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Madden NFL 25 Roster Update #3 Details
The roster update following week one of the NFL season for Madden NFL 25 is scheduled to go out on Friday for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The update includes tons of ratings adjustments, new players added to rosters, season ending injuries reflected, and changes to player positions and team depth charts. Notable movement includes Peyton Manning who is up to 98 overall after his record-tying seven TD performance. A.J. Green gets a point to move up to 95, Anquan Boldin goes up 2 to 90, Reggi...
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NCAA and EA Will Get Opportunity to Argue for Dismissal from Likeness Lawsuit
The judge in the potentially monumental antitrust case regarding college broadcasting, merchandising, and video game revenue through the use of unpaid player likenesses will allow both the NCAA and Electronic Arts to seek dismissal as defendants. The two parties felt they had a right to this due to the plaintiffs continuing to amend their claims (the latest by bringing in current players) and judge Claudia Wilken will grant them that opportunity in order to prevent a potential point for a...
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Trailer for Eastbound & Down Season Four
The third season was announced as the last for the popular comedy series Eastbound & Down but HBO along with co-creators Jody Hill and (star) Danny McBride decided for one more. The eight episode fourth season will premiere on September 29. ...
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Trailer for Escape From Tomorrow
The first trailer has arrived for Escape from Tomorrow. What makes this film especially unique is that it was filmed entirely on Disney theme park grounds without permission. That has led some to believe it won't actually get an official release, or Disney will file a massive lawsuit against the filmmakers, but so far things are in line for it to come out on October 11. It has already screened at Sundance where it got generally good reviews and picked up the distributor. An epic battle begi...
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Jurassic Park 4 Gets Official Title and Release Date; Test Footage Pitch Trailer Leaks
Universal has announced that the fourth film in the franchise, Jurassic World, will release on June 12, 2015. The first three movies combined to make over $2 billion worldwide at the box office and far more when factoring in DVD sales and merchandising. Jurassic World is being directed by Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) and produced by Steven Spielberg. The casting process is currently underway but no announcements have been made as of yet. Also to make its way out is a pitc...
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Could Madden Next-Gen Be Hurt By The Current-Gen Effort?
Though there is reason for optimism with EA Sports' next-gen offerings considering the feature parity with the 360/PS3 versions and the introduction of the Ignite Engine, one factor that hadn't really been considered until recently was whether the response to the current-gen games would affect at all the expectations for the Xbox One/PS4 versions. Would strong word of mouth lead to more excitement for the games that are now about two months away? What would happen if the they were to be deem...
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Breaking Bad Spin-Off Gets Green Light
With Breaking Bad coming to an end the next project for Vince Gilligan (who will be involved but won't run it) will be a prequel spin-off with Bob Odenkirk's Saul Goodman character. AMC confirmed today that the project is going forward. "As conceived, the new series is based on the show's popular Saul Goodman character with the working title Better Call Saul. Plans call for Saul to be a one-hour prequel that will focus on the evolution of the popular Saul Goodman character before he ever be...
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Huge Deal on Current-Gen Madden NFL 25 (Deal is Currently Dead)
With Madden NFL 25 struggling to sell, and next-gen just two months away, retailers are looking at ways to move the product. Amazon immediately added a $10 credit that also applied to preorders. Now they have an even better offer and once again it's especially good for those who plan to upgrade to the Xbox One in November. The "Shave and Save" deal provides a $20 discount for Madden NFL 25 when buying a Gillette Fusion Proglide razor ($6.64). Considering the original $10 promo credit rema...
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