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Live 365 Subscription Sign of Industry Wide Trend
While NBA Live 09's 365 feature is free to those who purchase the game new with the code that is included in the packaging, much discussion has taken place regarding how those who pick up the game used need to purchase the code separately ($10) in order to access the feature. Over the past couple years the industry has been looking at ways to reduce the negative effect that the used game market is having on them. The structure of how EA is offering 365 is one way to accomplish that and we...
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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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Want Your EASW Highlight To Make The Top 10?
While the videos for the highlight contest will be up for voting on this weekend, there is another way to get attention for your favorite game clips. As mentioned a while back EA Sports World has a weekly Top 10 countdown with commentary by the Thompson Brothers. One of the initial complaints was that the clips weren't that great...that they were too focused on offense, or spotlighted ridiculous events like Eli Manning stiff-arming guys down the field. So here is an opportunity to put you...
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FIFA 09: Online Team Play
Last night I had my first opportunity to get some time with Be a Pro: Online Team Play in FIFA 09. This year FIFA has expanded up to 10 vs 10 with only the goalie being CPU controlled. Also implemented is the Club system seen in NHL 09 and NBA Live 09. In my first game I took on the LB position for Milan going up against Barcelona. The game ended in a 1-1 tie when Barcelona scored with just a few minutes remaining. It seems there is no OT in OTP. The game was completely full...20 differen...
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What Type of OTP Do You Prefer?
With the recent releases of NHL 09 and NBA Live 09 we've had two different forms of Online Team Play provided. NHL brought the EA Sports Hockey League which allows for the use of a created player in the club games. It is MMO style in that performance and experience lead to the development of the player. With NBA Live it is more of the standard take over of an NBA Player OTP that was introduced last year. There was some level of disappointment when the realization came that Live would not ...
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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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Is Spectator Mode Still Desired?
Over the past few years the idea of a spectator mode has generated a lot of interest. Other games have implemented it successfully though it is difficult to gauge how much it is utilized. The thought with a sports game would be how it would allow you to watch important games between friends, watch league games which could even be for the purpose of scouting, and just jumping in other highly anticipated match-ups. While playing NHL 09's EASHL it hit me that the game already had a form of s...
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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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