Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Advances to Round of 16 Schools
The campaign to get a school and their eventually-to-be-determined representative on the cover of NCAA Football 14 continues with the field being trimmed in half yet again. 16 programs remain in the running with voting on the next round (all back to a clean slate) beginning tomorrow through the game's Facebook page and open until next Tuesday. Carrying the last round was Alabama followed by Texas A&M and Michigan. The biggest, and really only, underdog remaining is Navy which was a...
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Madden NFL 13 Divisional Weekend Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
An amazing weekend of football in the Divisional Round has led to the 49ers at Falcons for the NFC Championship and Ravens at Patriots for the AFC Championship. The 49ers are the road favorites and the Patriots, even with the loss of Rob Gronkowski for the rest of the season, are heavily favored. Players that stood out this weekend and are likely to receive a ratings upgrade in the next Madden NFL 13 roster update include Trindon Holliday, Corey Graham, Michael Crabtree, Colin Kaepernick,...
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Revisiting the Top Stories of 2012: Former Madden Developer Rips EA Sports
One of the most fascinating developments of the year came late as a former Madden NFL developer went on an unprecedented Twitter rant regarding the state of the franchise and the stifling environment in which he had departed from. It was insight into the ongoing process and frustrations that may be faced by those who work on the games that the public rarely if ever hears. Certain elements of that are true of all major corporations but with it being Madden in particular it struck a nerve with...
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Three Sports Games in Top 10 of 2012 Sales
The latest sales numbers for North America are in for December and three sports games have made the top 10 not just for the month but for the entire year as well. Madden NFL 13, NBA 2K13, and FIFA 13 have closed out 2012 with strong results that pushed them into place alongside some of the top games in the entire industry. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 13 Roster Update #19 Details
The roster update following Wild Card Weekend for Madden NFL 13 is expected to release by Saturday for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The update returns players from IR and readjusts depth charts for the teams now eliminated from the playoffs. All teams, not just those involved in the postseason, continue to receive changes to player ratings following further evaluation. Arian Foster edges up to 98 with Duane Brown and Marshawn Lynch moving to 97. Russell Okung rises 3 points to 91, Justin Tucker ...
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#3 of 2012: Madden NFL 13
The Madden NFL series is easily the most heavily scrutinized of all the sports video game franchises. As the biggest seller in North America - only FIFA tops it worldwide - much of the criticism it receives is justified but some of it is not. EA Sports has to accept that the product will be held to the highest standard and produce on a level to meet expectations. There are no excuses why they should not be able to do just that. Yet this generation they've come up short more often than not...
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NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote Moves to Second Round
EA Sports has announced the 32 schools that are moving on in the competition to have their representative on the cover of NCAA Football 14. The group is unchanged from when the update was released last week with the exception of USC somehow bumping out Army despite getting virtually no support in either of the polls they were involved in. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 13 Wild Card Weekend Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
With Wild Card Weekend in the books not just the eight teams involved but all others are expected to get sweeping ratings changes with the next Madden NFL 13 roster update and/or over the course of the month. Last week's update was significant but primarily intended to return injured players and readjust depth charts for the teams headed into the offseason. Based on performances in the Wild Card games players like Duane Brown, Erik Walden, Johnathan Joseph, Leon Hall, Reed Doughty, ...
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