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New Info on Goalies for NHL 16
EA Sports unveiled the “complete” list of features for NHL 16 last month. One of the biggest complaints gameplay wise with the series has related to the goalies and they weren’t touched on at all in that list. The latest information about the game, added to the previously detailed features, is goalie-related.
Control the Crease
The fate of your team is at your fingertips with all-new enhanced goalie controls. Precision Skating captures the authentic look and feel of a goaltender’s momentum and precise movement as you control them in the crease. When the shots start flying, decide whether to make controlled positional saves or commit to high risk athletic saves that may leave you vulnerable to secondary chances.This has to do with manually controlling the goalies, rather than their AI when computer-controlled, so this might not matter much to those who are looking for improvements to the latter. Goalies can be chosen in Online Team Play and EASHL.
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PES 2016 Teaser Trailer
While Konami is almost entirely bowing out of the console gaming market, the Pro Evolution Soccer franchise will remain there, and today the company announced Neymar as the cover athlete. Last year it was Mario Gotze, with PES 2014 there was no player on the cover, and prior to that for a few years Cristiano Ronaldo was the frontman.
“Neymar Jr. is a player that perfectly fits the PES brand and what we want to achieve,” added Erik Bladinieres, European Brand Director of Football. “His unique qualities and the ability to surprise goes hand in hand with the gameplay experience in PES 2016. In our anniversary year, we want to celebrate the past, while we look forward to the exciting future of the brand. We’ll do this with Neymar Jr. leading our campaign.”
As noted last week, the “full reveal” – whatever that might entail – is coming on Friday. In the meantime Konami released a teaser trailer to celebrate the cover announcement.
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MLB 15: The Show Diamond Dynasty Market Report for Early-June
With the June 8th roster update for MLB 15: The Show a ‘Diamond’ player received an update to their Overall Rating for the first time this season. Diamondbacks’ 1B Paul Goldschmidt jumped from a 94 to a 97 thanks to his stellar start which finds him hitting .343 with 16 homers and 47 RBI. On the flip side, Rangers’ 3B Adrian Beltre dropped out of the Diamond tier after falling from 93 to 89 due to an average of only .257 and a trip to the DL. Read more
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NBA Live 16 Announced: Russell Westbrook on Cover, Some Features Teased
EA Sports today made NBA Live 16 official by announcing Russell Westbrook as the cover athlete. Considering how poor sales have been for Live 14 and Live 15 there has been legitimate concern that the series would be cancelled. The former was a disaster and the latter provided some stability but failed to do anything more. The series is getting at least one more go at it and it’ll need to show considerable growth to justify it continuing beyond this year. Read more
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The Situation with College Sports Video Games Examined
Though the developments related to college-based video games have been covered extensively here over the years, the reasoning for their disappearance and the potential of their return remain the most inquired about subject from readers. It’s difficult to summarize everything that led to their downfall or the chances of another being made without going through the entire history behind it all and how we got to where we are now.
With that in mind, one of the launch articles I put together at Hit The Pass last week focused on the topic. The idea was to trace the developments of the past to understand what led to their extinction and whether, or maybe when, we’ll see one return.
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Patch Available Now for Super Mega Baseball
One of the best sports games from last year just got better thanks to a patch that went out today on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. A ton of improvements and fixes are accompanied by some new features which primarily center on customization.
Metalhead Software recently announced Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings which is headed to Xbox One and PC this summer. The additional content found in that is expected to make it to PS4/PS3 versions as downloadable content. Read more
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MLB 15: The Show Week Nine Roster Update
Today’s roster update for MLB 15: The Show was expected to be an especially intriguing one for a couple reasons. The first was the addition of heralded Texas Rangers prospect Joey Gallo. The second related to Oakland A’s “switch-pitcher” Pat Venditte. Read more
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The Line Drive for June 7
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
♦Check out this week’s articles written for Sporting News:
   •NBA 2K16 covers feature Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Anthony Davis
   •NBA 2K15 Finals simulation nearly predicted the exact end to game one
   •Three new classic teams revealed for NBA 2K16♦Check out some of the content this week from Hit The Pass:
   •Debating the role penalties should play in Madden (video)
   •Where college sports video games went and will they ever come back?
   •Bryce Harper is sparkling like a diamond, on the field and in The Show♦Make sure to follow Hit The Pass on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitch!
♦The Spring DLC for The Golf Club is expected out soon on XB1 and 6/11 on PS4.
♦EA Sports actually got back to answering NHL 16 questions on the game’s official site.
♦Minor improvements have been made through a server update for MLB 15: The Show.
♦EA Sports released details on the latest roster update to go out for NBA Live 15.
♦EA has detailed how the Madden Mobile game will be refreshed for the new season.
♦An update has been posted with progress being made on Franchise Hockey Manager 2.
♦Gaming Tech United wrote about the desire for a return of the NBA Street franchise.
♦Another in a long line of game updates has gone out for Driveclub.
♦Microsoft announced Windows 10 will release July 29 – it’s free for Windows 7/8 users.
♦The Milwaukee Bucks revealed their new uniforms for the upcoming season.
♦Blu-ray releases this week are headlined by Kingsman and The Duff.
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