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  • The Line Drive for December 21
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    Posted December 21st, 2014 at 12:15 pm 2 Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The next Press Row Hangout is scheduled for Monday night at 11ET. ♦The Pastapadre SGOTY, top story recaps, and Community Awards start soon. ♦The digital deal on PS4 for The Golf Club at $21 is set to end tomorrow. ♦Steam sale for Out of the Park Baseball 15 for $15 available through January 2. ♦2K Sports is not co...
  • The Golf Club Patch Includes Handicap System and Much More
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    Posted December 20th, 2014 at 1:30 pm 3 Comments »
    The latest patch for The Golf Club continues the excellent post-release support from HB Studios since arriving digitally for the consoles in August and even before that with the PC version. The patch went out late last night on both Xbox One and PS4 and it most notably includes the highly anticipated Handicap System, a new theme, and two new courses. Remember there are only a few days left to grab it for almost half off on PS4. ♦Handicap System ♦New Theme – Co...
  • Press Row Podcast: Sports Game of the Year
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    Posted December 19th, 2014 at 2:30 pm 2 Comments »
    The 2014 Sports Game of the Year Press Row Podcast has arrived! The complete panel goes over the list of candidates, debating both the merits and reasons against them deserving the award, before turning to the results and a discussion of how each person voted. This year there is a new category as well with one game being named the Rookie of the Year. The Pastapadre SGOTY countdown will begin soon, as will year-in-review recaps of the top stories, and of course the 6th Annual Pastapadre Co...
  • NBA 2K15 Week Eight Ratings Changes
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    Posted December 19th, 2014 at 11:15 am 7 Comments »
    Though the frequency of NBA 2K15 roster updates have dropped off significantly they're still being provided regularly enough to keep the game feeling up-to-date. That's evidenced today by a new roster that executes the Rajon Rondo trade. However updates including ratings changes have only numbered three in the last two weeks and five in the last month. Compensating for that is bigger movement influenced by more performances.  Check out all the changes in the spreadsheet put together he...
  • Madden NFL 15 Roster Update #17 Details
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    Posted December 18th, 2014 at 2:30 pm 27 Comments »
    The roster update for Madden NFL 15 that follows week 15 of the season is available now on all systems. Rob Gronkowski gets the most significant move reaching 99 overall. He joins J.J. Watt there with Richard Sherman the verge of making it back any week now. Aaron Rodgers drops out of the 99 club after a rough game against the Bills. Check out the full slate of changes made in the roster update with the spreadsheet here. Ray McDonald, now accused of sexual assault and having been cut by t...
  • EA Sports UFC Now Available in EA Access Vault
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    Posted December 18th, 2014 at 10:30 am No Comments »
    As announced last week EA Sports UFC is now available as one of the games in the "Vault" with EA Access on Xbox One. Subscribers to the service will have unlimited playtime with the complete game - essentially it's "owned" digitally until the subscription is allowed to expire. UFC joins Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare, Need for Speed Rivals, Peggle 2, Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25, and FIFA 14 in the "Vault". Other perks to EA Access include 10% off all digital purchases and six hours of...
  • The Daily Dish for 12/17/14
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    Posted December 17th, 2014 at 6:15 pm 2 Comments »
    In the latest episode of The Daily Dish summarized thoughts on Super Mega Baseball following its release, new jerseys have been added to NBA 2K15 but the Christmas ones are completely inaccurate, a patch arrived recently for NBA Live 15, make sure to vote the poll that went up to judge anticipation levels for MLB 15: The Show features, a digital deal on PS4 is available for The Golf Club, and the $30 sale on NBA 2K15 continues through Amazon. Please enable Javascript to watch this video ...
  • Trying Share Play with Super Mega Baseball
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    Posted December 17th, 2014 at 2:00 pm 3 Comments »
    The introduction of Share Play on PlayStation 4 made it possible for games without any online component to be played through hosted connections. Assuming the individual's speeds (primarily the upload) is fast enough Share Play offers the ability to not just play with or against a friend but also pass them the controller to play on their own. In some cases the result has even proven to be better than the actual online service for the game. Super Mega Baseball does not offer online play and...