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NBA Lockout Heads to Courts – Potential of a Season Bleaker Than Ever
Today the NBPA announced they have rejected the NBA's final labor offer and have filed a notice of disclaimer. The Player's Association is disbanding, avoiding the decertification process which would have taken 45 days, and the players now become a trade organization. That allows for anti-trust action to be taken immediately as things will now move to the courts and be handled by lawyers with no further collective bargaining. The court process will be a lengthy one - many analysts have op...
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NCAA Football 13 Faces Challenge of Shuffling Conference Members
One of the few new features for NCAA Football 12 that actually worked properly (outside of some scheduling issues) was Custom Conferences. With the instability of some conferences and the building up of others the continued shifting of schools in the process has turned the feature into a necessity. This will be especially apparent with NCAA Football 13 as the development team is already expressing frustration in designing for all possible scenarios and facing a deadline that may be reache...
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The Line Drive 11/13
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •The third producer video for SSX showing off the 'massive world'. •Referee Clete Blakeman will be featured in the NCAA Football and Madden series. •Amazon deal for today on "bundles" includes Buy 2 Get 1 Free EA Sports games featuring choices of Madden NFL 12, FIFA 12, NHL 12, NCAA Football 12, and Tiger Woods 12. •Amazon deals fo...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of November 15th
This is one of the flattest weeks of DVD/Blu-ray releases in quite some time - maybe not coincidentally as it follows on the heels of the final chapter of Harry Potter having arriving in stores. The only major theatrical release was Larry Crowne which turned out to be a big disappointment. A number of re-releases though are in the mix as well. (more…)...
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New UFC Undisputed 3 Gameplay Videos Feature UFC on Fox Preview and Pride Mode
With the first ever UFC on Fox broadcast taking place later tonight THQ recently rolled out some new gameplay videos for UFC Undisputed 3 to take advantage of the excitement. One is a main event preview featuring Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez vs Junior Dos Santos while the second fight takes a look at Pride mode with Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua vs Dan Henderson. Continue on to check them out and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Xbox Account Thievery With Ties to FIFA Determined Not To Be Hackings
Over the past month there has been a great deal of discussion regarding hacked Xbox accounts which have then been used in conjunction with FIFA 12 and FIFA 11's Ultimate Team modes. Both Microsoft and EA Sports have denied culpability but the issues have continued regardless of how accounts were being lost. Consumers have been seeking out an answer and that now seems to have come - though it will probably still be of little comfort to those who have had to deal with the situation personally....
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Madden NFL 13 Cover Candidates: AFC Mid-Season Report
Having now reached just about the mid-season point the picture of just who might be in the running for the cover of Madden NFL 13 has started to come into focus. EA Sports is likely to involve fans in another voting initiative – for the purposes of analysis it will be assumed that another tournament of 32 (one player from each team) will take place. This is a look at the 16 AFC teams while the NFC went up earlier this week. In determining the player representative from each team a ...
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Online Battles Detailed for NFL Blitz
EA Sports has posted a blog and accompanying video going over the "Blitz Battles" online mode for the upcoming reboot of NFL Blitz. Featuring head-to-head matches of either 1v1 or 2v2 (on the same console or co-op) the mode includes local, regional, and national leaderboards termed "Battle Boards". One unique element here taking it beyond just simple rankings are that points are assigned based on a number of statistical categories rather than just winning or losing. There are also "tiers"...
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