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Madden NFL 25 Cover Voting Advances to Second Round
The competition involving 32 legends and 32 active players to win the cover of Madden NFL 25 has now moved forward to the second round. A campaign to push Jake Delhomme over Joe Montana failed miserably as 92% of the votes went Montana’s way. A day after claiming he was a lock to win the whole thing Chad Johnson has thankfully been knocked out by Tim Brown.
Over 21 million votes were cast in the round. Biggest margin of victories went to Barry Sanders (95%), Jerry Rice (94%), Adrian Peterson (94%), and Deion Sanders (93%). Barely scraping by to advance was Von Miller (51%) which despite the seeding was an upset over Victor Cruz, followed by LeSean McCoy (52%), Darrelle Revis (52%), and Dez Bryant (54%).
The most surprising result, and one that suggests the more “old school” of the legends are at a distinct disadvantage, is LaDainian Tomlinson dispatching Randall Cunningham in easy fashion. Colin Kaepernick could be in trouble as he only managed 62% over the 16 seed Antonio Gates.
Get your votes in for the second round through the official Madden NFL 25 SportsNation page. The deadline to cast votes before advancing to the next round is March 27.
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New Features Tiger Woods 14 Career Mode; Early Season Ticket Access Period Nearing
With the game releasing in just a week, the demo having been out for two, and an early opportunity to play only days away, there isn’t a whole lot more to be learned about Tiger Woods 14. Regardless EA Sports has released a new blog centered on what to expect out of career mode. That includes mention of the new LPGA path, incorporating all four majors for the first time, and feature introductions like the ability to set tee times and the money leaderboard – the info is also accompanied by screenshots.
An early chance to play Tiger 14 will be available when the game goes live through the Season Ticket subscription program on Friday. The Season Ticket provides three days of early access to a downloaded retail version and 20% off DLC (though trouble with that arose on the PS3 last year) for $25 a year and applies to five different sports titles.
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Spring Sale on Games at Origin
For the next week a number of games are being sold at half off their retail price through EA’s Origin store. That even includes Need for Speed: Most Wanted U which released just today making it the steal of the lot. Other games of note coming in at $30 are FIFA 13 and NHL 13 along with Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3. Shipping for physical copies of games through the store is free as long as the order is over $25.
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Statements from NCAA Officials Show Level of Concern Over Player Likeness Lawsuit
Demonstrating just how traumatic an unfavorable outcome in the player likeness lawsuit currently making its way through the legal system could be, a recent court filing suggests that the lifting of the current rules on amateurism would result in some schools exiting Division I or Bowl Subdivision football. University of Texas, Wake Forest, Utah State, and the California State University system all contributed to the filing by expressing that the need to pay players would make it unlikely that athletic funding would then be able to support all the sports required and that it would also make it difficult to comply with Title IX.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is even claiming that an outcome in the player likeness lawsuit that forces payments to players would result in the conference de-emphasizing athletics. While this is somewhat hyperbolic – there would still be far too much money to be made to take such an action – it does shed a light on the frame of mind the NCAA, CLC, and EA Sports have as they prepare for a possible negative judgment or agreement to settle. Read more
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John Riccitiello Out as EA CEO
Electronic Arts has announced that John Riccitiello has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. In his place for a temporary basis – until a permanent replacement is found – is Larry Probst the former Chairman and CEO for the company. Riccitiello took over for Probst in 2007. Read more
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Scouting the Madden NFL 25 Cover Vote First Round: Active Bracket
A few days of voting still remain in the first round of the Madden NFL 25 cover tournament. 64 candidates are involved with 32 legends in one bracket and 32 current stars in the other. Last week an evaluation of the match-ups in the “Old School” bracket was made and now is a chance to look at how the “New School” side shapes up. Read more
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Frozen Endzone Will Offer Futuristic Turn-Based Football With Robots
Branching out a bit to something different here is Frozen Endzone, just announced by Mode 7 Games, which will be coming to the PC and Mac in 2014 following a beta to be held later this year. The game will attempt to meld a highly-stylized futuristic professional football theme with strategic turn-based gameplay in both single and multiplayer environments.
The first trailer is out now and the game is available to vote on for release through Steam’s Greenlight service. Continue on to check out the trailer and leave your thoughts in the comments on whether the concept is found be intriguing or of little interest! Read more
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The Line Drive for March 17
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
•Giving away a copy of Tiger Woods 14 Historic Edition on Twitter.
•Make sure to join the Pastapadre ESPN Tournament Pick’em group.
•Placeholder box art suggests NCAA Football 14 will include Kinect functionality.
•EA Sports went to West Virginia for insight on improving recruiting for NCAA Football 14.
•One of the new in-game Twitter personalities for Madden NFL 25 will be Uni-Watch.
•February sales number came w/ no surprises – NBA 2K13 (4th) and Madden NFL 13 (10th).
•SCEA explains the changes to Guess Pitch in MLB 13: The Show.
•A one-on-one Press Row Podcast features discussion with a guest from EA Sports.
•IGN commentates over a look at Tiger Woods 14′ Legends of the Majors mode.
•With THQ dead assume the Lingerie Football League game they announced is also.
•The pre-order car pack for Forza Horizon is now available for everyone else to purchase.
•Sign up for the FIFA 13 CONCACAF Gold Cup competition held on the PS3.
•Earn HUT pucks with this week’s NHL Moments Live for NHL 13.
•Modders on the PC updated MVP Baseball 2005 to feature the World Baseball Classic.News and content that may have been missed from the last week around the site.
•DVD/Blu-ray Releases This Week. Headlined by The Hobbit and Zero Dark Thirty.
•Dave Bautista Cast in Guardians of the Galaxy. Will play Drax The Destroyer.
•New Trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. A second teaser for the May release.
•Jurassic Park IV Director Selected. Relative newcomer Colin Trevorrow chosen.
•Trailer for Kick-Ass 2. First look at the upcoming sequel to the 2010 comic adaptation.
•Veronica Mars Movie Coming. Thanks to potentially revolutionary Kickstarter campaign.
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