Rocket League Announced for PS4; Combines Cars with Soccer
There are very few creative takes on sports in gaming these days, so when one crosses the radar no matter how unorthodox the concept it becomes worth a look.
Rocket League is one of those. Officially announced today and coming to the PlayStation 4 next spring, Rocket League is a sequel to the 2008 game Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, and combines racing with soccer.
Features include a new Season mode, advanced physics system, broadcast-quality replays, wide range of...
Digital Holiday Version of Madden NFL 15 Offers Ultimate Team Extras
EA Sports today released a special "Holiday Edition" of Madden NFL 15 in the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store. Available for Xbox One, PS4, and PS3 until January 12 the game is being offered for $60 and includes $20 in Ultimate Team packs and a "Ghost of Madden's Past Pack" which will include Dan Marino, Ray Lewis, and Emmitt Smith.
That would certainly be a strong way to start a new team in the mode. However as @ThatSportsGamer pointed out on the most recent Hangout, EA has ad...
Madden NFL 15 Week 13 Upcoming Roster Update Discussion
The most interesting development to look forward to this week with the Madden NFL 15 roster update is whether EA Sports quietly reinserts Ray Rice into the game. Rice won his appeal against the league and has been reinstated - he's currently a free agent that can sign with any team. The company stripped him out after he was cut by the Ravens and indefinitely suspended going to such a length that they even took his name and image out of Ultimate Team completely replacing it with a silhouette ...
The Daily Dish for 12/1/14
After a few days off for the holiday The Daily Dish is back and today goes over the first news expected in a matter of days for MLB 15: The Show, three of the four legends having been revealed for EA Sports UFC, a recap of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that are over or still available, the NBA 2K15 companion app being down since the weekend began, the latest Press Row Hangout/Podcast, and the plan for the next month or so of The Daily Dish.
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Another NBA 2K15 Patch on the Way
2K Sports today announced a second post-release patch for NBA 2K15 has been submitted to Microsoft and Sony for certification and is expected to go live within the next two weeks after successfully completing the process.
Patch #3 for #NBA2K15 is very big. Addressing a ton: including 2K cam "frame rate" issue, showing score while waiting & timeout exploit.— Chris Manning 2K15 (@LD2K) December 1, 2014
As previously stated, the Patch #3 also brings new hairstyles to...
First News on MLB 15: The Show Coming This Weekend
SCEA has announced that MLB 15: The Show news will come out of the PlayStation Experience this coming weekend. The new fan-centric event takes place on Saturday and Sunday in Las Vegas.
This first news will actually arrive behind the typical schedule for an upcoming edition of The Show. Whatever would have normally come in November has been held back for the big PlayStation event. Historically the early promotion for the series has primarily centered on the cover athlete. Adrian Gonzal...
The Line Drive for November 30
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
♦There hasn't been much in the way of special gaming deals on Cyber Monday the past few years but there will be a post put together if any do appear tomorrow.
♦Some of the Black Friday deals listed in the earlier post remain active however.
♦The first news on MLB 15: The Show (prob cover related) will come next weekend.
♦A patch w...
Press Row Podcast: Thanksgiving Hangout
This week's live Press Row Hangout is now available as the latest episode of the Press Row Podcast! Topics include the idea that EA Sports could save NBA Live by turning it into a free-to-play game, an evaluation of post-release support from all of this year’s sports games, the Sony settlement over Vita false advertising, and reaction to the absurd nominations in the “sports” category from The Game Awards.
Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS and the...