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The Show Live Kicks Off With Start of Season
Similar to what was first introduced in NBA Live 09 as the "Rewind" feature, with later variations on the concept having been incorporated by NBA 2K and MLB 2K, "The Show Live" in MLB 13: The Show offers the opportunity to play the current day's match-ups or go back and play any from earlier in the season with rosters (fed in from MLB.com) accurate to the game in question. With the season opening up last night it's important to check on how everything is working thus far as modes of this typ...
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MLB 13: The Show Opening Day Roster Update Out Now
The first regular season roster update has arrived for MLB 13: The Show. This update won't include players who have yet to make their first major league appearance - next Monday's will be significant for adding those who debut this week - but does attempt to better reflect the final 25 man rosters, lineups, and rotations. It features the trade of Vernon Wells to the Yankees, the signing of Kyle Lohse by the Brewers, and Aroldis Chapman back as closer.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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MLB 2K13 Perfect Game Challenge Begins
It's fitting that the Perfect Game Challenge for MLB 2K13 begins on April Fools Day considering the product made available to consumers this year was for all intents and purposes a joke. Those stuck with 2K13 because its their only option, or those who bought it solely for the chance to try and win money, will now find the contest mode live through the end of April. Last year 2K Sports got the structure right by making it more of a competition than a race - though it was later marred by a...
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The Line Drive for March 31
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •The PC download version of NBA 2K13 is still going for just $10. •The first Tiger Woods 14 Country Club tournament winner was Raging DJ - the four rounder ends late tonight and more will begin in the next few days. •EA Sports discusses their "newsroom mentality" which probably explains why their social media accounts have become s...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of April 2
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One This limited-edition, 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Collection will allow fans to immerse themselves in every aspect of Marvel’s elite Super Heroes. Complete with glowing Tesseract, this exciting collection includes stunning Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray presentations of Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, as well as Blu-ray versions of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incredible Hulk in exclusive collec...
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First News on NCAA Football 14 Could Arrive This Coming Week
In tracking the past four years the first non-cover related info on the respective upcoming NCAA Football titles have come on March 12, March 14, February 26, and February 12. EA Sports has then remained mum regarding NCAA Football 14 well beyond the traditional schedule but that may be coming to an end shortly. Indications received suggest the first news will hit next week. Other than Denard Robinson being featured on the cover the only insight on the game came last year when EA confirme...
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New Details on Independence Day Sequels
With White House Down releasing in two months directorĂ‚Â Roland Emmerich is starting to make the rounds with the press and as usual the topic of the Independence Day sequels has been raised. Scripts were said to be nearing completion in 2011 and now Emmerich is talking plot details. The films take place 20 years after the original, when a distress call sent by the first wave of aliens finally brings reinforcements to Earth. ”The humans knew that one day the aliens would come back,ââ...
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Trailer for 2 Guns
The first trailer for the action film 2 Guns has arrived. Starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg the story revolves around two undercover agents forced to team up who have no idea that the other is an undercover agent. 2 Guns is slated to release on August 2. Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg lead an all-star cast in “2 Guns,” an explosive action film that tracks two operatives from competing bureaus who are forced on the run together. But there is a...
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