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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Moves to Second Round
EA Sports has announced the 32 schools that are moving on in the competition to have their representative on the cover of NCAA Football 14. The group is unchanged from when the update was released last week with the exception of USC somehow bumping out Army despite getting virtually no support in either of the polls they were involved in. (more…)...
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Tiger Woods 14 Introduces Historic Mode
When it was announced that the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 would feature Arnold Palmer along with Woods, that Bobby Jones would be on the cover of the "Historic Edition", and that Jack Nicklaus would be a pre-order exclusive (Best Buy), it was safe to assume that the game would feature some sort of historically-driven mode. EA Sports has now confirmed that by announcing the new Legends of the Majors mode. Legends of the Majors will involve taking a created golfer from the 1930's t...
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NBA 2K13 All-Star Weekend Content Being Made Available as DLC
The All-Star Weekend content for NBA 2K13 is finally being made available to those who didn't obtain the game in early October when codes were provided from some retailers with pre-orders. Arriving on XBLA and PSN on Tuesday the All-Star Weekend pack will go for $5 and includes the All-Star Game, Slam Dunk Contest, 3 Point Shootout, and Rising Stars Challenge. Once downloaded those events also become part of Association and MyCareer modes. Though the contracts can vary in most cases pre-o...
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Madden NFL 13 Wild Card Weekend Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
With Wild Card Weekend in the books not just the eight teams involved but all others are expected to get sweeping ratings changes with the next Madden NFL 13 roster update and/or over the course of the month. Last week's update was significant but primarily intended to return injured players and readjust depth charts for the teams headed into the offseason. Based on performances in the Wild Card games players like Duane Brown, Erik Walden, Johnathan Joseph, Leon Hall, Reed Doughty, ...
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MLB 13: The Show Cover Voting Opens
The voting for which player will receive the honor of appearing on the cover of MLB 13: The Show has now begun. The nominees were announced last month as Buster Posey, Ryan Braun, C.C. Sabathia, Bryce Harper, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew McCutchen, and Matt Kemp. Voting is being conducted through the site here - where a tweet or Facebook post will register the support - and ends on Friday. Given the proximity to MLB 13's release date a short voting time frame was to be expected. Based on the...
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The Line Drive for January 6
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Last chance to vote for the 2012 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards! •Latest giveaway is for Madden NFL 13 on PS3 being held on the FB page. •Madden developer Clint Oldenburg explains what the strength rating does for lineman. •EA Sports is shutting down online servers for some old games including NBA Live 10. •THQ's attem...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 8
Dredd The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One - a vast violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge jury and instant executioner. The ultimate Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is tasked with ridding the city of its latest scourge -a dangerous drug and the sadistic prostitute turned drug pusher who is using it to take over the city. ...
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Another Week Nine NBA 2K13 Roster Update
2K Sports has released a new roster update for NBA 2K13 following the one on Thursday which only dealt with adjusting the injury status for many players. This latest update boosts ratings for some names that were long overdue for credit after overperforming compared to expectations so far this season. Only three players received a drop to their ratings and Avery Johnson remains on the sideline as the coach of the Nets. Ratings UP: Larry Sanders (+8 to 73), Greivis Vasquez (+3 to 73), J.R....
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