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The Golf Club Console Release Likely to Land on Worst Possible Date
HB Studios has announced the upcoming release for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of The Golf Club has been narrowed to a two date window. The company claims the likely date the game will be available digitally is August 26, with a slight possibility it could be a week prior. It has been out on PC through Steam Early Access since mid-April. The Golf Club isn't designed in a traditional manner where front-loaded sales will determine its success. The hope for it is to have leg...
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Agility and Control Improvements Highlighted in New Video for FIFA 15
EA Sports today released a new video demonstrating the player agility and control that will be present in FIFA 15. Improved aspects include "closer control and more realistic player movement, new ball physics and crunching physical challenges". Leave defenders in the dust or control the ball like the world’s best footballers. Players explode into action with improved balance, cuts and closer touches when in possession, giving greater responsiveness and personality to the game’...
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Latest Madden NFL 15 Stream Shifts the Focus to Presentation
EA Sports held another live stream yesterday for Madden NFL 15 with the primary intention of this one to show off the presentation. The earlier stream that was all about gameplay generated a fairly unusual level of positivity for anything related to Madden, but this one hasn't received the same type of reviews from viewers. That's probably due in large part to deficiencies in presentation being much easier to identify on the surface than issues with gameplay. Certainly the disappointin...
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Press Row Hangout Clips: Responding to More Viewer Questions
Four more viewer questions are discussedĂ‚Â in the final two clips from the most recent Press Row Hangout. The topics include The Golf Club and whether there could be more unlicensed sports games in the future, when to expect the Madden NFL 15 demo, why publishers seem to be holding back information on games until later now, and what sports game release in the past generated the most anticipation for the panelists. (more…)...
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Breaking Down the New EA Access Subscription Service
EA Access was announced yesterday and based on the reaction there appears to be quite a lot of interest in the concept of a subscription service which provides a library of older games to play and pre-release play periods for new games. Many who were aware of EA Sports Season Ticket liked what that provided too, which EA Access appears to have improved upon in several areas and offers less in others, but that program was never actively advertised by the company so it never took off. They wil...
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Importance of Franchise Mode to Madden Apparent as Consumers Wait for More Info
On Monday EA Sports turned to promoting Ultimate Team mode for Madden NFL 15. After months of consumers waiting on Franchise news, it was the most disconcerting development yet. Typically Ultimate Team is held for last, when the greatest number of people are seeking out information on the upcoming game, as the company attempts to draw in that more casual audience to their revenue-generating mode. Franchise has been talked about in May and June in the past, when those paying attention are...
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Top Rated Defensive Tackles and Linebackers in Madden NFL 15
EA Sports has continued revealing the highest rated players going position-by-position for Madden NFL 15. The latest are the defensive tackles, middle linebackers, and outside linebackers. The schedule laid out calls for corners, safeties, and special teams through the end of the week, followed by ratings for complete team rosters at a rate of two divisions per day. Defensive Tackle Ndamukong Suh (97), Geno Atkins (96), Gerald McCoy + Kyle Williams (95), Jurrell Casey (93) Middle Line...
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Teaser Trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Lionsgate has released the first trailer for the upcoming third installment of The Hunger Games, which covers the first half of the third novel in the series. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is slated to release on November 21. The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leader...
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