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New Features in NCAA Football 12 Lack Necessary Follow-Through
While I work up the 'Hits and Misses' review for NCAA Football 12 to be posted tomorrow one thing over the last week has become apparent: well-intentioned and heavily hyped features are absent the necessary foresight or simply haven't been implemented completely. (more…)...
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2011 Emmy Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 2011 Emmy Awards were announced this morning with the show scheduled to take place on Sunday September 18th on Fox. Leading the way with 21 nominations is HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. That is followed with 19 for Mad Men, 18 for Boardwalk Empire, and 17 for Modern Family. Also notable is Game of Thrones pulling in 13 in its first season and Friday Night Lights finally getting the nod for Best Drama along with the two lead acting categories. A notable omission wit...
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Another Prominent Name Ditches Tiburon
Add another name to the list of big name departures from the EA Sports' Tiburon studio in recent months. Mark Turmell is on his way to Zynga where he will be joining other Tiburon vets such as Phil Frazier, Jeremy Strauser, Steve Chiang, and John Schappert at the social gaming giant. Kotaku grabbed the scoop on the news this evening. Turmell is best known as the creator of the NBA Jam series. He was brought in by EA Sports in late 2009 to oversee not just the NBA Jam revival but - in a cr...
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NCAA Football 12 Online Play Impressions
With an online integrated feature as deep as Online Dynasty in NCAA Football, the series' suite online play options automatically starts at a floor higher than any other sports title to date. With the typical ranked games, unranked with numerous options, Teambuilder, and more there is no shortage of features. With NCAA Football 12 the Online Dynasty has gotten even better and general online play so far has been stable which is encouraging for the days ahead. (more…)...
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NCAA Football 12 Named Rosters Now Available for Xbox 360
Those with the Xbox 360 version of NCAA Football 12 can now share in the named roster fun! In order to snag the rosters go to Team Management – Roster Share – Download Roster – Download Roster and then search the gamertag pastapadre. Make sure to save the file after downloading and manually load it if the names are not immediately reflected. I can verify that these rosters do transfer over for use in online play and it contains all the college coaches. What I can't de...
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NCAA Football 12 Named Rosters Available Now for PS3
Those with a PS3 and a copy of NCAA Football 12 will now be able to download a fully named roster file! In order to snag the rosters go to Team Management - Roster Share - Download Roster - Download Roster and then search the name GamingTailgate. Credit for the roster naming goes to BigWY over at The Gaming Tailgate. Make sure to save the file and manually load it up to see the changes take effect and to start a new franchise. No changes were made to the file besides assigning na...
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MLB Bobblehead Pros: Hits and Misses
MLB Bobblehead Pros arrived on the Xbox Live Marketplace last week (PSN release upcoming) for $10. Made by Konami, the game basically takes the well regarded Power Pros series and re-skins the player models as 'bobbleheads' for the HD consoles. The series has always been a sim at heart despite the cartooney look and that tradition lives on with MLB Bobblehead Pros. Considering the price point there is a lot of content being offered with the promise of more support coming down the line throug...
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First Trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The first trailer for the sequel to 2009's Sherlock Holmes has arrived. Returning Guy Ritchie as director and Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law to their lead roles, the film finds Holmes and Watson trying to take down Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) who appeared briefly at the end of the original. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is slated to release on December 16th. Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at larg...
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