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The Line Drive for July 1
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The season will begin with 7 players rated 99 Overall in Madden NFL 19. ♦New developer blog goes over improvements to the visuals made for Madden NFL 19. ♦Images of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 control schemes for Madden NFL 19. ♦Soon to be adapted by all sports games FIFA 19 will display pack odds in Ultimate Team. ♦Details on the latest Progr...
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Press Row Podcast: A New Crew
This episode of the Press Row Podcast features extensive discussion on the brand new open-world racing game The Crew 2, a change to the commentary team for NBA Live 19, and the first player ratings for Madden NFL 19. Additionally listener questions are followed up on, which include thoughts on changes to the way games will be monitized going forward and what's happening with the mysteriously-delayed NBA Playgrounds 2. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, on Android with the St...
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How to pre-order and save big on NBA Live 19
Last year EA Sports attempted to entice consumers to try NBA Live 18 by aggressively dropping the price post-release. Prior to that though they also hoped to generate some pre-orders by discounting the price of the game for day one down to $40 (it went up to $60 upon release). Even at the lower price it was probably asking too much to expect all but a few to commit to a game that wasn't guaranteed to be up-to-par given the history of the series over the last decade. Now though, coming off...
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Additional NBA Live 19 details include new commentary team
NBA Live 19 wasn't able to generate much buzz out of EA Play, despite some announcements related to features for the upcoming game that had little to do with the actual NBA. The series was able to get back onto solid footing last year but even while EA was practically giving it away it didn't gain a whole lot of traction with consumers. Strengths are looking to be capitalized on with NBA Live 19 by expanding The One career mode while introducing Real Player Motion, the new animation technolo...
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Full list of features for The Golf Club 2019
Last month developer HB Studios made a splash by announcing the upcoming third iteration in The Golf Club series will feature the PGA Tour license for Career Mode with six real-life courses. Prior to that there was only some vague details on what The Golf Club 2019 would feature over last year's edition: online Skins Matches with virtual currency on the line, a new single player Career Mode, “SpeedTree Technology” for improved visuals, more character customization options, and enhancemen...
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NBA Live 19 cover athlete is Joel Embiid
The last few years has seen EA Sports attempt to attract consumers with cover athletes that would go on to win league MVP in James Harden and Russell Westbrook, but the NBA Live series is going back to its traditional roots of selecting a young player still very much on the rise as Joel Embiid will appear on the cover of NBA Live 19. Embiid would seem to be the ideal representative for the series given his social media reach, likable and scrappy personality, and his place on a team that r...
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The Line Drive for June 24
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦An early look at the top player ratings as they currently stand for Madden NFL 19. ♦Don't be surprised if the Madden NFL 19 closed beta opens to everyone next week. ♦Details on new Diamond Dynasty Programs and Missions in MLB The Show 18. ♦Full details on the latest roster update that went out for MLB The Show 18. ♦The Press Row Podcast is now als...
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Press Row Podcast: Settling Back In
Following the avalanche of video game news out of EA Play and E3 things in the sports gaming world calmed down for a few days. However it wasn't long until business picked back up with the official reveal of NHL 19 and new info on Madden NFL 19. This episode of the Press Row Podcast includes discussion on NHL 19's new features and Madden NFL 19's presentation improvements, plus responses to a handful of listener questions on topics such as Madden's currently-running closed beta, cross-pla...
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