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The Line Drive for May 26
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦NBA 2K19 correctly predicted Warriors-Raptors Finals before the season began. ♦Legislation has been introduced to ban essentially all forms of in-game monetization. ♦New podcast coming this week will cover ramifications of such a law on the industry. ♦Amazon has Madden NFL 20 pre-orders with price guarantee listed for just $50.94. ♦Archived live s...
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How the new RPOs work in Madden NFL 20
Two weeks ago EA Sports went into detail on a variety of gameplay improvements for Madden NFL 20. Now the developers have laid out the work done to playbooks and specifically centered that on the introduction of RPOs. (more…)...
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The Line Drive for May 19
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The NCAA is forming a group to explore compensation for names and likenesses. ♦While it could that realistically is unlikely to lead to the return of NCAA Football. ♦Developer blog details additions and improvements for MUT in Madden NFL 20. ♦Archived dev stream going over what's new for Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 20. ♦Closed beta being run for M...
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The Golf Club 2019 now free with Gold sub on Xbox One
Subscribers to Xbox Live Gold can now get The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour for free on Xbox One. The game is part of the Games with Gold promotion which offers up a handful of titles every month. The Golf Club 2019 is available to download by June 15 to keep for good as long as the Gold membership remains active. The third game in the series is the first to feature PGA Tour licensing with a Career Mode and seven real-life courses to go with the endless number of created courses. 2K S...
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Latest patch for MLB The Show 19 works on fielding, hitting, framerate
MLB The Show 19 has received a handful of patches that were put out to quickly address issues with the game identified following its launch in late March. Yet another update has gone live and it tackles more areas of concern and takes into account for the first time some consumer feedback about how the game is playing. Some critical changes are being made to fielding and hitting while for the first time the framerate problems being experienced by many have been acknowledged. (more&hellip...
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The Line Drive for May 12
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦New legislation being introduced would bring an end to microtransactions in video games. ♦Archived developer stream going over various gameplay improvements for Madden NFL 20. ♦A look at the new signature animations for Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers in Madden NFL 20. ♦Full look at the Zone and Superstar Abilities for Patrick Mahomes in Madden NFL 20. ...
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More on Madden NFL 20’s Superstar Abilities and various gameplay improvements
Madden NFL 20 recently kicked off its promotional cycle with the reveal of its new Career Mode and also the introduction of a new element to gameplay intended to better differentiate the superstars of the league from everyone else. That's the biggest gameplay-specific initiative, at least on the surface and in terms of marketing, known as 'Superstar X-Factors.' The just-released developer blog is comprehensive on how these special abilities are distributed, how they play a role in Franchi...
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EA Access finally confirmed coming to PlayStation 4
Nearly five years after launching on Xbox One EA Access will make its way onto PlayStation 4 this July. The subscription service, which has helped to pave the way for others since, became a hit in that time and for some even became the edge making Xbox One their preferred console of choice. Sony has all along blocked EA Access from being available on PS4 due to what they claimed wasn't good value for their consumers when it was instead obvious they were just trying to protect their own subsc...
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