Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Online Battles Detailed for NFL Blitz
EA Sports has posted a blog and accompanying video going over the "Blitz Battles" online mode for the upcoming reboot of NFL Blitz. Featuring head-to-head matches of either 1v1 or 2v2 (on the same console or co-op) the mode includes local, regional, and national leaderboards termed "Battle Boards". One unique element here taking it beyond just simple rankings are that points are assigned based on a number of statistical categories rather than just winning or losing. There are also "tiers"...
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Madden NFL 12 Roster Update #11 Details
The post-week nine roster update for Madden NFL 12 is scheduled to release for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 on Friday morning. No changes at the top with the 99's this time around but Tom Brady drops a point to 97, Nnamdi Asomugha falls from 97 to 95, and Nick Mangold goes up to 98. The Bears' Robbie Gould is now the highest rated kicker in the game (tied with Ryan Longwell) with an overall of 96. Albert Haynesworth was released in time to make this update but his signing by Tampa Bay came t...
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Madden NFL 13 Cover Candidates: NFC Mid-Season Report
Having now reached just about the mid-season point the picture of just who might be in the running for the cover of Madden NFL 13 has started to come into focus. EA Sports is likely to involve fans in another voting initiative - for the purposes of analysis it will be assumed that another tournament of 32 (one player from each team) will take place. This is a look at the 16 NFC teams while the AFC will be posted on Friday. In determining the player representative from each team a number o...
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Madden NFL 12 Week Nine Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
The post-week nine roster update for Madden NFL 12 will hit late this week - and after Eli Manning got his "clutch" trait back the question may now come of whether Joe Flacco should join the club or if Philip Rivers will fall out of it. With mini-camps lost due to the lockout many expected ugly football to begin the season but surprisingly offenses were pretty sharp. Now, at the mid-season point, defenses seem to have caught up. Names to look for an increase from this week include Julio J...
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Latest Patch for NCAA Football 12 Available Now on PS3 – Expected Tomorrow for 360
The patch that was announced last week for NCAA Football 12 has arrived early for the PS3 with it still planned to go out for the 360 tomorrow. Post-release support for NCAA 12 has been reasonably strong but unfortunately it has been forced to primarily concentrate on fixing serious problems rather than being able to take the opportunity to improve the game from where it should have been originally. In this patch some of the "Transfer Failed" errors for Online Dynasties are supposedly bei...
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Eli Manning Regains the Clutch Trait in Madden NFL 12
There has been minimal movement from roster updates in terms of 'traits' for Madden NFL 12 so far. Most notable however have been Calvin Johnson gaining "Clutch" following week four and Eli Manning losing his after just the first game. Manning had been described as being on the edge in the first place, barely qualifying to be amongst the initial group of 36 players, and the poor outing in a loss to the Redskins slid him out. Since then he's had some ups and downs but four 4th quarter come...
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Madden NFL 12 Roster Update #10 Details
The next roster update for Madden NFL 12 is scheduled to go live on Friday for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and follows the completion of week eight of the season. Tim Tebow takes a sharp drop of 5 points to 71 overall while Chris Johnson continues to slide and now is down to 86. Also of significance Johnson lost his long-held 99 rating in speed. His backup Javon Ringer gets bumped up 3 points however to 75. Adrian Peterson becomes the latest to reach the pinnacle having moved up to 99 overall wh...
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NFL Blitz Gauntlet Mode Details
Today EA Sports posted a new blog for NFL Blitz going over the game's Gauntlet single-player mode that features 12 teams comprised of fantasy characters (the different ones seen in the screenshot above). After putting together a team to begin, the mode consists of defeating some NFL teams on the way to the "boss" battle against one of the unique ones with the games including new power-ups distributed in a manner that sounds reminiscent of Madden NFL Arcade. Beating the "boss" teams will unlo...
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