Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Early NCAA Football 09 Online Impressions
While many of the EA Sports titles over the years have struggled in the area of online play (both in performance and lack of options) this has never been more evident than with NCAA Football 08. So naturally this was a major concern heading into the release of NCAA Football 09. EA assured the community that they were putting a great deal of effort into getting the game to run well. Have they achieved that goal? Here are some details and my current thoughts regarding 09's online play. (mo...
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NBA Live 09 365 Details
EA Sports has just revealed the "ground-breaking" feature for NBA Live 09 that will "change the way sports games are made". Known as NBA Live 365, the feature will update Live 09 daily with the latest statistics and the game will interpret that with changes to player ratings and tendencies. Through an exclusive agreement, Synergy Sports Technology will be providing the data from every game played on a daily basis. No longer are you stuck playing a game based on what happened last year, inst...
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Pastapadre Campus Legend 09 Begins
Since the introduction of modes that center on controlling one individual player, NCAA Football's Campus Legend has been more enjoyable than Madden's Superstar. That looks to be the case again in 09 as Superstar mode has kept the annoying influence points/screens and the money/agents factor remains pointless. This year the changes to the modes were minimal. The most significant ones are a fix to the cameras so that they don't swing around when possession changes which was disorienting, and ...
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NBA Live 09 Secret Feature Revealed
The San Jose Mercury News has leaked the first details on the secret feature for NBA Live 09 that will be officially announced at the EA press conference this afternoon. I will wait until after that announcement is made before posting more specifics on what it is all about along with my personal thoughts. As stated in my hands-on the feature was presented for literally two hours so it is much more in-depth than just a single paragraph can describe. Until then you can take in the following info...
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Brett Favre Asks for Release from Packers
Brett Favre has always found a way to get media attention and that has certainly continued to be the case this offseason. After announcing his retirement he kept flirting with the media by dropping hints of a possible return. This was even the case when he went on the David Letterman show for the first promotional appearance as cover athlete for Madden 09 and said that "something's bound to happen". Now comes the news that Favre has requested a release from the Packers so he can consider op...
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NCAA Football 09 Community Links
With the release of NCAA Football 09 now only days away I wanted to compile a list of some various community links that many of you should find valuable. Custom Stadium Sounds Resource: NCAA Strategies is the place to go for your stadium sound needs. Here you can find each conference broken down by team and situation. In many cases the file is available to grab for use however you can also add input on what should play when or your own sound files for use. Pastapadre Online Dynasty: Foll...
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All NCAA Football 09 Playbooks
EA Sports has released the playbook of every team in NCAA Football 09 in PDF form. While the website page which is to contain these links hasn't gone up yet you can find direct links for each individual team here by continuing on. Feel free to leave your thoughts on the different playbooks in the comments. (more…)...
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NBA Live 09 Community Event Info Hub
With my hands-on report on NBA Live 09 now available you can also find additional information out of the NBA Live 09 Community Event below. Don't forget that next Monday the 14th will bring the reveal of a significant feature as well as online play details. After the EA press conference look for full explanation on those topics here and from other community sources. Until then feel free to continue asking questions in this forum thread. NBA-Live.com 5WG Operation Sports Official Live For...
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