Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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The Line Drive for August 3
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Make sure to get entries in for the latest giveaway as the winner is drawn this week! ♦2K Sports claims the first news on NBA 2K15 will arrive this coming week. ♦Screenshot released shows the new NBA basketball w/ Twitter handle in NBA Live 15. ♦Operation Sports has a strong article about the psychology behind card-collecti...
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Top Rated Cornerbacks and Safeties in Madden NFL 15
The slow drip of player ratings for Madden NFL 15 is reaching its conclusion with the top five rated corners and safeties. Soon EA Sports will begin rolling out complete rosters by divisions with two expected each day. Richard Sherman joins Calvin Johnson and J.J. Watt as the 99 rated players to begin this season. The Seahawks also have the highest ranked strong safety and second highest free safety. Cornerback Richard Sherman (99), Darrelle Revis (97), Joe Haden (95), Patrick Peterso...
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Press Row Podcast: EA Access, Ultimate Team Interview and More
The latest Press Row Podcast features the piecing together of a few different recordings. The show opens with a discussion dedicated to the announcement of the new subscription service EA Access. It then transitions to a few of the segments from last week's Press Row Hangout (which can be also be watched in full here or clip-by-clip here). It ends with an interview about Ultimate Team for Madden NFL 15 with producer Joe Alread. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, Stitcher app...
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The Golf Club Console Release Likely to Land on Worst Possible Date
HB Studios has announced the upcoming release for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of The Golf Club has been narrowed to a two date window. The company claims the likely date the game will be available digitally is August 26, with a slight possibility it could be a week prior. It has been out on PC through Steam Early Access since mid-April. The Golf Club isn't designed in a traditional manner where front-loaded sales will determine its success. The hope for it is to have leg...
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Agility and Control Improvements Highlighted in New Video for FIFA 15
EA Sports today released a new video demonstrating the player agility and control that will be present in FIFA 15. Improved aspects include "closer control and more realistic player movement, new ball physics and crunching physical challenges". Leave defenders in the dust or control the ball like the world’s best footballers. Players explode into action with improved balance, cuts and closer touches when in possession, giving greater responsiveness and personality to the game’...
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Latest Madden NFL 15 Stream Shifts the Focus to Presentation
EA Sports held another live stream yesterday for Madden NFL 15 with the primary intention of this one to show off the presentation. The earlier stream that was all about gameplay generated a fairly unusual level of positivity for anything related to Madden, but this one hasn't received the same type of reviews from viewers. That's probably due in large part to deficiencies in presentation being much easier to identify on the surface than issues with gameplay. Certainly the disappointin...
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Press Row Hangout Clips: Responding to More Viewer Questions
Four more viewer questions are discussedĂ‚Â in the final two clips from the most recent Press Row Hangout. The topics include The Golf Club and whether there could be more unlicensed sports games in the future, when to expect the Madden NFL 15 demo, why publishers seem to be holding back information on games until later now, and what sports game release in the past generated the most anticipation for the panelists. (more…)...
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Breaking Down the New EA Access Subscription Service
EA Access was announced yesterday and based on the reaction there appears to be quite a lot of interest in the concept of a subscription service which provides a library of older games to play and pre-release play periods for new games. Many who were aware of EA Sports Season Ticket liked what that provided too, which EA Access appears to have improved upon in several areas and offers less in others, but that program was never actively advertised by the company so it never took off. They wil...
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