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The Line Drive for August 31
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Madden 15 strategy guide still available for less than value of UT packs included with it. ♦Check out one of the funnier glitches you're going to see from Madden NFL 15 this year. ♦Operation Sports discusses how EA has broken more promises with NBA Live 15. ♦Damian Lillard has been named the cover athlete for NB...
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Sim Stats Improved for Online Franchises in Madden NFL 15
EA Sports has made another crucial server-side update to Connected Franchise mode in Madden NFL 15. Following one a few days ago that addressed some minor issues the latest alters the simulation stats in the mode which had been way out of whack. (more…)...
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Press Row Podcast: Madden NFL 15 Review Roundtable
Always one of the most anticipated Press Row Podcasts of the year is here as the latest Madden goes under the microscope! The full panel discussion runs for nearly two hours and even then there was no way to get to everything Madden NFL 15 has to offer. The variety of opinions on this year's product, and breakdowns of what it has done well and where it still needs vast improvement, will make it a compelling listen for anyone that has interest in the series and where it needs to g...
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NHL 15 Poll Results Show Loss of Popular Modes Will Cost EA Lots of Sales
NHL 15 looked as though it was going to contend for "Sports Game of the Year" status and it even pulled in some awards from its showing at E3. Extra development time was said by EA to be of benefit due to the ability to focus more on features. Unfortunately that turned out to be false as EA Sports Hockey League, GM Connected, and some other features won't make it over to the Xbox One and PS4 version this year. Over 7200 people chimed in by responding to the poll on how this will affect th...
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Xbox One Version of Madden NFL 15 Offers Some Advantages Over PS4
Having spent considerable time now with both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Madden NFL 15 there are some slight differences of note between the two. Last November at the launch of the two systems I discovered a slight preference with the XB1 for Madden NFL 25 despite settling on playing PS4 for the long-term. That hasn't changed with Madden NFL 15 in either regard. The games are practically identical but the Xbox One version gets the nod in a couple areas that wouldn't real...
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Some Updates Have Already Been Made to Madden NFL 15 Connected Franchise
While EA Sports continues to investigate Madden NFL 15 issues in Connected Franchise mode related to head-to-head games not reporting results and sim stats being off, a server-side update has already been rolled out to address other areas. The changes made will only apply to "online" franchises while a patch will be needed to get to those which are started offline. - Speed and Hit Power costs have been fixed. - Cost of scouting speed for O-Line and D-Line has been fixed. - Added a game ...
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The Golf Club Patch Fixes Crippling Skipping Issue on PlayStation 4
Having spent $35 on The Golf Club, a fairly heavy price for an unlicensed digital download title, some consumers on the PS4 were met by a game that was virtually unplayable. As mentioned in the article about The Golf Club going out on PS4 a problem had been occurring for anyone with a fairly large friends list on PSN that caused the game to skip severely. Dodd Scientifics was the first to note the serious issue. On Twitter the official account for The Golf Club responded by saying a pa...
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EA Sports Investigating Early Issues With Madden NFL 15
In what will hopefully become a trend in attending to consumer concerns, EA Sports now has a status page that lists some of the most pressing issues people are having with Madden NFL 15 in its first few days of release. The company is acknowledging the problems and state that they will update with information when they have more to share. Right now those include user-vs-user games not recording results in Online Connected Franchise mode, a message some are seeing regarding EA Servers b...
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