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Expanded Look at GM Connected in NHL 13
EA Sports has released a new and more comprehensive video for NHL 13 going over the GM Connected mode which was detailed earlier this week. GM Connected essentially has become an Online Franchise with the ability for up to 750 people to participate in a single league from team General Managers to individual players with several other ways to play as well. Continue on for the video and leave any more thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Online Ranking System Being Adjusted in NCAA Football 13
One issue since the launch of NCAA Football 13 has been with the online rankings and how points from games have applied to leaderboards. For all intents and purposes the rankings were broken. Today EA Sports announced that a server side update has been delivered affecting the online game ranking system. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 13 Player Rating Reveal Plans
EA Sports today has announced that player ratings for Madden NFL 13 will start being announced next week. The procedure of revealing ratings is much different than previous years. Weeks will focus on positions rather than divisions and teams. (more…)...
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Trailer for Cloud Atlas
The first trailer for the Wachowski's drama Cloud Atlas has arrived. The film is adapted from the epic story written by David Mitchell that spans a thousand years and represents six different eras and unfolds in a completely unique fashion. It stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, and Hugh Grant and is slated to release on October 26. An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into...
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Full Features List for FIFA 13
It's been a significant week for FIFA 13 news as EA Sports announced career mode details and the introduction of Skill Games while also showcasing the Kinect for Xbox 360 integration. Along with those specific releases the company has also provided the comprehensive features list which offers a summary of the improvements to the game. Continue on for the full feature descriptions. (more…)...
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EA Sports Details Kinect Integration in Madden NFL 13
EA Sports today released a new video for Madden NFL 13 that focuses on the Kinect for Xbox 360 integration. Back at E3 the Kinect features were put on display for both Madden and FIFA 13. It appeared to be far less useful - and even showed problematic lag in responsiveness - for Madden compared to the benefits that will come from utilizing it within FIFA. Some of the delay appears to have been cleaned up since that demonstration but whether voice commands do anything to improve the experi...
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Class Action Settlement Terms Will Have Little Effect on Sports Gaming Landscape
Last Friday the proposed settlement in the case that claimed with EA Sports holding the exclusives for the major football licenses they had "raised" prices was announced. The big news wasn't in the money that the company must pay out which is relatively insignificant but that they are restricted from holding the exclusive with NCAA for a period of five years. Of course those dissatisfied with EA's efforts were quick to exclaim joy and hope of near future where competition would be present in...
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First EA Sports UFC News Generates Fairly Positive Response
The deal to acquire the UFC license from THQ happened in the days leading up to E3 and it only took six weeks for EA Sports to announce that the first iteration of the new series was already in the works at the EA Canada studio. While there is still a lot to learn about the plans for the EA Sports UFC the first piece of news - that the team behind the Fight Night series is developing it - prompted considerably mixed reaction from fans. (more…)...
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