Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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Aaron Hernandez Charged With Murder; Will Affect Both Football Games This Year
Earlier today Aaron Hernandez was cut by the New England Patriots after being arrested and later charged with first degree murder and five other counts relating to firearms. Not only does that mean he'll have to be pulled out of the rosters in Madden NFL 25 but an appearance in NCAA Football 14 will also need to be scrapped by EA Sports. (more…)...
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NCAA Football 14 Giveaway #2
The semi-regular site giveaways continue with another opportunity to win a 360 or PS3 copy of NCAA Football 14! This is the second of two planned giveaways for the game before its release on July 9 and others will come down the line for Madden NFL 25, FIFA 14, and NBA 2K14. *This post has been bumped to give those who may have missed it an opportunity to get entries in before the drawing! There are several ways to qualify and each one counts for entries so the more you complete the more c...
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Which Officially Announced Next-Gen Sports Game Are You Most Anticipating?
Earlier this month E3 delivered the first actual display of the next-gen sports games scheduled to release along with the consoles later this year or early into 2014. Some had legitimate gameplay trailers and others stuck with pre-rendered footage but most had something in-game to actually showcase at the event. (more…)...
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Final Roster Update for NBA 2K13 Out Now
With the season complete the final roster update for NBA 2K13 arrived today. The update releases injured players to active status providing for an opportunity to use Derrick Rose, Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, Kevin Love, Rajon Rondo, and others who were out for the whole season or had theirs end prematurely. Sadly zero ratings adjustments were made which just adds yet another example to how poorly updates were handled throughout the season. With NBA Live 14 pushing out roster updates withi...
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Teaser Trailer for WWE 2K14
2K Sports debuted a teaser trailer for WWE 2K14 on last night's Raw broadcast. This will be the first release under the WWE license acquired by Take Two in February that will run through 2018. Development studio Yuke's continued work on this title which was already well into development when the transfer from now defunct THQ occurred. There isn't much to glean from the trailer except again there being a focus on "legends" and the Attitude Era and getting a few glimpses at some character m...
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NCAA Football 14 Demo Proves Successful
Based on the results of the poll posted last week the demo for NCAA Football 14 has proven valuable for consumers who may have been on the fence about a purchase and beneficial for EA Sports in creating some encouraging word-of-mouth in the weeks leading up to release. A full 50% of the over 4300 respondents cast their vote in the "Encouraged - More likely to buy" column. That is a huge percentage for a poll of this nature. On the flip side the "Less likely to buy" choice was limited to o...
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File Sharing in Madden NFL 25 Opens Up to Rosters, Sliders, and Playbooks
EA Sports has released a new trailer for Madden NFL 25 and this one details the new Madden Share feature. Though the news relates to the 360/PS3 version the fact that EA has declared the One/PS4 version will be similar or near identical in feature sets (besides what it is offering extra with the Ignite engine) means it can probably be expected there as well. (more…)...
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The Line Drive for June 23
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, deal alerts, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. ♦Guaranteed launch day pre-orders still available for Xbox One and with PS4 bundles. ♦Amazon still offering the bonus $10 towards a pre-order when trading $10+ of games. ♦Sounds unlikely that EA Sports will get back into MLB any time soon. ♦Here's a video from E3 showing off 'Prestige' ratings for schools in NCAA Football 14. ♦Here's a video from ...
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