Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Pursuit Angles in NCAA Football 10
One of the biggest gripes the community had with NCAA Football this last year was the pursuit angles taken by defensive players. In this week's posting on the Inside EA Blog designer Russell Kiniry goes over the improvements made to pursuit angles and demonstrates with two sets of videos comparing 09 to 10. You can check out the full posting here. We’ve really only begun to scratch the surface of this year’s game and we haven’t even hinted about a few of the biggest add...
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Breaking Down The First Madden 10 Screenshot
On Monday the first screenshot for Madden 10 was revealed by Peter Moore. Today Art Director Michael Young goes though the numerous improvements or additions that are on display in that screen. The refs, chain gang, and hand towels were the most obvious but there are others such as depth of field, Super Bowl patches and fields, secondary color equipment, and better name layout on jerseys. You can read up on everything on the Inside EA Blog here. In today's blog, I'm going to go to reall...
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NCAA Football 10: Pocket Protection
One of the first reactions to the earlier screenshots for NCAA Football 10 was concern over how it appeared to have some of the same flaws as previous years. There was no sense of a pocket or pass rush evident and the QB was able to scramble out at will. Granted those screens were intended to show off something else completely and are early work-in-progress looks at the game. Still though it is good to see EA respond with a blog posting concentrating on the formation of a pocket. We are sti...
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First Madden 10 Screenshot
Peter Moore has just released the first screenshot from Madden 10 on his blog. More than just being excited for the first look at the game there are several new additions that can be identified from it. Hand towels, on-field referees, and the chain gang are immediately apparent. Head on over to read the full posting on the subject. Over the next several weeks you're going to be hearing more about how this year's game is going to continue to push the boundaries of authenticity in gameplay, p...
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Madden 10 Screenshot Coming Later Today
Today the first screen from Madden 10 will be released by Peter Moore on his blog. The most interesting aspect of this is how the screen is said to include a look at some additions (as many as six) that have been made to the game. Earlier today on Twitter Ian Cummings strongly hinted that the ever-elusive hand towels would be one of those things. Other possibilities could include hand warmers and the return of refs and the chain gang. The blog posting containing the screen is expected to be ...
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NCAA Football 10 Community Event Coverage
While the actual attendees at the NCAA Football 10 Community Event aren't going to be in a position to speak about game details EA Sports is providing a good deal of interesting on-going coverage. This is all less about promoting the game and more on how the event benefits both EA and the consumers and the process behind it all. I'll go ahead and keep track of everything below and add links in throughout the day. EA Sports Live at 3ET/Noon PT: The live radio broadcast with the Thompson B...
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Is Peyton Manning the Madden 10 Cover Athlete?
The place-holder cover for Madden 10 was recently posted by Gamestop. Usually this leads to some speculation as to whether the silhouette image is the actual cover or if it's something generic that will be replaced after the official announcement. In the past there have been times it has turned out to be the cover image but more often it wasn't. The ones for NCAA Football 10 are actually the covers from 09 just switched around. So I took a look at the one for Madden 10. For whatever reaso...
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New Gameplay Camera in NCAA Football 10
Yesterday brought some new information on NCAA Football 10. There will be four different cover athletes announced in a month and on April 9th the first look at Online Dynasty will go out. We also got details on the Season Showdown online mode. Madden 09 had the "action cam" which was good in theory though it presented its own drawbacks. Basically the idea is to keep all the players on screen. It looks like NCAA is going the same direction as the latest Inside EA Blog posting details the new c...
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