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Madden 11 Hits and Misses
With Madden 11 out for two weeks now and having let some of my initial feelings settle with additional play-time I thought it would be interesting to isolate some of the accomplishments in the game along with some areas that it whiffed on. I've listed out what I perceive to be the top five hits and top five misses for Madden 11. In addition to this make sure to check out my full impressions and online impressions which present more comprehensive reports on the game. Continue on to check out th...
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Comic-Con Trailer: The Walking Dead
AMC has released the teaser that was shown at Comic-Con for the upcoming series The Walking Dead. Running over four minutes the footage was a huge hit with those in attendance and anticipation for the series skyrocketed. The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln as a police officer who leads a group of people through a world overrun by zombies. The premiere date has now been set for (fittingly) October 31st and 10pm. ...
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EA Sports MMA Middleweight Roster
The entire finalized roster of Middleweights that will be featured in EA Sports MMA has now been revealed and is the largest group thus far. The weight class is headlined current Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza. Also included (as pictured above) are Dan Henderson, Gegard Mousasi, Jason Miller, Cung Le, Nick Diaz, Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, Murilo Rua, Tim Kennedy, Pat Miletich, Jack Shields, Nick Thompson, Melvin Manhoef, Robbie Lawler, Benji Radach, Lyman Good, Matt Lindland...
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Piranha 3D Getting a Sequel
Though it wasn't a huge splash at the box office Piranha 3D did well enough considering its budget to warrant a sequel as Dimension Films has announced today that development has already begun. No details on the story have been given and it doesn't appear a script has even been written yet. Though I didn't completely buy into the movie (review here) it has gotten surprisingly good reviews all around and having been made for just $24 million it is well on its way to becoming profitable. For ...
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Even More NBA 2K11 Gameplay Videos
With the Gamescom conference now over the videos of NBA 2K11 in action have continued to flow out. I've included 14 new ones to watch and again they all feature the Heat @ Mavericks which was the locked matchup in the floor demo. Check out the first video that hit here and the second group of them here. Continue on to watch the latest videos and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Expendables Holds Off Five Newcomers at the Box Office
It was a relatively weak run at the box office where last week's #1 film, The Expendables, dropped 53% to $16.5 million but remained in the top spot despite the opening of five new films. All of the new openers had decent openings considering their budgets but none broke out to be hits. Coming in second was Vampires Suck, which sits amongst the worst reviewed movies of all-time but still made $12.2 million and now sits at $18.5 million since coming out on Wednesday. The parody movie which f...
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MLB: The Show May Get “Online Pass”
News today that Sony is investigating putting together its own "online pass" like system for all first party titles, and that would include the MLB: The Show franchise. EA Sports and THQ now provide one-time-use codes in all sports titles that provide access to online functionality. However for those who pick up the game used it costs $10 to access online play. Presumably Sony is considering something similar that would go into affect in the near future. No word yet on the specifics of how ...
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The Line Drive 8/22
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. NFL 2011 for the iPhone has been dropped to .99 from its original $6.99. Check out impressions on it here. Not sure if this is permanent but likely a response to Madden 11's release crushing it now. ESPN has a feature on the shoes included in NBA 2K11. The game will have 40 different shoes including 25 different versions of Air Jordans. A series of fi...
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