The Daily Dish for 9/17/14
Today's Daily Dish tackles a number of topics starting with what EA Sports is likely to do with Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy in the Madden NFL 15 roster update later this week. It then moves on to cover the face scanning feature that is being introduced in NBA 2K15, the return of NHL 2K as a mobile game, and two demos making news this week with Forza Horizon 2's out now and a delay on the one that had been scheduled for PES 2015.
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Face Scanning Coming to NBA 2K15
EA Sports debuted the "Game Face" feature now seven years ago, but the company never invested in updating it and lately have phased out of most of their titles. Game Face utilizes webcams or actual photographs of people to craft created player faces in games. It has always been hit or miss, with some severe problems along the way, but also some decent representations of users or even celebrity recreations that led to some legal concerns.
While the NBA 2K series has offered up arguably ...
NHL 2K Returning on Mobile
No, it's not making a comeback to battle EA Sports' NHL series, but NHL 2K has been resurrected to land on mobile devices this fall. The game is being developed in partnership between Virtuos Games and Visual Concepts which is the same arrangement that produces NBA 2K on mobile. It will be available for iOS and Android devices.
What you see now for mobile games is primarily free-to-play, but NHL 2K (also like NBA 2K) will sell for $8 instead. Modes include MyCareer, Winter Classic, 3-o...
The Daily Dish for 9/16/14
The latest Daily Dish looks ahead to the next Madden NFL 15 roster update, welcomes in T.J. Lauerman (@ThatSportsGamer) to explain the loss of "Trade Offers" from FIFA 15 Ultimate Team, and goes over the new additions making it into FUT 15.
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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Loses One Feature But Gains Several New Ones
Coming on the heels of an announcement that "Trade Offers" are being removed from Ultimate Team in FIFA 15 due to account security concerns, EA Sports has rolled out a list of additions being made to the mode this year.
Those include the ability to play friends in "Seasons", acquiring players on loan, a "Physical" player attribute, and the chance to plan out future squads in advance.Ă‚Â (more…)...
NBA 2K15 Cavs Player Intro Video
2K Sports today released a new trailer for NBA 2K15 that shows off the player introduction sequence for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Check out the starting lineup intro which has the first look at Kevin Love with the team, the crowd holding a bunch of Kyrie Irving "Big Heads" (looks like its limited to just one player) and a slimmed-down LeBron James in the video below.
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The Daily Dish for 9/15/14
The second week for The Daily Dish begins with a focus on retailer deals already available for Madden NFL 15, the response to the FIFA 15 demo proving exceedingly positive, and the "Trade Offer" feature being removed from Ultimate Team in FIFA 15.
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FIFA 15 Demo Generates Additional Enthusiasm Ahead of Release
One might think a demo for a new FIFA release would hold little relevance. The series turns in the biggest selling game in the world every year now. However in the poll posted last week to gauge response to the FIFA 15 demo over 4K votes rolled in and the results paint a picture of a franchise that could grow even beyond the remarkable standing it already holds by appealing to potential new consumers while still holding strongly on to returning ones. EA is doing this by improving across the ...