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  • NBA Live 09 OTP Club Attempt #2
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    Posted October 8th, 2008 at 5:24 am 140 Comments »
    With the server issues yesterday we were unable to begin for the Pasta Padre OTP Club. Having reached the club lobby the game was unable to match us up against an opponent. So we will take a second attempt at it tonight at the same time (5PT/8ET). Meet up in the lobby by hitting X once entering the club area. For those of you on the PS3 a joint Pastapadre & NCAA Strategies Club is up and running. Make sure to leave your PSN name if you would like to be included. Specify whether you ar...
  • Basketball Games Having Rough First Day
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    Posted October 7th, 2008 at 3:55 pm 342 Comments »
    It isn't release day of a sports title lately without major issues becoming the topic of discussion. The NBA games have continued the trend as they struggle to get advertised features operating properly. With NBA Live 09 the online servers appear to be down causing the much touted NBA Live 365 feature to be inoperable and making online games unable to be played. At the same time people who have already entered in their code for 365 are being prompted to do so again giving a message that t...
  • Pasta Padre Live 09 OTP Club
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    Posted October 7th, 2008 at 12:03 am 287 Comments »
    *Update: While we were able to get in our club lobby the game couldn't find an opponent to connect to. This is likely due to the server issues being experienced right now. We'll try again tomorrow at the same time. With NBA Live 09 now available we can begin to fill up the Pasta Padre Online Team Play Club (Xbox 360). After how successful OTP was last year it has gotten even better in 09 with the addition of clubs and ranked games, tracking of individual stats, and being graded on individ...
  • NBA Live 09: NBA Rewind
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    Posted October 5th, 2008 at 9:22 pm 69 Comments »
    While I work on finishing up my full impressions of NBA Live 09 (should be up early Monday) I thought I could provide a look at the NBA Rewind feature. Coming out of the community event I believed that NBA Rewind would have wide appeal especially as the season progresses. Thanks to Live 365 every game is added the very next day which will allow people to replay match-ups that may have intrigued them or that turned out to be memorable. They may simply choose to follow along with their favorit...
  • More Live 09 Screens and Highlights
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    Posted October 5th, 2008 at 11:57 am 240 Comments »
    Here is another set of screenshots and highlight videos via EA Sports World for NBA Live 09. This is easily the best highlight presentation for any game to use the feature thus far. Once you get comfortable with how to use the markers and get into editing each section it is quite easy. You really want to have a vision for your highlight before even producing it. With the ability to use any of the 10 set camera angles or the free floating camera which can be placed anywhere with any zoom ther...
  • NBA Live 09 Player Ratings
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    Posted October 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm 479 Comments »
    With the release nearing and copies starting to find their way out I thought it would be a good time to list off all the player ratings in NBA Live 09. I also wanted to make sure to get in all the FIBA rosters and ratings which I know a lot of people are interested in. As I've gone through the ratings it has become evident that All-Star caliber players tend to fall in the 82-90 range with the only players above 90 being true superstars. While the overalls may seem low, relatively speaking...
  • NBA Live 09: Various Team Videos
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    Posted October 4th, 2008 at 8:49 am 164 Comments »
    Here are the final game videos I'll be posting. I am still working on another set of screenshots and highlight clips so make sure to get any requests in and I'll see if I can get to them. I am taking questions on player ratings here in the forum and will have my final overall impressions of Live 09 up either this afternoon or tomorrow. Continue on to view a quarter of USA vs Spain, Hawks @ Nuggets, Trailblazers @ Wizards, and a short one of the Nets @ Mavericks showing off the three other...
  • NBA 2K9 Conference Call Recap and Demo Videos
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    Posted October 3rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm 334 Comments »
    Earlier today I had the chance to sit in on the NBA 2K9 developer conference call. Various media outlets were given the opportunity to present questions in advance that would be addressed during the call. Generally these 2K calls are pretty informative but given the amount already known about the game, the demo being out, and others who have retail copies already there wasn't much additional to be added. At the same time it is always good to hear directly from those involved in making the ga...