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Details on Two Upcoming Patches for NCAA Football 13
EA Sports today released preliminary details on the first two patches in the pipeline for NCAA Football 13. The first is scheduled to release on July 31 and will address a crash experienced in Dynasty mode and a playcall screen bug. The second and more comprehensive patch is expected by the end of August and will work to improve gameplay deficiencies including zone coverage and some issues found in Dynasty and with custom playbooks. As previously reported EA will be updating uniforms thro...
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The Media Personalities Tweeting Inside Madden NFL 13 Connected Careers
Connected Careers mode in Madden NFL 13 features a number of personalities within a faux Twitter feed commenting on the events that take place throughout the league. As noted in the CC preview out of E3 they'll all have their own voice which should be familiar - so Skip Bayless will act as a contrarian and sensationalist as one would expect him to. (more…)...
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2012 Emmy Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 2012 Emmy Awards were announced this morning with the show scheduled to take place on Sunday September 23 on ABC. Leading the way with 17 nominations are the FX show American Horror Story (which is controversially classified as a mini-series for awards purposes) and the AMC series Mad Men. That is followed right behind with 16 by the History Channel mini-series Hatfields and McCoys and the PBS series Downton Abbey. Showtime's Homeland also makes a well-deserved ...
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Comic-Con Trailer: Season Three of The Walking Dead
At Comic-Con AMC revealed a trailer for the third season of The Walking Dead which will premiere on October 14. Obviously it contains some spoilers for the upcoming season which will be split into two runs of eight episodes. The second half of the season will start back up in February. ...
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Fight Night Team Developing EA Sports UFC
EA Sports today announced that the development team behind the upcoming EA Sports UFC is that of the Fight Night franchise. The company began publicly discussing the new UFC series earlier this week with the news that work on it was already underway. The development team is led by GM Dean Richards (Fight Night, NHL, SSX) and creative director Brian Hayes (Fight Night Round 4, Fight Night Champion). (more…)...
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Response to NCAA Football 13 Should Act as Wake-Up Call for EA Sports
Those disappointed with NCAA Football 13 should take solace in the fact that even the usually forgiving major media sites have turned on the product this year. NCAA 13 is the lowest the series has come in since Metacritic has been tracking it with a current score of just 76 and just the second time an entry has come in under 80. This is something that EA Sports has no choice but to respond to. (more…)...
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Knicks Let Jeremy Lin Leave to Rockets
It was an unprecedented run that Jeremy Lin turned in before a knee injury ended his season prematurely. Not only was his statistical output exceptional particularly considering his lack of experience but he hit some clutch shots along the way and was the sole catalyst for the resurgence of the Knicks. He became a media and fan sensation arguably exceeded in exposure level only by that of Tim Tebow. In Lin's case however most people were rooting for him rather than having the divisive split ...
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Fight Songs Could End Up Being Patched Into NCAA Football 13
The saga over missing fight songs in NCAA Football 13 continues with the latest piece from Kotaku that follows additional correspondence had with a rep from Baylor University. Now comes word that EA Sports has discussed the possibility of patching fight songs back in should whatever issues are present ultimately be resolved. A licensing agency would appear to be the culprit in the matter - but that still wouldn't explain the lack of communication from EA Sports towards the institutions...
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