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  • QuickHit Football Shutting Down
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    Posted July 11th, 2012 at 7:45 pm 24 Comments »
    Majesco has announced they will be shutting down operations on QuickHit Football come August 17. Less than two months ago the company stated that QuickHit would be losing the NFL license which it had utilized for a two year period and now the free-to-play browser based game is closing for good. (more…)...
  • Uniform Updates Appear Likely for NCAA Football 13 – Now Confirmed
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    Posted July 11th, 2012 at 11:30 am 41 Comments »
    EA Sports has remained non-committal to updating uniforms throughout the year in NCAA Football 13 despite some early discussion of the possibility. Though the company hasn't confirmed their plans regarding the subject a tweet from Rutgers' Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications Jason Baum suggests updates are on the way with the declaration that their new Nike uniforms will be delivered to the game soon.  (more…)...
  • NCAA Football 13 Loading Time Evaluation
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    Posted July 11th, 2012 at 9:30 am 15 Comments »
    The NCAA Football series has proven to be the worst culprit of slow loading times this generation. Relief unfortunately hasn't come with NCAA Football 13 as the waits are comparable with recent years. Some slight improvement have been made when loading into games but on the flip side booting to the main menu takes even longer. As usual installing to the hard drive on the Xbox 360 provides some notable savings.  (more…)...
  • Taking a Look at the Amazon Exclusive Pro Combats for NCAA Football 13
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    Posted July 10th, 2012 at 7:15 pm 25 Comments »
    In addition to Amazon having the deal on NCAA Football 13 for just $45 they also carried arguably the best pre-order incentive with the five exclusive Nike Pro Combat jerseys. Those who bought the game from the online retailer have been sent - or will be shortly - a code to download them. It's unclear whether they will be made available to everyone as DLC at some point in the future. Continue on to check out the five uniforms in action.  (more…)...
  • NCAA Football 13 General Impressions
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    Posted July 10th, 2012 at 11:45 am 138 Comments »
    EA Sports played it safe with NCAA Football 13 by addressing some legacy issues while adding a highly marketable mode with the Heisman Challenge. Unfortunately for veterans of the series the game will feel all too familiar and those tempted primarily by the allure of legends may find themselves somewhat unsatisfied with the path they're being led down. NCAA Football 13 is a product as rich in content as it is uninspired in its execution.  (more…)...
  • MLB 12: The Show Online Home Run Derby Finally Goes Live for All
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    Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:30 am 9 Comments »
    With the MLB Home Run Derby having taken place last night SCEA finally rolled out full access to the Online Home Run Derby mode in MLB 12: The Show.  (more…)...
  • Top Rated Players in NCAA Football 13
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    Posted July 9th, 2012 at 6:15 pm 40 Comments »
    The team ratings - and they are ridiculously high - we learned coming out of E3 so here is a look at the top rated individual players within NCAA Football 13. Here's a look at all the players rated 92 or higher led by USC QB Matt Barkley, Wisconsin RB Montee Ball, and Notre Dame LB Manti Te'o who top the list at 98 overall. (more…)...
  • Details on Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 13
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    Posted July 9th, 2012 at 1:15 pm 30 Comments »
    EA Sports has released information on what to expect with Ultimate Team mode in Madden NFL 13. Ultimate Team has proven to be an extremely lucrative venture for the company and so it comes as no surprise that a number of additions and enhancements have been made to both keep the interest of veterans of the mode and attract new players to it.  (more…)...