Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
  • The Line Drive for August 24
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    Posted August 24th, 2014 at 12:45 pm 11 Comments »
    The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Ran a live stream with five hours of Franchise mode in Madden NFL 15 last night. ♦Here's the archived stream from today's run of four games in Madden franchise mode. ♦Check out more Franchise streaming from Madden on Twitch now tomorrow. ♦There will be a special Madden live stream w/ myself and Rich Grisham on Tuesday night! ââ...
  • Madden NFL 15 Release Day Roster Update Details
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    Posted August 23rd, 2014 at 2:15 pm 11 Comments »
    The first roster update for Madden NFL 15 is already out in preparation for release on Tuesday. The next update is expected out for the start of the regular season when the 53 man rosters have been solidified. Check out all the details on the first roster update in spreadsheet form here. Notable movers on the rise include Kennan Robinson (+6), Kyle Long (+5), Jonathan Grimes (+5), Nate Allen (+3), K.J. Wright (+3), Antrel Rolle (+3), Kelvin Benjamin (+3), and Desmond Trufant (+2). A numbe...
  • Madden NFL 15 EA Access Day Two Live Stream
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    Posted August 22nd, 2014 at 4:14 pm 23 Comments »
    With just under two hours believed remaining on the EA Access timer for Madden NFL 15, join me for a live stream that will likely take it all the way down to zero. Follow on Twitch for all the streams and subscribe on Youtube where the archives are stored. There will be talk about basic early impressions of the game, what has been the most pleasant surprises and biggest disappointments, major problems that have been discovered with the play-calling system and simmed statistics in Franchis...
  • Season Ticket Period for Madden NFL 15 on 360 and PS3 Opens Today
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    Posted August 22nd, 2014 at 11:45 am 15 Comments »
    Madden NFL 15 is now available to download through Season Ticket on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This is the last year that the Season Ticket program will be offered as the company instead will move forward with EA Access for the new generation of consoles. Microsoft is on board with that but Sony rejected the proposal. Season Ticket was thought to be dead going into this year's crop of games but EA Sports resurrected it with no fanfare a few weeks ago by scrapping the actual website for t...
  • Madden NFL 15 EA Access Day One Live Stream
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    Posted August 21st, 2014 at 1:30 pm 27 Comments »
    With Madden NFL 15 out now through EA Access on Xbox One I'll be hosting a few live streams over the coming days. The six hour restriction on the trial however means each stream will only be an hour or two long. Check it out live below and after completion they will be archived for watching later. Feel free to drop any questions or just chat along throughout! [Update] The first two streams are archived below. #1 has an online game, brief simming in Franchise, and a CPU game. #2 is a week...
  • Madden NFL 15 Six Hour Trial Now Available Through EA Access
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    Posted August 21st, 2014 at 8:30 am 29 Comments »
    Madden NFL 15 through EA Access on Xbox One is now available to download as a timed trial. Subscribers to the service will get six hours of play time, with the timer ticking down whenever the game is loaded regardless of whether a game is being played, menus are being navigated through, or if there is any activity taking place at all. So make sure to exit out and close the application from the Xbox One home screen when not in use. The trial will expire at the turn of Tuesday regardless of...
  • Will The Recent NHL 15 News Alter Your Purchase Decision?
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    Posted August 20th, 2014 at 3:30 pm 40 Comments »
    With the bad news about NHL 15 on XB1/PS4 finally being confirmed yesterday - make sure to read about it here and check out the lengthy hangout discussing the situation here - consumers can now begin to properly assess whether the product is worth buying this year. Fans of the series and EA Sports Hockey League in particular have gone through a roller coaster of emotions in the last week, with EA Sports turning what should have just been immense disappointment into anger based on their...
  • Press Row Hangout: Reacting to the News of No EASHL and GM Connected in Xbox One and PS4 NHL 15
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    Posted August 19th, 2014 at 7:15 pm 8 Comments »
    A full panel was on hand to discuss the confirmation that there will be no EA Sports Hockey League or GM Connected modes in the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version of NHL 15. It's tremendously bad news for the game and some of its most hardcore fans who would never have even contemplated this as a possibility, and the way EA Sports has handled it could have even longer-lasting ramifications to the series than just a single year. The show is now archived to watch for those who couldn't make...