Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
  • Current NCAA Athlete Seeking Protection If Added to Player Likeness Lawsuit
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    Posted July 9th, 2013 at 12:15 pm 2 Comments »
    A decision on class action certification in the player likeness lawsuit being faced by the NCAA, CLC, and Electronic Arts may still be a ways off but the wheels continue to turn in the aftermath of the hearing last month. Lawyers for the plaintiffs want protection against any retaliation towards a current collegiate athlete that would get involved in the case.  (more…)...
  • NCAA Football 14 Initial Impressions
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    Posted July 8th, 2013 at 4:30 pm 78 Comments »
    Coming off two very weak efforts EA Sports needed to reestablish the NCAA Football franchise as something other than an also-ran to Madden. What used to be an innovative series has been anything but in recent years - and when trying for new features they've failed miserably with the implementation and their assessment of what consumers truly desired out of the product. While NCAA Football 14 doesn't break any new ground actual effort is immediately recognized in areas that have desperatel...
  • NCAA Football 14 Ultimate Team Bonuses Through Skills Trainer
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    Posted July 8th, 2013 at 9:15 am 14 Comments »
    Those excited for the introduction of Ultimate Team mode in NCAA Football 14 certainly have plenty of opportunity to get their hands on additional packs and cards as a boost to the initial formation of their teams. The demo offered up a bonus pack and card. Pre-order bonuses provide a pack concentrated to specific conferences. Each team also gets to start out with a "freshman" version of Bo Jackson. In addition to all those incentives a bonus card is given upon completion of each tutorial...
  • NCAA Football 14 Gameplay Videos
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    Posted July 6th, 2013 at 12:45 pm 17 Comments »
    It's too early to make any definitive declarations on NCAA Football 14 - early impressions will be posted on Monday followed by the Hits and Misses review late in the week or early the week after. What I would say however is that I found myself enjoying NCAA 14 far more on its day one than I did the previous two iterations on theirs. Until then here is a collection of gameplay videos captured on the first day of the Season Ticket release. All are played on All-American difficulty without ...
  • NCAA Football 14 Now Available to Download Through Season Ticket
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    Posted July 5th, 2013 at 10:00 am 55 Comments »
    Subscribers to the EA Sports Season Ticket program can now access the early release digital download of NCAA Football 14 on both the Xbox 360 and PS3.  (more…)...
  • Running the Option in NCAA Football 14
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    Posted July 4th, 2013 at 1:15 pm 11 Comments »
    With just one day before early release through Season Ticket - the download goes live Friday at 1PM ET/10AM PT - EA Sports has released a new blog going over the option game in NCAA Football 14. The addition of the pitch and read icons, improvements to blocking, runner cutbacks, CPU decision making, and how the defense plays the option are all briefly touched upon in the post which also includes some video examples showing the improvements in action....
  • Bo Jackson Makes Return to Video Games in NCAA Football 14
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    Posted July 2nd, 2013 at 3:15 pm 7 Comments »
    One of the greatest all-around athletes in history - and the one most remembered for his impact on football video games - is making a return with NCAA Football 14. Bo Jackson will be featured in the new Ultimate Team mode. Kotaku has all the details on how EA Sports pursued him and how they crafted him to be unlike anyone else in the game.  (more…)...
  • Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 25 Adds Head-to-Head Seasons and Returns Chemistry
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    Posted July 1st, 2013 at 3:15 pm 14 Comments »
    EA Sports today released details on the improvements coming to Ultimate Team mode in Madden NFL 25. The mode will reintroduce "Chemistry" as a factor in building teams while a new Head-to-Head Seasons mode will offer up competition in 10 game "seasons" capped by playoffs to move up to the next level. Setting the team's "Best Lineup" will now be easier to do and incorporates all players rather than just the active ones as was previously the case. (more…)...