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End of Year Community Awards: Best Career Mode of 2013
The year-in-review process continues with another category to vote for in the Community Awards. Best Career Mode features NHL 14, NBA 2K14, and MLB 13: The Show to determine which offered the best experience for controlling a single player through a personal journey. It's a category that has previously been won by The Show and NBA 2K.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Online Troubles Escalate Following Latest NBA 2K14 Patch
It seemed things couldn't get much worse for the next-gen version of NBA 2K14. The practically always-online nature, its damaging VC implementation, and crashes affecting many were already well publicized. Last week's patch did little to improve the situation as many are still unable to play MyCareer or MyGM due to crashes. It also introduced a new bug in MyGM that prevents proposed contract details from being altered essentially wrecking free agency. There are other areas of the game tho...
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The Line Drive for December 22
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Make sure to vote for year-end awards: Best Gameplay, Best Mobile, Best New Feature. ♦A killer MyGM bug introduced in the NBA 2K14 patch prevents contract offer alterations. ♦Latest NBA 2K14 roster update returned Andre Iguodala and injured Kobe Bryant. ♦Screenshots of Alexander Gustafsson and GSP added to the EA Sports UFC...
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Paul Rudd Cast as Ant-Man
Marvel has announced that Paul Rudd will play Scott Lang aka Ant-Man in the upcoming film. Rumor had it that the role had come down to Rudd vs Joseph Gordon-Levitt with the former favored and now its official. "When Edgar Wright came to us with the idea of Paul Rudd, we felt a huge sense of relief because the first step in creating any Marvel Studios film is finding the right star," said Marvel's Kevin Feige. "We knew early on that we had found the right person in Paul. When he not only agr...
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Press Row Podcast: Sports Game of the Year
The latest addition of the Press Row Podcast is one of the most highly anticipated ever as Sports Game of the Year selection show! Listen to hear arguments made for the games in question, the final tally of the top three sports games, and how all the panelists ranked them. This will be sure to incite some debate. The game I rated number one did not finish in the top three, but the winner did turn out to be a consensus choice panel-wide. Check out theĂ‚Â podcast through iTunes, on AndroidĂ...
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Trailer for How To Train Your Dragon 2
The first full length theatrical trailer has arrived for How To Train Your Dragon 2. All the voice talent returns (headlined by Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill) from the hit 2010 animated film. How to Train Your Dragon 2 is slated to release on June 13, 2014. The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challen...
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First Significant Patch for NBA Live 14
The end of this week has brought updates to numerous next-gen sports games and NBA Live 14 is included in the bunch. Though patches are unlikely to generate additional interest in the game it is important for EA Sports to establish a level of support for the product and improve it for those who did purchase the unsatisfying reboot of the series. The company is certain to struggle with credibility in selling next year's game but showing a dedication to Live 14 could help them in that regar...
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Netflix To Begin Offering Content in 4K
With so few opportunities to take advantage of 4K TV sets, and because of that the new technology has been slow to pick up steam with consumers, Netflix will begin offering content in the ultra-HD format in 2014. 4K offers resolution four times that of 1080P but sales of the TV sets have been projected at under 60K for 2013 due to the high price and lack of content that actually displays in 4K. Season two of House of Cards, the political thriller that became the first streamed show to win...
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