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Madden Arcade Game Breakers Video
Late last week EA Sports released the details on the "Game Breaker" power-ups that will be available for use in Madden NFL Arcade. Along with the full rosters pretty much everything to be known about the game is out there. In addition to the screenshots that were pushed out there is now a video that goes through the power-ups as they are used in actual gameplay. The game hits PSN tomorrow for $14.99 and XBL on Wednesday for 1200 MS points. Continue on to check out the video of Madden Arca...
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NCAA Basketball 10 Named Rosters
A handful of members of the community in the Operation Sports forum have completed naming the rosters for NCAA Basketball 10 (360 version). The names were entered with no other changes being made to the default roster. The "Dynamic Updates" feature will overwrite ratings but will not alter the named rosters otherwise. The rosters can be found in the EA Locker section of the Xbox Live menu. You do not need to be on anyone's friends list to download them. Search for the roster set "OS COACH...
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Season of the Witch Trailer
Last month a very short teaser for Season of the Witch was released to coincide with Halloween. Now the full trailer for the movie which stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Pearlman is out. This is a reuniting of Cage with director Dominic Cera as they worked together on Gone in Sixty Seconds. Season of the Witch is a period action film centering on 14th century knights who journey with a woman accused of infecting the world with the Bubonic plague and is scheduled to be released on March 19th 2010. ...
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NBA Live 10 First Roster Update Analysis
Last week I examined some of the players who have started the season playing above or below expectations. In doing so I found that none of the overall ratings in NBA Live 10 had been adjusted. However since then a roster update has been released that has adjusted ratings and added performance streaks. The following is not a list of all the changes but I did go through the rosters and take note of which players had moved significantly or would be of the most interest. Sure to be noticed is...
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New Moon Breaks Opening Day Record
The Twilight Saga: New Moon has already broken records for advance sales and for midnight showings. Now it can lay claim to owning the largest opening day in history. The Dark Knight was tops with $67.2 million however New Moon pulled in $72.7 million on Friday. That number includes the $26.3 million that was made from the midnight showings. While New Moon is expected to be front-loaded it is on its way to a massive opening. It will now surely become the largest November opening surpassin...
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The Line Drive 11/21
ESPN has a detailed early preview of EA MMA that is worth checking out. The use of Photo Game Face and the importance of the international aspect of MMA are just a few of the things discussed. The free-to-play PC game Quick Hit Football has signed four additional coaches. Jerry Glanville, Herm Edwards, Marv Levy, and Marty Schottenheimer join the five others, handful of current NFL players, and numerous legendary players already associated with the game. Though Backbreaker has...
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Madden Arcade Power-Ups
With the debut of Madden Arcade next week (Tues for PS3 and Wed for 360) EA Sports is releasing some final details on the game. The latest are the descriptions of all the power-ups which are being called "Game Changers". Teams have the opportunity of being awarded one before every play and can choose to use it right then or save it for later. There are some new screenshots in the gallery showing off a few of them in action. As I speculated when the full rosters for the game were released ...
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New Moon Breaks Midnight Sales Record
Just a few days ago it was announced that advance sales for The Twilight Saga: New Moon had become the highest in history. New Moon can now lay claim to another record this time grossing the most money from midnight showings. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince had owned the record with $22.2 million but New Moon grossed $26.3 million. Half-Blood Prince's midnight take represented 28.5% of its full weekend gross. That movie had the advantage of opening in the summer though when more pe...
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