Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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DLC Course Prices Rise with Tiger Woods 13
One important feature addition with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is the ability to secure rounds on downloadable content courses using "coins" earned in-game. It'll take some time to evaluate the rate "coins" are earned and how much time with DLC courses that will equate to but early indications are it will not be plentiful enough to significantly erode the value of the DLC and the potential revenue EA Sports expects to earn from it. Taking into account that some consumers may now attempt to a...
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UFC 3 Showed Value of Extra Development Time But Realities of the Current Market
Outside of a failure to produce a quality online experience UFC Undisputed 3 delivered a significant advancement over the previous iteration in the series with well-recognized gameplay enhancements and a deep suite of features. The struggles of UFC 2010 forced THQ to reevaluate the viability of the product and ultimately to a decision to move off a yearly release schedule. Despite a nearly two year layoff not only did sales fail to increase but they fell 18% from UFC 2010 which itself was do...
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Barry Sanders vs Herschel Walker for NCAA Football 13 Cover Spot
The voting to select the past Heisman winner to join Robert Griffin III on the cover of NCAA Football 13 has now reached the finals. Barry Sanders will battle Herschel Walker for the honor after dispatching Desmond Howard and Doug Flutie in the semi-finals. Voting continues through the Facebook app into next Monday when the winning player will be announced....
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The Line Drive for March 25
TheĂ‚Â LineĂ‚Â DriveĂ‚Â is a weekly collection of news, links, andĂ‚Â updatesĂ‚Â that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •MLB 2K12 can now be had for $40 (360 - PS3). •Of the deals last weekĂ‚Â only FIFA Street for PS3 remains low at $40. •Continue voting in the MLB player face comparisons - Part 1 - 2 - 3. •An EA Sports Bar is opening at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas. •Fill out a bracket predicting the Madden 13 cover tournament for prizes. Ă...
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The Hunger Games Scores Third Biggest Opening Weekend of All-Time
It's no surprise that The Hunger Games would be huge but it exceeded even the highest of expectations with its first weekend of release. The film opened with $155 million for the weekend which falls behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ($169 million) and The Dark Knight ($158 million). Having wider appeal in demographics allowed it to surpass Twilight which was not anticipated as being likely. Industry expectations were in the $100-120 million range. Worldwide total is...
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Early Free Agency Winners and Losers for Madden NFL 13
Over 10 days now into the new league year and free agency is starting to tail off with most of the major names having been taken off the market. Teams are beginning to shape up and needs heading into next month's NFL Draft are more apparent. Here is a look at the teams that have made out best for Madden NFL 13 and those that are likely to have their status plummet. This is not necessarily an evaluation of which teams have had the best or worst offseasons to this point but rather those who...
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Netflix Considering Picking Up The River and Terra Nova
As Netflix continues to expand their streaming service content they've become a potential landing spot for network series that get canceled to live on. Until now, potential opportunities discussed such as bringing on The Event for a second season haven't materialized. The one exception - and it was an especially unique case - was getting the new season of Arrested Development in 2013. Two new possibilities have recently arisen however which look to have more some level of optimism behind the...
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Tiger Woods 13 Now Available to Download for Season Ticket Subscribers
Subscribers to EA Sports' Season Ticket program are now able to download Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. The game has gone up on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 and provides the entire feature set to utilize in advance of its release on Tuesday. The digital copy of Tiger 13 will expire early Tuesday (6am ET) after which a retail copy will have to be purchased. All game saves and achievements will transfer over. The ‘Season Ticket’ costs $25 and runs for a period of one year â€...
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