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Trailer for Twixt
Today the first trailer for the thriller Twixt arrived. At its Comic-Con panel director Francis Ford Coppola demonstrated how the film can be edited on the fly with plans to craft unique cuts at a number screenings planned around the country. There is currently no official release date set for Twixt (expect that to come in 2012) but it will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. A writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught...
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Upcoming NCAA Football 12 Patch Details
It took three weeks but EA Sports has finally responded to the issues in NCAA Football 12 by releasing details on the upcoming patch. Expected to be out by the end of August the patch will address the severe problems that have been documented such as the broken custom playbooks, player tendencies flipping in edited rosters, injuries not carrying over week-to-week in Online Dynasty, random freezes, and more. Overall the update's intention seems to be to fix all the problems rather than pro...
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EA Sports Introduces The ‘Season Ticket’
The rumored subscription program has come to fruition. Today EA Sports announced the 'Season Ticket' - a yearly subscription plan that will be sold for $25/2000 MS points. The four primary benefits of the service are as follows:Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 Ratings Start With Top QBs, Bills, Dolphins
EA Sports today began uncovering the player ratings for Madden NFL 12. With release of the game being pushed to the end of August expect the ratings reveals to be dragged out over the coming weeks.Ă‚Â Keep in mind that the team breakdowns represent the default rosters which will ship with the game and predate all the offseason movement that began last week. Necessary adjustments to the rosters will come in the form of a release day roster update. The top five QBs are Tom Brady (99), Peyto...
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NCAA Football 12 Prompts Outlets to Question Need for Buying Games Day One
NCAA 12 released to generally positive reviews - though the consensus via Metacritic is down a significant four points vs NCAA 11 - and I laid out several issues with the game in my review and the closer analysisĂ‚Â on features. Despite that EA Sports has yet to address the problems which have become the story since release and left consumers largely out in the cold as they work on patch behind the scenes.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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The Line Drive 7/31
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •There remain three EA Sports games yet to be announced slated for release Jan-Mar 2012. •THQ's pricing experiment has been deemed a failure. •EA Sports believes consumers want (or will eventually want) subscription plans. •Rumor making the rounds has NHL 12 including a team of "Legends". •New screenshots for FIFA 12 and SSX in th...
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Trailer for Spartacus: Vengeance
Coming out of Comic-Con is the first trailer for the upcoming season of Spartacus: Vengeance. The Starz series continues with its second season following Spartacus: Blood and Sand -Ă‚Â though counting the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena it essentially becomes the third season. Liam McIntyre takes over the role of Spartacus following the health-related departure of Andy Whitfield. The premiere is slated for January 2012. On the heels of the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus th...
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Latest Madden NFL 12 Screenshots Feature Players on the Move
Following the rush of activity from this last week EA Sports has released a series of screenshots from Madden 12 that focus on players who will be debuting with new teams this season. Some were signed as free agents (Nnamdi Asomugha, Sidney Rice, Matt Hasselbeck, Jason Babin, Ray Edwards, Darren Sproles, Quintin Mikell) while others were acquired via trade (Kevin Kolb, Reggie Bush, Donovan McNabb, Chad Ochocinco, Albert Haynesworth). (more…)...
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