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Madden NFL 12 Cover Tournament Finals: Michael Vick vs Peyton Hillis
The two players who first promoted the Madden NFL 12 cover tournament on ESPN have made it through the field of 32 to face each other in the finals. It will be the "Dawg Pound" vs the "Dog Killer" as the Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis goes up against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick for the honor of becoming the Madden 12 cover athlete. Michael Vick, by far the most divisive personality included in the tournament and possibly in the entire NFL, has cruised through...
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Third Set of New Plays in Madden 12
EA Sports is continuing the gradual reveal of 25 new plays for Madden NFL 12 and here are the latest six. Brief descriptions accompany the play art for each. (more…)...
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Rio Opens Strong While Scream 4 Disappoints
So far 2011 box office numbers have been down overall from last year but that finally changed this weekend which produced 12% higher than the same weekend in 2010. Much of the credit goes to the animated film Rio and while Scream 4 was anything but a hit it was able to make enough to push the total for the top ten ahead. The animated family film Rio easily took the top spot with $40 million. Audiences were ready for something new with the well reviewed movie, which supplanted Hop as the o...
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The Line Drive 4/17
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Richard Wifall, CTO at EA Sports, is the latest name to surface of those that are departed for the new studio being formed by ex-Tiburon GM Philip Holt. •EA Sports has posted a blog detailing coin rewards that will be given in Madden 12 for accomplishments made in Madden 11's Ultimate Team mode. •Operation Sports has posted some off-screen images...
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Poster for Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Paramount has released a new poster for the upcoming final chapter of the Transformers trilogy. Transformers: Dark of the Moon is slated to release on July 1st and returns the primary cast minus Megan Fox, who has been replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the love interest. The poster features the Decepticon symbol with the moon in the background. The story centers on the Autobots learning of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon leading to a race against the Decepticons to reac...
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NBA 2K11 First Round Playoffs Sim
The first round of the NBA Playoffs begins today and so I've taken NBA 2K11, set up the brackets, and simmed through to produce the predicted results. NBA 2K11 sees all but two series going five games, and the lower seeds that came out on top all seem to be plausible outcomes. The most surprising result however would probably be the Hawks losing game one to the Magic but then running off four straight wins. Continue on for a look at the game-by-game results and the top performers for each fi...
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World Series Superstars Impressions
With the third party license on consoles stretching one more year EA Sports has finally gotten back into baseball by taking the avenue of creating a team management sim on Facebook. Joining Madden and FIFA Superstars which have amassed over five million daily users on the social platform, World Series Superstars includes the MLB license and more in the way of micro-management. It has easily become the best offering from EA/Playfish to date.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Madden Creative Director Ian Cummings Confirms Departure from Tiburon
After breaking the significant news last Sunday that several high-level development team members are leaving the Madden NFL team a few days were given out of courtesy to see if any of the individuals would make their own personal announcements. When that didn't happen it was important to reveal that creative director Ian Cummings, who had essentially become the face of the franchise over the last three years, was one of those on the way out.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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