Archive for the ‘NHL’ Category
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NHL 09 Patch Details
NHL 09 producer David Littman has posted a new blog detailing the upcoming patch for the game which is expected to go live for the 360 and PS3 within the next week or two. Continue on to view the full details of what to expect from the patch. (more…)...
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EASHL Friday Night
So NHL 09's EASHL is a big success. No surprise there given the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the feature. Over 10,000 teams have been created and over 50,000 users involved which are very significant numbers considering how NHL games don't sell all that much (relatively speaking) and then you're cutting into that with only those who play online. Expectations have been exceeded to where EA is adding servers to deal with the load and working on an issues that have arisen. What I find...
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2K’s Team-Up Mode
With the move of the NHL franchise to Visual Concepts it provides the opportunity to look at some aspects of NHL 2K9 that will be similar in the upcoming NBA 2K9. One of those things is the new Team-Up online mode where you control a single player as opposed to the team along with other users controlling their own player. I tested out the mode in NHL in order to find out what to expect when NBA comes out. 2K is in a position where they are attempting to catch up in the co-op area of onlin...
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EASHL Tonight
Anyone who'd like to take part in some Pasta Padre EASHL action can hop on tonight at about 6PT/9ET. I'll probably be on for a couple hours and I have some more invites to send out this afternoon as well. It was fun on Tuesday night despite not coming away with a win. One discussion that was had during the games on Tuesday regarded a few quick improvements that could be made to make the mode better. Hopefully they'll be able to patch these in or fix them server side because they are simpl...
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First EASHL Night
While the structure of the EASHL allows for the opportunity to play with club-mates at any time, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a time for a larger number of players to meet up. Potentially several games for the Pasta Padre club could be played simultaneously if there are more than just the handful that can get into one game. The first organized effort will be Tuesday night at 6PT/9ET with plans to play at least a few games. I'll probably look to set up the next one for...
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First EASHL Videos
I went ahead and recorded videos of some of the games. Joining me (#31) was Will Kinsler aka Raczilla of EA Sports (#29), Damon Peterson of Madden Planet (#16), and Vince Waller aka Nix who helps me with the site (#5). I'll have more to put up over the next few days but wanted to get at least a full game for everyone to watch now. I've also got two highlights from EASW with the only goal I've scored and an assist to Rac for his goal. Both came in the same game within the span of about two mi...
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EASHL Is Incredible
After spending all night playing EASHL in NHL 09 it is clear that this is one of if not the best feature a sports game has ever offered. I sat down in the early evening and didn't expect to play for very long. Six hours later I was still online. It was probably the most fun I've had playing a video game in years. It easily topped the Online Team Play experience from the 08 games thanks in part to having the games count and having your own self to play for. When the game starts up you crea...
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NHL 2K9 Conference Call Recap
Bringing the fun back into hockey gaming has been the long publicly stated goal of the developers of NHL 2K9 and the importance of such continued to be stressed throughout a conference call held on Thursday. Producers Ben Bishop and Jay Iwahashi took on questions from various media outlets and got to talk about the game which is slated to release this coming week. (more…)...
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