Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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The Line Drive for July 2
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦The Golf Club 2 (review) is this year's must-have game for fans of the sport. ♦Bringing 91 OVR Paul George to Russell Westbrook makes for the #2 duo in NBA 2K. ♦Chris Paul to Rockets gives them the league's best backcourt according to NBA 2K. ♦Details on the new Summer Blockbuster program in Madden Ultimate Team. ♦Join the...
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Press Row Podcast: The Golf Club 2 Impressions
Nearly three years have passed since HB Studios debuted The Golf Club and now its sequel has just released. This episode of the Press Row Podcast examines The Golf Club 2 with discussion on its ultra-realistic gameplay, improvements to accessibility, new features, and unfortunate server problems. Other topics covered during the show include patch restrictions on the Nintendo Switch discovered through NBA Playgrounds' struggles to get an update out that could threaten post-release support ...
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MLB The Show 17 roster update details and Diamond Dynasty content for June 30
With the All-Star Break nearing the last few weeks of roster updates for MLB The Show 17 haven't demonstrated the same impact of those that came before them. That could be an indication that a sweeping update of the whole league taking more into consideration this season's performance of players will be coming at that time. It's something the development team has done in past editions of The Show. This week's roster update only adjusts one player that came into it rated over 83. It does n...
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The Golf Club 2 struggling with servers in early days of release
It's no longer a surprise when a new game releases and online connectivity is inconsistent or completely unfunctional. Unfortunately that's been the case with The Golf Club 2 which came out on Tuesday. The original didn't have any problems of the sort but with a sequel that's likely performing better with consumers the downside to that is an independent developer up against a challenge they may not have been prepared to face. One of the great things about The Golf Club is that progress is...
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The Rockets will have the highest rated backcourt in NBA 2K18
Barring an unexpected transaction this summer the Houston Rockets will enter NBA 2K18 with the highest rated backcourt in the game. By acquiring Chris Paul in a trade today they've passed by the Golden State Warriors duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Paul is rated 91 Overall making him the third best point guard 2K. He's now paired with James Harden's 96 Overall. Presumably Harden will be shifting back to more of a traditional shooting guard role but naturally he'll still have the b...
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Review of The Golf Club 2
Released in 2014 The Golf Club was among the first wave of sports games from independent developers that helped lead to the resurgence in the genre where sports (or unique takes on them) not being sufficiently covered by the big publishers are taken on by smaller studios. It was a great effort despite lacking in content and having a barrier of extreme difficulty, and was even rewarded with the Pastapadre Community Award for Best New Sports Game. Now the sequel has arrived for $40 on Xbox ...
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Patch limitations raise another concern for third party games on Nintendo Switch
It has now been over six weeks since NBA Playgrounds released and yet half the game is still missing. A patch to add online play originally promised for a few days after release remains in limbo. Meanwhile the other versions of Playgrounds on XB1, PS4, and PC have received multiple updates improving the game and adding other features. The president of development studio Saber Interactive has made comments on Facebook providing insight on why that is, and it appears Nintendo is at fault for e...
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The Line Drive for June 25
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦By acquiring Jimmy Butler the Timberwolves got the #2 rated SG in NBA 2K. ♦Download NBA 2K17 post-draft rosters from EmbraceThePace (PS4) & BryanDfor3 (XB1). ♦Statement released about post-patch slo-mo pitching animations in MLB The Show 17. ♦The details of that relatively minor patch are laid out here for MLB The Show 17. Ă...
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