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  • Descriptions of New Base Features for MLB 14: The Show
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    Posted February 13th, 2014 at 4:45 pm 25 Comments »
    Earlier today SCEA announced release dates for MLB 14: The Show placing the PS3 and Vita on April 1st and the PlayStation 4 sometime in May. In addition to the PS4 screenshots and PS3 trailer that accompanied that news, the company has also now released the slate of high-level features for the game. Though the PS4 will have obvious advantages due to its advanced hardware, the slate of modes and new additions will be nearly the exact same for the two home consoles. That includes Online Fra...
  • MLB 14: The Show Coming April 1st for PS3/Vita; PS4 Pushed Back to May
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    Posted February 13th, 2014 at 7:00 am 23 Comments »
    The uncertainty surrounding the release date for MLB 14: The Show has finally come to an end. The game will release on 4/1 for PS3 and Vita with an unspecified date in May for the PS4 version. The news comes less than three weeks before the day that baseball games would typically release under the contract with the league however the lack of competition and introduction of the PS4 moved things off schedule. With the release of information and media slipping behind by about a month it had ...
  • Press Row Hangout: Post-Patch NBA Live 14
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    Posted February 12th, 2014 at 3:00 pm 9 Comments »
    A huge patch three months in the making arrived for NBA Live 14 earlier this week. While it had almost no chance of turning a sub-par game into a good one the message being sent with it was made clear - EA Sports is not giving up on the series. Praise however should be tempered as the work done to produce the update has not been an act of charity but rather necessity. Live 14 has improved in a number of areas now, some fairly significantly, but in general still falls short of reasonable c...
  • EA Sports Teasing Another NBA Jam
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    Posted February 12th, 2014 at 9:30 am 10 Comments »
    A tweet today from the the EA Sports NBA Jam account suggests that a new game is in development and could release later this year. The account had been dormant for almost two years until it awoke on Sunday. Remember that last year EA was play-testing what was said to be a new concept for an NBA game so this could be it. (more…)...
  • Madden NFL 25 Super Bowl Roster Update
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    Posted February 11th, 2014 at 3:30 pm 11 Comments »
    To the surprise of absolutely no one, the World Champion Seattle Seahawks benefit greatly from the last roster update for Madden NFL 25 and finish the season rated 92 as a team. The Broncos on the other hand take significant hits and their final rating is 90. The update was released yesterday on Xbox One, PS4, PS3, and 360. Players for all teams have been removed from the IR and depth charts adjusted. Check out all the details of the final roster update for the season in spreadsheet form ...
  • Press Row Hangout Clip: 2014 FIFA World Cup Announcement
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    Posted February 11th, 2014 at 10:00 am 3 Comments »
    2014 FIFA World Cup was made official last week but the majority of the discussion has not been centered on the trailer, screenshots, or features. Instead everyone is talking about the decision to only release the popular every-four-years game on the 360 and PS3 while bypassing the Xbox One and PS4. World Cup was first mentioned back during an EA Sports October financial call where it was grouped in with other titles that would be releasing on the next-gen consoles. At some point since th...
  • The Game-Changing Patch for NBA Live 14 is Out Now
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    Posted February 10th, 2014 at 1:45 pm 41 Comments »
    The update promised shortly after release of NBA Live 14 that would improve gameplay, graphics, and even add practice ability went live today on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In addition the patch includes this year's NBA All-Star jerseys and court. Look for a Press Row Hangout discussing post-patch NBA Live 14 on Tuesday night - afterwards the show will be archived and posted to the site Wednesday. As always feel free to leave any observations of the game in its new state in the commen...
  • New Trailer for EA Sports UFC
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    Posted February 10th, 2014 at 8:30 am 9 Comments »
    Outside of fighter reveals through screenshots there hasn't been much about EA Sports UFC since the first features and brief early looks were presented at E3 last June. Today though the company has released a new trailer which focuses on the realism in the fighters. The Xbox One and PS4 game is expected out in May. var complextvadtag = (typeof(cmnvideotagdefault) === 'function') ? cmnvideotagdefault('') : null;var options = {adSetCode: 'c97892cb0a1a41319ad2a24af1b27bdb'};if (complextvadta...