Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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The Line Drive for January 24
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Kirk Herbstreit made some grossly misguided comments about NCAA Football. ♦Will Mike Tyson impact the potential success of EA Sports UFC 2? ♦Only 19% of poll respondents feel Tyson will affect their UFC 2 purchase decision. ♦Putting together a competitive discount Ultimate Team squad in FIFA 16. ♦Defense and special tea...
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RBI Baseball 16 coming this spring
The reboot of RBI Baseball will be returning for its third season. MLBAM announced today that RBI Baseball 16 will release this spring on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and mobile. It remains the only licensed MLB game on XB1, but has recently been joined by the terrific unlicensed Super Mega Baseball to give fans at least a choice of games on the console. It has been a rough return for the series, with the game having been met coldly due to lack of features, poor post-release support, hi...
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First gameplay footage of EA Sports UFC 2 comes from an early stream of the beta
The closed beta for EA Sports UFC 2 won't kick off for most people until late next week but footage has already made it out thanks to a live stream held by UFC fighter Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The game was streamed for nearly three hours and though it isn't high quality, parts of the screen are obscured by various windows and text, and the audio is primarily of Jackson and his buddies, it's an extensive look at gameplay particularly at this still somewhat early stage. The ga...
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Madden NFL 16 Divisional Round Roster Update Details
The roster update following the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs is available to download now in Madden NFL 16. More teams are affected than just those that played over the weekend as end-of-year reevaluations continue to be made, however there are far fewer players that received adjustments this week than has been typical with the updates throughout the season. Check out all the changes made in the spreadsheet here. Notable players on the rise include Khalil Mack (+1 to 9...
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Kevin Love’s ratings plummet in latest NBA 2K16 roster update
Only one player was adjusted dramatically in today's NBA 2K16 roster update. The struggling Kevin Love got dropped by 3 points and now stands at 82 Overall. Love took significant hits in attributes like Offensive Consistency (-15), Defensive Consistency (-10), multiple Defensive IQ categories and multiple Shooting categories. He has averaged only 12.5 points since the start of December, shooting 37%, and has remained a liability on defense. He played especially awful in the re...
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Mike Tyson is the third fighter offered with EA Sports UFC 2 pre-orders
When the pre-order incentive for EA Sports UFC 2 was revealed to include three fighters, but only two were being named, it was obvious that the one being held back would not be a traditional fighter and have some sort of story behind them. Today the company announced that Mike Tyson will be included with pre-orders of the game. Two versions of Tyson will be found in UFC 2. There's the young "Iron" Mike Tyson and the late-in-career "Legacy" Mike Tyson. The standard edition of UFC 2 gets...
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Kirk Herbstreit doesn’t properly grasp why the NCAA Football series is gone
ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, who appeared as a commentator in the NCAA Football series from 2001-2013, is upset that the NCAA Football series no longer exists. In an interview that has just gone out he places all the blame on Ed O'Bannon, and expresses the belief that the series should return under the same conditions from the past. Check out a summary of his comments and why he is off-base with them over at Sporting News. O'Bannon is the face of the class action suit that led to the can...
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Final Set of 2015 Pastapadre Community Award Winners
After a few weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 28K – it’s time to announce the final group of winners of the 2015 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards. The first five awards were handed out last week. In this set of reveals the categories being awardedĂ‚Â are Best Online Play, Best Franchise Mode, Best New Feature, Best New/Non-Yearly Sports Game, and Best Sports Game of the Year. (more…)...
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