The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. Kotaku has a nice article that discusses the complexities of sports games and how difficult they can be to grasp for inexperienced gamers or those not as familiar with the sports. The roster for WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 is out. Check out this page from which each wrestler has info along with videos featuring their introductions and finishers. 2K Spor...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. The Line Drive comes a day early as I am preparing some brief impressions along with a handful of videos of NBA Jam (360 version) to be posted on Sunday! With all the roster cuts and movement look for the next Madden 11 roster update to arrive this week (probably by kickoff Thursday). Another small addition to NBA 2K11's My Player career mode comes wi...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. EA Sports MMA will include Cowboys Stadium as a venue. Check out screens of it here. Kotaku takes a good look at how a subscription or DLC based model would end up costing consumers more than the yearly releases of sports games we now get. A new NHL 11 blog goes over improvements made to EASHL. New screenshots for NBA 2K11 and NBA Elite 11 have...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. Found this to be an interesting article from the USA Today going over 11 things you may not know about Madden 11. Madden 11 is selling very well on the iPhone and iPad. Added a few more screenshots in the gallery for NBA 2K11 and NBA Elite 11. A while back it was found that the Gamestop preorder for EA Sports MMA would be a code to download Hers...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. I was a guest on The Madden Voice last week talking about, of course, Madden 11. This was before I had the full game but most of what was discussed was more general direction of the series and expectations. You can download that show from this link or visit the page to listen through the in-browser player. New NBA 2K11 blog goes over AI improvements to both ...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. New screenshots in the gallery for NBA 2K11, NBA Elite 11, NBA Jam, and NHL 11. There are two new Madden themed Doritos hitting stories that will carry with them codes for exclusive Madden Ultimate Team packs. Kotaku, always on top of the food related gaming news, digs deep for a review of the chips. Pre-order bonus at Gamestop for NBA 2K11 is a Jorda...

The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. For the first time the NFL is offering its own Fantasy Football service which can be found here. It includes some Madden 11 related integration using ratings for projections and a feed presented in Madden presumably of the league stats and/or standings. Added a new screenshot for Fight Night Champion to the gallery. Added five new screenshots for FIFA ...