Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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Feature Reveal Plans for NCAA Football 13
EA Sports has posted their schedule for feature reveals relating NCAA Football 13. Though the descriptions are vague there is quite a bit to glean from them. A new passing system, the addition of a studio analyst in Dynasty mode, and a new "Heisman Challenge" are on the way. Of course after the state NCAA 12 released in it will be hard to truly buy into any claims EA makes regarding the upcoming product. Consumers generally react in the following year so sales will likely be affected and ...
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Cover Voting Has Opened to Complete Heisman Duo on NCAA Football 13 Cover
The cover campaign for NCAA Football 13 kicks off today with eight former Heisman winners hoping to emerge victorious and take their place on the cover with the most recent Heisman (and likely future Washington Redskins QB) Robert Griffin III. EA Sports has set up the cover campaign in tournament bracket fashion. The first round match-ups are Barry Sanders vs Andre Ware, Eddie George vs Desmond Howard, Marcus Allen vs Herschel Walker, and Doug Flutie vs Charlie Ward. Voting can be complet...
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FIFA 12 Update Attempts to Address Phishing Concerns With New Security Measures
One of the biggest stories late last year related to the number of users losing control of their Xbox Live accounts with the FIFA series being the target of those looking to profit off them. Though there was no security breach EA Sports was at fault for providing a system that allowed for users to make real money off FIFA Ultimate Team in FIFA 12 and 11 without any barriers in place while Microsoft clearly hasn't had the proper controls enacted to prevent account theft. A patch being rele...
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The Line Drive for March 11
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. •Both the Collector's Editions (PS3 - 360) and regular versions (PS3 - 360) of Tiger Woods 13 have $10 promo credits and release day shipping on pre-orders at Amazon. •Make sure to keep voting daily in the Madden 13 cover tournament. •After a wait of five months the PC patch for NBA 2K12 finally arrived. •Here's the debut teaser trail...
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Redskins Make Huge Trade For Right to Nab Robert Griffin III
While everyone was eagerly tracking the movements of Peyton Manning on Friday night the expected trade of the #2 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft went down in dramatic fashion. The Washington Redskins sent the #6 pick, their second rounder this year #38, their first rounder in 2013, and their first rounder in 2014 in exchange for the #2 pick. The huge ransom was paid in order to move into position to choose Robert Griffin III and secure who they hope to be their franchise QB for years to come....
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FIFA Street Now Available to Download for Season Ticket Subscribers
It's been a while since EA Sports' Season Ticket program was heard from. The last game it applied to was FIFA 12 back in September as the releases from the company since then (NFL Blitz, Grand Slam Tennis 2, and SSX) have not been included. That changes today as the "bonus" game for the package with FIFA Street has arrived for download on the 360 and PS3 in advance of its release on Tuesday. The digital copy of FIFA Street will expire early Tuesday (6am ET) after which a retail copy will ...
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UFC 3 Fails to Deliver Growth in Sales
UFC Undisputed 09 broke onto the scene with explosive sales that suggested a yearly franchise had been born. However when THQ pushed out a sub-par product the next year with UFC 2010 those perceptions were quickly squashed as sales plummeted. That led to the company moving the series off a yearly release schedule. The hope in doing so was that a longer development cycle would provide the opportunity to produce a more compelling product and in turn give consumers more reason to purchase while...
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Tiger Woods 13 Kinect Demo Impressions
At E3 last year EA Sports announced that they would be introducing Kinect for Xbox 360 integration in many of their upcoming titles. The first in line is Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 which had its demo release this week providing an opportunity to try out the new swing detection and voice command features. (more…)...
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