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The Line Drive for February 9
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦New tutorial video for The Golf Club goes over how to add bunkers to created courses. ♦HB Studios posted a new blog discussing early development goals with The Golf Club. ♦Check out the latest screenshots for The Golf Club in the FB album. ♦Check out the latest screenshots for EA Sports UFC in the FB album. ♦E-Athlete has ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 11
Ender's Game In the near future, a hostile alien race has attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training the best and brightest young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school ...
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Paul Bettany Cast as Vision
Speculation that JARVIS, the artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark, would become Vision has essentially been confirmed by the casting of Paul Bettany. Vision will debut in The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Bettany has been the voice of JARVIS in the three Iron Man films. The timing for the character also makes sense in that he been attached romantically to Scarlet Witch in the comics, who also will appear for the first time in the team-up sequel. Ultron is also expected to have been...
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House of Cards Renewed for Third Season
With the second season of the award-winning series House of Cards set to debut next week, Netflix has announced that a third season has been ordered. The show originally was slated for 26 episodes over two seasons and there had been some concern over whether it would go beyond that but now that has been put to rest. Netflix is also in negotiations for more Arrested Development. House of Cards earned Netflix its first Emmy nominations (including Best Drama, Actor, and Actress) and walked a...
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Update Adds 2014 All-Star Jerseys and Court to NBA 2K14
Earlier this week NBA 2K14 received an update to reflect this year's All-Star roster. Now the jerseys for the All-Star Game held on February 16th have been added along with the court for the weekend's festivities. While they are available for Quick Games through the Xbox One and PS4 versions they will only be found in MyCareer mode on 360 and PS3. The jerseys are similar to those worn on Christmas Day. They are sleeved and feature a large logo on the front. In another neat art change t...
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Patch Expected Soon for NBA Live 14; Adds Shootaround, Improves Gameplay and Visuals
While there may not be many consumers playing NBA Live 14 it has been important for EA Sports to follow through not just on post-release promises but delivering a competent and enjoyable product to market. Those who gave the game a chance may not be so forgiving this fall when Live 15 arrives. It's not just the goodwill of improving the game but demonstrating that the company recognizes its faults and may be in a position to rectify them while excelling in other areas in the coming years. ...
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Press Row Podcast: Midwinter Roundtable
The latest Press Row Podcast features panel discussion on developments relating to the spring sports games. That includes the announcements of The Golf Club and RBI Baseball and whether they could be the start of a wave of fresh games for the new generation of consoles, the reason Olympic video games are not an attractive project for publishers, the challenges faced by companies creating for next-gen right now and the apparent delay to MLB 14: The Show, and responses to a number of listener ...
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Madden NFL 25 Gets Second Patch on Xbox One and PS4
Another patch has been released for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Madden NFL 25. The update addresses a number of areas including gameplay but isn't very extensive. Continue on to check out the details on what to expect out of the latest patch! (more…)...
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