Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Wii U Coverage Coming Next Week
Three major sports franchises launch along with the Wii U on Sunday: Madden NFL 13, FIFA 13, and NBA 2K13. The first two are actually already out and in hand while 2K13 ships out today. Impressions and videos of the three games will be posted beginning on Monday. The plan is to look at them from a perspective of comparison to the 360 and PS3 versions - given that they're supposed to be on par with what's found already on those systems - as well as how well they stand on their own. The mai...
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Madden NFL 13 Roster Update #12 Details
The roster update for Madden NFL 13 following week 10 of the season is scheduled to release by Saturday morning for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. The update includes the movement of Nick Perry, Brian Bulaga, Richard Marshall, and Quincy Black to the IR. Ray Edwards has been dropped in ratings and released by the Falcons and the Jets let go of Aaron Maybin. Nick Foles moves up 2 points to 71 overall as he takes over for the injured Michael Vick. Byron Leftwich and Jason Campbell have also been s...
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EA and 2K Struggling to Meet Consumer Post-Release Expectations
A reasonable expectation now from yearly sports titles is to get strong post-release support in the way of additional content and patches to address issues or improve the experience. Unfortunately both EA Sports and 2K Sports have been failing in some regard with their recent releases and their communication has been severely lacking. (more…)...
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More Troublesome Documents Released in NCAA Player Likeness Lawsuit
Nearly two months ago a series of damning emails were made public in the player likeness lawsuit against the NCAA, CLC, and EA Sports. The important piece of info there was the acknowledgement that the NCAA and EA Sports had neared an official agreement that would have allowed player names to be included in their licensed video games. Now additional documents have been unsealed showing the NCAA was well aware of, and openly discussed, real players being the basis of the characters represe...
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Madden NFL 13 Week 10 Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
Week 10 of the NFL season is now in the books and it was one in which a number of quarterbacks got knocked out due to injury. With the Eagles season pretty much over Michael Vick may not see the field again as Nick Foles takes over. How much time Ben Roethlisberger, Alex Smith, and Jay Cutler miss is still undetermined. The next update for Madden NFL 13 will move Brian Bulaga and Nick Perry to the IR, represent the suspension for Brandon Bolden, and have the Falcons release of Ray Edwards...
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Evaluating Current Receiver Ratings in Madden NFL 13
Having already run through the quarterbacks and running backs as the season reached the midway point attention this week can turn to wide receivers and where they stand as currently rated in Madden NFL 13. Simply looking at stats will not tell the whole story of how a player can be rated of course. In the case of receivers there are aspects of their game such as blocking, awareness, route running, dropped passes, and attention level from defenses that won't necessarily translate to the ty...
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Uniform Pack Featuring UCLA and Mississippi State Released for NCAA Football 13
A significant number of teams have debuted new alternate uniforms and helmets over recent weeks yet EA Sports has refused comment on when, or even if, they would make their way into NCAA Football 13 through the Uniform Store. A new pack of unis arrived today but only includes three additions leaving the fate of the many others up in the air. The "Adidas Strategy Uniform Pack 3" goes for $2 (or equivalent 160 MS points) and includes two alternates for Mississippi State and one for UCLA.ÂÂ...
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Madden NFL 13 Roster Update #11 Details
The roster update following week nine of the season for Madden NFL 13 is scheduled to arrive by Saturday morning for both the Xbox 360 and PS3. Doug Martin has been the big star out of the last two games going from rated 80 overall to 87 over that short span. Adrian Peterson has reached the 99 overall pinnacle and Peyton Manning continues his climb and now rests at 97. Arian Foster and Joe Thomas are close moving up to 98 along with Geno Atkins and J.J. Watt to 97. Andrew Luck goes up 2...
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