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Complete List of Features for NHL 16
Last year was rough for the NHL series as EA Sports not only lost significant sales due to an abnormally thin feature set (despite extra development time) but they severely damaged trust with the community by handling things deceptively. It was a given that most of the features that went missing in NHL 15 would return for NHL 16...with the exception of GM Connected. The question was how much would they be able to do above that to make the upcoming game enticing to those now skeptical of a...
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The Golf Club Not Having Much Effect on Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Purchase Plans
Golf is one of the few sports now to feature actual competition with the arrival of the "sim" game The Golf Club last August and its recent push due to a retail release and accompanying feature update. It's appeal is fairly limited however, targeting the golfing purists, while the upcoming Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is clearly trying to draw in casuals as well. A poll was posted last week to gauge how the presence of The Golf Club could be affecting the approach for some towards Rory McIlroy P...
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Latest FIFA 15 Patch Involves Ultimate Team
Another patch released for FIFA 15 today on all systems and for the most part it only affects Ultimate Team mode. Support continues on the game, which was notably just added to EA Access, because of Ultimate Team. The rest of the game isn't being hampered by it (at this point) because complete focus would have turned to FIFA 16 long before now otherwise. The launch of "Team of the Season" had been delayed due to the desire to address more coin exploits with this patch. Some dramatic chang...
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FIFA 15 Now Available in EA Access Vault
FIFA 15's addition to the EA Access “Vault” today brings the total number of titles offered by the service to 11. Like NHL 15 last month FIFA 15 has been introduced before its "season" has even come to a conclusion. In the case of FIFA we'll just refer to the Premier League in that sense which still has a few weeks to go - though its champion is a foregone conclusion. The Vault now contains all of 2014's EA Sports games: FIFA 15, NHL 15, Madden NFL 15, NBA Live 15, and EA S...
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Will The Golf Club Have Any Effect on Sales of Rory McIlroy PGA Tour?
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour acts as the return of EA Sports' golf franchise after taking over a year off but it will enter the market with a well-regarded golf game already available. The Golf Club will be its competition, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will be much of a competition. The Golf Club has some advantages over McIlroy but also targets a smaller audience. It attempts to be a true simulation which means it's ultra-realistic and difficult. McIlroy on the other hand is offering...
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Ultimate Team Continues to Demonstrate Growth in EA Sports Titles
Electronic Arts released fourth quarter 2015 earnings yesterday - a strong quarter that has pushed the company's stock near its all-time high set in 2005 - and the primary theme was digital revenue from extra content and live services driving the success.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 Announced
Hinted to be coming for quite some time Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 was made official today. The Tony Hawk series was extremely popular and well-regarded over a stretch of time with the 'Pro Skater' and 'Underground' titles but since 2004 it has been completely mishandled. The idea to release a game tied to an expensive skateboard peripheral in 2009, riding off the music-game craze at the time, was a special kind of disaster. Now though the series is said to be "going back to its roots". Ga...
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Pre-Order Incentive for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy PGA Tour will be out July 14 and now retailers have listed the pre-order incentive for the game. Amazon, Gamestop, Best Buy and Walmart are all advertising TPC Scottsdale as a bonus course. In addition both Gamestop and Amazon will be including three $20 off coupons for use at a website that specializes in tee time reservations. EA Sports' golf series has a history of breaking up content among various retailers and making consumers choose where to buy based on what they wa...
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