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Can EA Recover From The NBA Elite Fiasco?
EA Sports put themselves in a tough spot by deciding to drastically change the direction of their NBA franchise. Not only were they trying to introduce a different way to play a basketball game they were the underdog in the marketplace. As such they felt they needed to differentiate from the competition and in doing so try and convince consumers that it was what they wanted even if they didn't know it yet. Needless to say they failed to do just that, and when the demo arrived and gamers gav...
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Secret Teams in NBA Jam
Though the political teams in NBA Jam were unveiled it was the way to unlock them, as well as other secret teams, that was not immediately evident. Yesterday I posted the unlock code for the SportsNation team but there are several more that have already been discovered for the Wii version of the game. Kotaku has pictures that include the ratings to check out in addition to the info on how to use the teams which follows. (more…)...
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Rhys Ifans to Play Spider-Man Villain
Last week it was announced that Emma Stone had joined the Spider-Man reboot to play Gwen Stacy. She joined Andrew Garfield who, as Peter Parker, was naturally the first person brought on for the film. Now another name has joined the cast. Director Marc Webb: "What sets the Spider-Man villains apart is the complexity of their relationships with Peter Parker. Rhys' incredible ability to embody both warmth and rage makes him the ideal choice for this character." Rhys Ifans, probably best kno...
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The Line Drive 10/10
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. NBA 2K11 has a three page manual. Thankfully 2K Sports has provided expanded manuals that can be downloaded from here. Right click the links and "save as" in order to get them as just clicking on the links normally doesn't work. EA Sports is looking for suggestions of cheerleader chants to be recorded for NCAA Football 11. We've known for a while that...
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The Social Network Beats Three New Releases
Word of mouth for The Social Network has helped it hang on to the top spot at the box office besting three new releases. The movie fell just 30% to $15.5 million and has now collected $46 million. Life as We Know It, Secretariat, and My Soul To Take all produced mediocre results. In second place it was the Life as We Know It which pulled in $14.6 million. The romantic comedy starring Josh Duhamel and Katherine Heigl had a strong marketing push but got poor reviews. However audiences seem to...
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The Social Presence of NBA 2K11
On the day before NBA 2K11 was set to hit stores I noted what an unprecedented wave of discussion had begun taking place in social channels. That has continued throughout the entire release week. Kotaku was able to get details on just how significant a presence the game has been enjoying on Twitter. NBA 2K11 has been a "Trending Topic" on the social messaging platform (make sure to follow me on there) every day since Monday and that now includes today as well. It was able to stay in the lis...
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FIFA 11 Issues Being Worked On
EA Sports has released details on some of the areas that are receiving attention in FIFA 11 for upcoming server updates or patches. This list does not account for everything that the potential patch could include but it seems they wanted to keep the lines of communication open and show they are being responsive to consumer feedback. Various crashes reported through our automated systems Micro-pausing in offline and online matches OTP Club issues related to searching, lag duri...
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Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Film Announced
Sony/Columbia has announced that the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is being adapted into a feature film. David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter) has signed on to write and direct. It is expected to shoot for release sometime in 2012. The hit PS3 game follows the main character of Nathan Drake as he seeks out the lost treasure of El Dorado. Let the campaigning for Nathan Fillion to be cast in the lead role commence!...
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