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SSX Price Keeps Plummeting
SSX has barely been out a month and it's already been halved in price. Amazon (Xbox 360 - PS3) and Best Buy have already dropped the game to $30. It's a fantastic deal for a very good game but does not bode well for the future of the series. SSX has undoubtedly failed to gain traction at retail and follows in what has become a long line of arcade-style titles that have struggled to justify their development this generation. It's hard to imagine a scenario in which a sequel comes about ...
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New Nike NFL Uniforms Unveiled
This morning Nike rolled out the new NFL uniforms along with showcasing their on-field accessories and other merchandise. Most teams received no apparent alterations to their uniform designs - instead the changes come with the materials and of course the presence of the Nike 'swoosh'. The Seahawks however revealed a radical redesign which is like nothing else in the league. Check out a full gallery of Seahawks images and profiles of all the NFL teams. Anticipation now turns to seeing t...
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Reaction to UEFA Becoming FIFA 12 DLC Overwhelmingly Positive
One of the more interesting developments so far this year is EA Sports taking what was a full retail release every four years in UEFA EURO and making it downloadable content for the latest FIFA. At $20 the add-on is immediately more appealing than spending $60 for a full game but as DLC will offer less in the way of content and none of the gameplay improvements that normally would have resided in the product. Based on the results of the poll that went up late last week EA Sports made a de...
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NCAA Football 13 Details Improvements to Sights and Sounds
EA Sports today have released the first details on NCAA Football 13 digging into the visuals and audio in the first round of blogs and accompanying video. Enhanced progressive lighting, more team traditions and trophy presentations, a new menu system, improved crowd chants and noise, and commentary that utilizes tech from the FIFA series are amongst the major changes headed our way. In the process the NCAA team ripped heartily on past iterations in the series which may prove to irritate thos...
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Tiger Woods 13 Price Already Cut
Almost all of the sports titles to come out so far this year - UFC Undisputed 3, SSX, Grand Slam Tennis 2, and MLB 2K12 - have found themselves being offered at a discounted price at various retailers just weeks, and sometimes only days, after they released. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 hit stores last week and already Amazon, Best Buy, and Gamestop have dropped the price on the standard versions as well as the Collector's Editions. Amazon has both standard versions (360 - PS3) for $50 and the...
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Trailer for Total Recall
The first trailer for the remake of Total Recall has arrived. Directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell the film is based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale". I got to see some very early footage of the film as well as some conceptualized scenes play out while at Comic-Con and came away impressed but understandably many will approach the film with some level of skepticism. Total Recall is slated to release on August 3. Total Recall is an action thrill...
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The Line Drive for April 1
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Though not unexpected a Vita version of Madden NFL 13 is confirmed. •The EA Sports Bar at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas has opened. •Tiger Woods 13 is being offered free with the purchase of an Xbox 360. •Sale at Best Buy has SSX for just $30. Amazon now offering the same (360 - PS3). •The iOS version of NBA 2K12 has rec...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of April 3
The big DVD/Blu-ray releases for this week are the Best Picture nominated War Horse, and Cameron Crowe's latest We Bought a Zoo. •War Horse (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the hor...
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