Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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The Line Drive for September 4
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦NBA 2K17's story mode co-stars Michael B. Jordan and written/directed by Creed writer. ♦Even Madden NFL 17 thinks a first rounder for Sam Bradford is too crazy. ♦Over at HTP is a Review Roundtable of the recently released F1 2016. ♦Amazon Prime 20% discounts: PES 2017 - NHL 17 - FIFA 17 - NBA 2K17 ♦Still a few days left...
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Surprising moves made heading into the season that will affect Madden NFL 17
The first roster update for Madden NFL 17 is expected late this coming week (Wed-Fri) and will include all the transactions made by teams to trim down to their final 53 man rosters and possibly some ratings adjustments. The Vikings, desperate to find a QB following the devastating Teddy Bridgewater injury, sent next year's 1st rounder and 2018 4th rounder to the Eagles for Sam Bradford. This is a deal that the CPU would not make in Madden NFL 17. Bradford is only rated 78 Overall and has ...
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NBA 2K17 MyCareer story focuses more on basketball and co-stars Michael B. Jordan
Last year the story mode in NBA 2K16 that was written and directed by Spike Lee lacked interactivity as the user was essentially just a passenger observing a movie. Almost everyone agreed that MyCareer got significantly better once that story actually ended following the rookie season. One fundamental change is being made with the mode for 2K17 with that in mind. The focuses shifts back more to basketball rather than dealing with unrelated personalities. The theme of the "dynamic du...
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First patch out now for Madden NFL 17
While Madden NFL 17 launched relatively cleanly there was one significant bug which gave users the ability to tell whether the opposing offense was in a run or a pass play. That provided an edge against the CPU while severely affecting the online play experience. The first patch for Madden NFL 17 went live today and it fixes that issue. Pulling up the play art will no longer provide an indication of whether the offense will be running or passing. Other changes made include fixing a bug...
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Madden NFL 17 has its commentary update for week three of the preseason
The updates being made to the commentary in Madden NFL 17 now reflect storylines out of the third week of the preseason. Play Now and Online Head-to-Head will receive relevant commentary about NFL happenings regularly throughout the season. The new announcing duo of Brandon Gaudin and Charles Davis will additionally be recording more audio for other modes like Franchise and Ultimate Team at certain points during the year. The additions this week include discussion about Dak Prescott ta...
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Breakdown of gameplay improvements for NBA 2K17
One week from tomorrow consumers will be playing The Prelude, a collegiate-portion of the MyCareer story mode, and two weeks out is the full release of NBA 2K17. 2K Sports has finally started to reveal the actual improvements made for the game, and today Mike Wang (gameplay director for the NBA 2K series) posted an incredibly extensive blog detailing everything that's been done to gameplay in 2K17 and the logic behind it all. The key themes found in the the work that has gone into gamepla...
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DDoS attacks have taken down EA servers
Those hoping to log in and play Madden NFL 17, or any game from publisher Electronic Arts, are finding that online services are unavailable. An ongoing DDoS attack has proven problematic for the publisher to overcome. The group responsible is notorious for this sort of action, having in the past affected other games and even the entirety of Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The attacks coincide with the launch of the Battlefield 1 open beta and began last night. The servers went offline ...
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NBA 2K17 feature details starting to leak out
The release of NBA 2K17 is just two weeks and a few days away - the MyCareer Prelude even a week sooner - yet many of the improvements to the game have yet to be officially revealed. Some major ones have surfaced today however thanks to the tweets of German basketball writer André Voigt. Among the stream of tweets are details on the commentary, which is said to include 11 different personalities that will vary depending on location of the broadcast, and MyLeague Online becoming a tr...
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