Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Cover of NFL Tour goes to Shawne Merriman
The results are in and according to the North County Times the winner of the honor to represent EA Sports' new title NFL Tour as the cover athlete is Shawne Merriman. Merriman beat out Jason Taylor and Dwight Freeney through the voting process which was conducted on the official NFL Tour website. This news doesn't come as much of a surprise as Merriman was seen from the outset as the favorite. The voting in the informal poll here at the site reinforced that. (The news has since been...
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NBA Live 08 to add online team play
In a surprising move, EA has announced that online team play will be added to NBA Live 08 via a free downloadable update. This will offer a complete five on five experience over 10 different consoles. Prior to the games starting each individual can choose a position to lock into, or if all 10 slots aren't filled by users you can choose to keep switching between players open during the games. If there are aren't 10 people for a game the open slots will be filled by AI. This game mode al...
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NFL Tour cover announcement coming by tomorrow
According to the NFL Tour website the voting has been closed and the player who won the honor of being on the cover will be unveiled on Thursday October 11th. It is possible though that it could be announced prior to then. Going in Shawne Merriman appeared to be the favorite to win. That has been somewhat reinforced by pastapadre.com vistors who participated in the poll here over the last few days. Merriman came out on top collecting 38% of the votes while Jason Taylor came in second with...
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New Backbreaker screenshots
A few new screens from NaturalMotion's Backbreaker have surfaced. For more information on the game check out this posting which summarizes an interview with the company's CEO and the original announcement of the game. Click the thumbnails below to view the full size images. ...
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First NFL Tour interview and screenshots
Gametap has posted an interview with NFL Tour producer Phil Frazier which goes over some details of NFL Tour. They've also posted the first screens from the game. I've recapped some of the main points below and you can click on the thumbnails to view the full size images. It isn't just NFL Street with a new name. While it falls on the arcade side it isn't as over the top as the Street franchise became. "It's a game based on an NFL off-season tour, where fans and athletes get to compete ag...
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Who do you want for the NFL Tour cover?
With the voting for the NFL Tour cover athlete ongoing but ending in the near future I thought it would be interesting to see who the visitors of the site slant towards. Will the voting here be an indicator of the eventual winner? Choose your favorite in the poll below. And remember to vote at the NFL Tour website every day. -Jason Taylor comes off an amazing season in which he recorded 10 1/2 sacks, two interceptions both of which were returned for touchdowns, and 10 fo...
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Madden 08 roster update #3 details
A new roster update was released today for the 360 and PS3 versions of Madden 08. Continue through to view the list of the changes that were made. That includes ratings up/down, transactions, contracts, injuries, and the loss or addition of weapons. This is a significant update with a ton of adjustments having been made. Details on all roster updates released for Madden throughout the year can be found here. (more…)...
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The best online experience from EA yet
Over the past few months anyone who has followed the site knows I've been very vocal about the poor online play that has been presented by EA Sports for years and most recently with the 08 line of games including Madden and NCAA Football. This is an area that has been neglected and dismissed as being unimportant. In my initial impressions I was very pleased with how the online play for NBA Live 08 had turned out in terms of both options and performance. However I had some concern...
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