gameplay patch on the way for UFC. ♦Now two weeks w/o Mad...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Mobile Sports Game
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Mobile Sports Game. The development trend for mobile devices has shifted away from traditional gameplay to "card" collection or battle style games, many of which are being offered as free-to-play, and more simple "tap" style games. (more…)...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best New Feature of 2014
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best New Feature. Development focus has shifted in recent years from providing innovative features to creating content for Ultimate Team modes along more avenues to generate digital revenue. Despite that there were a few new features this year which deserve recognition over others. Previous winners of Best New Feature include Postseason Mode (MLB 13), Connected Careers (Madden 13), NBA's Greatest (NBA 2K12...
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Breaking Down the Pastapadre Community Award Categories
Seven of the Pastapadre Community Award categories are currently live to vote on - you'll find links paired with the videos included in this post. With all those in mind Rich Grisham and I got together to reflect on them. We discuss the decision making that went into choosing the nominees, the ones we personally favor, and what is most likely to win. The upcoming categories - which include Best New Feature, Best New/Non-Yearly Sports Game, and Sports Game of the Year - will be accompanied...
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