Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Online Dynasty Prediction Contest at VetzBallin
Vetzballin has opened up an easy to enter contest offering to the winner an NCAA Football 09 Xbox 360 faceplate and a copy of Nascar 09 for either the 360 or PS3. DJ Rhude, who is currently involved in the online media dynasty, will be facing EA Community Manager Will "Rac" Kinsler in their week four matchup. While the media dynasty has been a dud so far (maybe all the media sites are saving their thoughts on it for reviews) this looks to spice things up a bit with some trash talking between t...
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Pastapadre Online Dynasty Update
After the overwhelming response of interest in the official NCAA Football 09 online dynasty for the site it was a very difficult process to determine the 11 that were to be selected. It really crushed me to have to select only a handful when so many members of the community wanted to be involved. I appreciate everyone taking the time to post a comment or discuss the dynasty in the forum. My hope is that even if you were not selected you'll enjoy following along with the updates (both on the...
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Pastapadre Online Dynasty
With the release of NCAA Football 09 quickly approaching it is now time to start preparing for the official Pastapadre Online Dynasty on the 360. Here are some of the details on what to expect. The dynasty will begin the Monday after the game is released. I'll be featuring the dynasty on the site with regular updates which will include screenshots and highlight clips from EA Sports World. Other participants will be welcome to submit the same in the forum and I will put the best videos up al...
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Quick NCAA Football 09 update
Night games in the NCAA Football 09 demo? Apparently there are if you set your console's date to November or December. Both the standard play now game and the mascot game will take place at night if you do so. Thanks to NCAA Strategies for this info. EA Sports has released a recruiting guide for NCAA Football 09. The three pages cover the basics of recruiting. You can check it out in PDF form by clicking here. The best addition to recruiting this year should be the "Quick Call" which will t...
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Madden 09 gone gold clarification
Earlier today came the news that Madden 09 had "gone gold" through an official EA press release. Generally having "gone gold" means that a game is completed, has cleared certification, and is ready to be mass produced. Those announcements tend to come very close to the release date of the game, so hearing that Madden 09 had done so was a big surprise. Through correspondence with producer Phil Frazier I have learned in that sense Madden 09 has not gone gold. The game is completed (no further...
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Madden 09 has gone gold
In a surprising announcement today EA Sports has stated that Madden 09 has gone gold. That means the game is complete and can be sent out to be mass produced. Knowing this the game must have been submitted for certification weeks ago. In most cases "gone gold" announcements are made 7-14 days prior to the release date, so this news was not expected a month and a half in advance. The ongoing producer discussions have made it seem as though adjustments were still being made, though at this po...
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Upcoming NBA Live 09 Community Event
Tomorrow the 26th I will be up at EA Canada's Burnaby studio for the NBA Live 09 Community Event. Time will be had with the game and producers. This is still early in the development process so the opportunity is there for the feedback given to be acted on. Last year the early event proved to be very beneficial which led to the desire to hold it once again under similar circumstances. You can actually look back to that event as the first sign of what has since materialized with EA actively pur...
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Tony Parker is the NBA Live 09 cover athlete
As seen in a promo video on Kotaku, Tony Parker has been chosen to be the cover athlete for NBA Live 09. This comes as somewhat of a surprise as Parker has already become a staple on the French version of the game. Given the set of features announced for Live it definitely pointed towards a point guard so that part of it fits. However Deron Williams would've made for a much better choice. That is unless EA plans to put Eva Longoria on the cover with Parker....
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