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Madden NFL 15 Week Eight Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
It was a weekend of spectacular performances and topped by Ben Roethlisberger who threw for 522 yards and 6 touchdowns in a victory over the Colts. With about half the regular season in the books now what players do you think most need attention in regards to their current ratings vs actual performance level? Players to look for moving up this week include Tom Brady, Colt McCoy, Ronnie Hillman, Mark Ingram, Emmanuel Sanders, Martavis Bryant, Golden Tate, Rob Gronkowski, Anthony Barr, Just...
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The Daily Dish for 10/27/14
Is enough being seeing in NBA Live 15 for EA Sports to stick with the series or will it succumb to cancellation after years of continued failure? That's the focus of The Daily Dish today coming off the posted impressions as well as the discussion on the latest Press Row Podcast. In addition I look ahead to tomorrow when Sony will push out an update for the PlayStation 4 that includes the revolutionary "Share Play" feature among other system improvements. ComplexEmbed.Application.initia...
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NBA Live 15 Is The Game That Should Have Rebooted The Series
EA Sports isn't treating NBA Live 15 like it's a critical release for the series which desperately needs to establish itself on stable ground and show potential to achieve significant growth in the market within the next few years. In fact they've shown little urgency at all and even have basically admitted it's not a stellar product. No one would have been fooled otherwise but it stands in stark contrast to the way the company promoted previous failed efforts where they instead presented a ...
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The Line Drive for October 26
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Catch up on the week's news with the YT Playlist for The Daily Dish. ♦I was a guest on this weekend's "Doddcast" talking about more general gaming topics. ♦EA Sports UFC is back down to $30 for both PS4 and XB1 through Amazon. ♦Michael Chiesa will be added soon to the roster of EA Sports UFC. ♦The first patch (check out th...
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Press Row Podcast: State of NBA 2K15 and NBA Live 15 Impressions
The latest Press Row Podcast features full panel discussion on how NBA 2K15 has settled in after a few weeks of release and then expectations for NBA Live 15. That is followed by a segment where I discuss at length complete impressions of NBA Live 15 following the six hours of the EA Access period. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS and the Stitcher app for Android - subscribe while there to help support the show! You can also listen in the streaming player below....
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The Daily Dish for 10/24/14
First up in closing out the week in The Daily Dish is the new Press Row Podcast which will be posted on the site tomorrow but is out now through iTunes and Stitcher - it features more thoughts on NBA 2K15, expectations for NBA Live 15, and a full segment featuring my impressions of Live 15 having played through the EA Access period. Beyond that is the new Madden NFL 15 roster update, the release of NHL 2K on mobile, an art update with new courts for NBA 2K15, and a final reminder to donate t...
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Madden NFL 15 Roster Update #9 Details
The roster update that follows week seven of the season is now available for Madden NFL 15 on all systems. Percy Harvin being shipped off to the Jets is the big player move while Peyton Manning is back at 99 overall joining Richard Sherman and J.J. Watt in that ultra-elite club. Check out all the changes in the latest roster update in the spreadsheet here. Other notables moving up include Aaron Rodgers (+1 to 98), DeMarco Murray (+1 to 96), Demaryius Thomas (+1 to 96), Jordy Nelson (+1 to...
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The Daily Dish for 10/23/14
In this extended episode of The Daily Dish I go over my first impressions of NBA Live 15 having played over five hours through EA Access, T.J. Lauerman joins the show again to talk more about the Extra Life charity drive and all the prizes he's been able to collect for the raffle that those who donate are entered into, and a preview of tomorrow's Press Row Podcast. ComplexEmbed.Application.initialize({cId: "BvN2thcTr2nZx0lux_4zmXWizTmnvxFZ",adSetCode: "c97892cb0a1a41319ad2a24af1b27bdb",si...
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