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The Line Drive for May 5
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The first archived live stream for Madden NFL 20 all about Career and Franchise modes. ♦Recap of info on the two modes including screenshots released from Madden NFL 20. ♦This week's developer live stream for Madden NFL 20 will focus on the Superstar Abilities. ♦All the ratings changes from this week's roster update in MLB The Show 19. ♦Details on...
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More details on Madden NFL 20’s Franchise and Career Modes
Last week EA Sports kicked off the promotional cycle for Madden NFL 20 with announcements focused on Patrick Mahomes and a rebooted Career Mode that includes a college football element. Now they've followed up with far more detail on what to expect out of Face of the Franchise: QB1 along with additions and improvements made to Franchise Mode. (more…)...
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Press Row Podcast: First News on Madden NFL 20
Big news on Madden NFL 20 has brought Bryan Wiedey and Rich Grisham back together for discussion on the just-revealed rebooted career mode that includes a college football element - what that means for the series, the genre as a whole, and more. Other topics include Madden NFL 20's abnormally early release date and special superstar abilities to differentiate player performance which leads back to the pure skill vs realism/fun factor debate. Also more thoughts on MLB The Show 19's March to O...
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The Line Drive for April 28
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Colleges make another sports video game appearance now through Madden NFL 20. ♦All 32 NFL Draft first rounders have been added to Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 19. ♦Developer blog goes more into detail on the first revealed features for Madden NFL 20. ♦The first developer stream focused on Madden NFL 20 Face of the Franchise is on 5/2. ♦The Patrick ...
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Vlad Guerrero Jr. makes his debut through new MLB The Show 19 roster update
One of the most anticipated debuts for a prospect in recent memory occurred on Friday and surprisingly he was able to be included right away in the roster update that followed for MLB The Show 19. In the past, highly-touted prospects have on a few occasions been signed up even before making their Major League debuts and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays may have been another one of those special cases. Guerrero is rated an 82 Overall (which is about as high as you'll see a ro...
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Madden NFL 20 Superstar Mode will include 10 licensed colleges and the Playoff
Patrick Mahomes was predictably announced today as the cover athlete for Madden NFL 20 but the bigger news is the reveal of new features including one that he represents in the reboot of Superstar Mode and the return of a college presence. Face of the Franchise: QB1 – New single-player, career campaign mode that allows fans to create their own quarterback and experience the journey of an NFL Superstar at the College Football Playoffs, the NFL Combine, the NFL Draft and ultimately playing...
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Several sports games on PS4 among those on sale with PlayStation Plus
A new sale on PlayStation 4 for those with a PS+ subscription finds games on sale for as much as 80% off. Among the group are most of the big sports games to have released in 2018. On the Xbox One side of things EA Access offers most of the EA Sports games already in the Vault with a subscription and various deals over the last five months have found the genre's titles at deep discounts. For those with PlayStation 4, which still doesn't have EA Access but is expected to get it later this ...
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The Line Drive for April 21
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Details on the latest content released into Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 19. ♦Minor patch includes a fix for a pack opening crash in MLB The Show 19. ♦New roster update for NHL 19 includes rookies that recently made their debuts. ♦Forza Street released free-to-play on Windows 10 and coming soon to mobile. ♦OOTP Baseball 19 put out a Negro Leagu...
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