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Netflix Announces Next Original Series
The fifth original series produced and distributed by Netflix will be a prison-set dramedy called Orange Is the New Black. All 13 episodes will be available to watch beginning on July 11. The show chronicles a woman (Taylor Schilling) whose relationship with a drug runner (Laura Prepon) gets her sentenced to a year in prison. It also stars Jason Biggs, Kate Mulgrew, Taryn Manning, and Natasha Lyonne and comes from Jenji Kohan who previously created the Showtime dramedy Weeds. ...
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See The New Gameplay Camera Angles for NCAA Football 14
Pleas for additional camera angles to use in the NCAA Football series have finally been answered this year. Discussed earlier this month was the addition of three gameplay cameras to go along with the standard one. "Zoomed" and "Wide" were taken from Madden while a broadcast camera was mentioned but turned out to be something completely different. That all-new camera has wisely been named "Coordinator" rather than "Broadcast". Plays will begin from the pulled back perspective and then dynami...
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Your Thoughts on the First Madden NFL 25 Gameplay News and Trailer
Last week EA Sports rolled out the first info relating to gameplay improvements for Madden NFL 25 along with a teaser trailer. "Run Free" provides enhanced user-control for the ball-carrier, the "Infinity Engine" has been refined for the physics system's second year, blocking is said to have been worked on, and the defense gets another assist feature with "Heat-Seeker tackling". EA also has proudly touted how users will be able to "string together devastating combos" with runner moves by com...
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To Surprise of Few NBA Live Series Found To Be on Shaky Ground Again
Despite no consumer demand and continued missteps in development EA Sports currently still plans to release an NBA Live entry this year. Four years after publishing NBA Live 10 the company faces what appears to be a no-win situation in choosing between current and next-gen while going up against a behemoth in the NBA 2K series.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Rumors Starting to Make Some Form of EA Exclusivity to Next Xbox Sound Plausible
When the next Xbox is revealed on May 21 could exclusivity of some extent for upcoming EA games be one of the announcements? When the first rumor of such came back at the end of February most were quick to dismiss it. Since then certain developments have started to make it appear as a real possibility to consider.Ă‚Â To date EA has avoided aligning future titles with the PS4 while apparently abandoning the Wii U. Their next-gen emergence will come either at the Microsoft event or at E3. ...
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Press Row Hangout: Episode 7
The latest edition of the Press Row Hangout features myself, Rich Grisham from GamesRadar, and Owen Good from Kotaku. Topics include the cancellation of Tiger Woods 15, the choice of some companies to skip E3, the first gameplay news on Madden NFL 25 and whether the game is being marketed more towards the casual crowd, and then the panel responds to some viewer questions. It's an especially relevant and timely show taking on big news from the last few days.Ă‚Â As always leave any feedback on...
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No Tiger Woods Game Coming Next Year
Despite producing one of the best golf games in a long time with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 the series won't have a follow-up next year. Kotaku reports that EA Sports has canned the proposed next iteration of the product for all systems but will continue working towards a next-gen focused Tiger Woods 16. Ă‚Â (more…)...
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The Line Drive for April 28
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Posted some thoughts on the initial sloppiness shown in early NCAA Football 14 media. •The official cover art for NCAA Football 14 also confirms Kinect integration. •Joystiq with word Kinect integration in NCAA Football 14 will be offline/voice commands. •NCAA Football 14 will reflect the change of the Big East becoming Ame...
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