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The Line Drive for August 10
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The official Madden 15 strategy guide is just $10 and includes $9 in Ultimate Team packs. ♦New blog posted looking at the Item Binder feature for Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 15. ♦EA Sports posted the top 15 base players available in Madden 15's Ultimate Team. ♦Looks like no demo for Madden NFL 15 this week which is a deviat...
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Press Row Hangout Clips: O’Bannon’s Court Victory, The Show Addictions and More
The latest Press Row Hangout was recorded on Friday night and tackled many recent news stories of significance. In one segment from the show the panel raves about the lasting enjoyment of MLB 14: The Show, the next relates to the big ruling yesterday in the Ed O'Bannon v. NCAA case, and the final one runs through a number of topics in a "Lightning Round". Those include the changes implemented by Twitch, Zynga announcing two mobile sports games, and The Golf Club's release likely falling on o...
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Madden NFL 15 Stream All About Recent Connected Franchise Mode News
Late in the week EA Sports held a live stream to go over Connected Franchise in Madden NFL 15 which comes on the heels of fairly successful streams focused on gameplay and presentation. This one for Franchise acts more as a summary of all the details that were released than an expansion on them, and important areas like the Draft are curiously skipped by, but there is also opportunity to see more gameplay and Franchise-specific presentation which hasn't been talked about as much as it pro...
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O’Bannon Wins Case Against NCAA
The judge in O'Bannon v. NCAA has ruled that the NCAA violates anti-trust laws by preventing players from being paid for their name and likenesses. This does not appear to be a ruling however that threatens the core of the NCAA - one in which some surmised a more devastating ruling could bring down the organization entirely. It's certainly far from the worst case scenario for them. That could be a good thing for the future of college sports video games depending on how the NCAA attempts t...
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Top Rated Wings and Centers in NHL 15
EA Sports has released the top five rated left wingers, right wingers, and centers for NHL 15.Ă‚Â Earlier the company revealed the highest rated goalies and defensemen. Sidney Crosby comes away as the best player in the game by three full points at 96 overall. A handful of players follow behind with 93. Left Wing Alexander Ovechkin (93), Henrik Zetterberg (92), Zach Parise + Taylor Hall + Jamie Benn (90) Right Wing Corey Perry (92), Marian Hossa (91), Phil Kessel (90), Patrick Kane (...
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Gameplay Being Emphasized Over Modes With NBA Live 15
EA Sports has been largely quiet in regards to NBA Live 15. The game skipped E3 and outside of some examples of enhanced visuals the campaign to promote the new game seems to be more about apologizing for the last one. Yesterday Game Informer posted an article noting some of the ways the company hopes to improve with Live 15. What's evident is how gameplay is the priority though it was said to be last year as well. Certainly that needs to make a dramatic jump for Live to even be a cons...
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Zynga Developing NFL and Tiger Woods Mobile Games
Social gaming company Zynga today announced a new brand to be known as Zynga Sports 365 with football and golf being the first projects under the umbrella. The NFL and NFLPA licenses have been secured for the football game and Tiger Woods has been partnered with for golf. One of the names behind these games will be immediately recognizable to many Madden fans. Ian Cummings, who was the creative director for Madden NFL 10 through a good portion of '12, is a design director at the new Zynga...
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NBA 2K15 Getting New Offline Association Mode on Xbox One and PS4
2K Sports today announced a mode for NBA 2K15 called MyLeague exclusive to the Xbox One and PS4 versions. Operation Sports has a detailed interview that goes over everything and offers a few other pieces of relevant information. MyLeague is essentially a more customizable version of the Association mode that was lost with the transition to the new systems where MyGM replaced it.Ă‚Â Unfortunately the mode is offline only but on the plus side the number of options are staggering and it does...
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