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NCAA Football 14 Presentation Trailer
EA Sports today released a trailer which follows-up the information from Thursday regarding presentation enhancements made in NCAA Football 14. The trailer doesn't reveal anything additional to the earlier news on aspects such as the attempt at broadcast-style presentation, halftime show, neutral site games, increased storyline discussion in commentary, streamlined menus, or the new playable camera angles - instead it's an opportunity to view them briefly within the context of playing the...
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Hemlock Grove Releases on Netflix
The latest in original programming for the instant streaming service at Netflix arrived today with Hemlock Grove. The horror series is executive produced by Eli Roth and stars Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, and Bill Skarsgard. When 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell is brutally murdered, any of Hemlock’s peculiar inhabitants – or killer creatures – could be suspects. All 13 one-hour episodes are available to view immediately. In the shadows of a rusted Pennsylvania steel town, ...
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NCAA Football 14 Gets New Playable Cameras
Though having multiple options in terms of playable camera angles has not been something perceived by many as mattering to the mainstream consumer base, the lack of such has brought criticism to the NCAA Football series in recent years. With just one standard camera it stood out as yet another area in which the series lacked initiative in appeasing a crowd that happened to be passionate about the desire for options - particularly as the Madden franchise has offered several of them making the...
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Sales for MLB: The Show Continue to Slip
After peaking in sales with MLB 10 SCEA's The Show series has declined modestly every year since. Though it faces essentially no competition on the PS3 and the quality of the franchise in terms of reputation remains stellar, grumblings of a lack of advancement and questionable decisions like not offering demos have been heard and ultimately may have hurt. Perception could be altered with the PS4 offering next spring but the brand has taken a slight hit in the meantime even with MLB 13 being ...
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NCAA Football 14 Gets Presentation Overhaul, Neutral Site Games, Menu Redesign
EA Sports today rolled out the first presentation-centric details for NCAA Football 14. As mentioned yesterday enhancements include a halftime show - featuring Rece Davis and David Pollack - as well as streamlined game intros, more emotion on the field such as pre-play chatter and new post-play scenes, increase in storyline discussion in the commentary, streamlined menus and navigation, and finally neutral site games.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote Finals: Adrian Peterson vs Barry Sanders
The cover campaign featuring both legends and current stars for Madden NFL 25 has now reached the final stage. The “Old School” and “New School” brackets have produced a winner and they now face off for the cover honors. Adrian Peterson takes on Barry Sanders for the rights to the cover. Peterson has steamrolled the competition throughout with the 64% over Arian Foster being the closest contest for him. Sanders, who was recently on the cover of NCAA Football 13 ...
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Breaking Bad Sets Return Date for Final Run
AMC has announced the date in which Breaking Bad will begin airing the back half of its fifth and final season. The premiere will happen on Sunday, August 11 beginning an uninterrupted eight week stretch that will bring the highly-acclaimed series to a close. The network also announced it will debut Talking Bad, which will air after each one of the episodes. Similar to Talking Dead - which follows The Walking Dead - it will be an hour long discussion format....
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NCAA Football 14 Will Feature Halftime Show
Though presentation improvements for NCAA Football 14 have yet to be officially discussed a couple significant nuggets have been discovered through a Game Informer preview - a magazine scan of which is being hosted on Operation Sports. NCAA 14 will include a halftime show and a more streamlined interface throughout the product. Presentation has been a distinct weakness for NCAA with authenticity and atmosphere being tied into that more general deficiency. Bigger than a potential halftime ...
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