Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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NCAA Football 12: Hits and Misses
With NCAA Football 12 EA Sports made some prominent feature additions that were directed primarily at the more hardcore fans of the series while promising some important improvements to gameplay. Following up on Sunday's full impressions posting what did NCAA Football 12 deliver on and where did it go wrong? Find out in this 'Hits and Misses' review.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Breaks Midnight Box Office Records
With its midnight showings Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 raked in $43.5 million which shatters the previous record holder The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30 million from June 2010. Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has already made over $100 million worldwide. The higher prices that comes with 3D screens played a role as Warner Bros. reports all midnight 3D shows were sold out. It remains to be seen if that will be the choice of moviegoers or if the increased options that come...
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Pastapadre Teambuilder Design Winner
Once again thanks to everyone who took the time to work on a submission for the NCAA Football 12 official Pastapadre Teambuilder design contest.Ă‚Â With over 4K votes cast it was Entry #2 as the resounding winner picking up 35% of the vote. The next highest came in at 14% and the remaining all fell in the 2-12% range. If you'd like to download the team to use yourself it can be found under the gamertag SteelByDesign. The designer of the winning entry has chosen to join the Official Pastap...
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First MLB Bobblehead Pros DLC Released
Earlier this week I laid out thoughts on MLB Bobblehead Pros in the 'Hits and Misses' review where the mention was made of plans for upcoming DLC packs. The first one of those is now available on the Xbox 360 and goes by the name 'MLB Bobblehead Stars' for 400 MS points ($5). The DLC adds in this year's All Star teams and a Home Run Derby mode. That makes the total package between Bobblehead Pros and Stars 1200 MS points ($15). Of course the DLC is optional and at the original $10 price t...
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Trailer for John Carter
Disney has released the first trailer for John Carter. Based on the novel "John Carter of Mars" the film stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Bryan Cranston, and Willem Dafoe and is directed by Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo). One of the studio's tentpoles for next year John Carter is slated to release on March 9th 2012. From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes “John Carter”–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic...
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New Features in NCAA Football 12 Lack Necessary Follow-Through
While I work up the 'Hits and Misses' review for NCAA Football 12 to be posted tomorrow one thing over the last week has become apparent: well-intentioned and heavily hyped features are absent the necessary foresight or simply haven't been implemented completely. (more…)...
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2011 Emmy Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 2011 Emmy Awards were announced this morning with the show scheduled to take place on Sunday September 18th on Fox. Leading the way with 21 nominations is HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. That is followed with 19 for Mad Men, 18 for Boardwalk Empire, and 17 for Modern Family. Also notable is Game of Thrones pulling in 13 in its first season and Friday Night Lights finally getting the nod for Best Drama along with the two lead acting categories. A notable omission wit...
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Another Prominent Name Ditches Tiburon
Add another name to the list of big name departures from the EA Sports' Tiburon studio in recent months. Mark Turmell is on his way to Zynga where he will be joining other Tiburon vets such as Phil Frazier, Jeremy Strauser, Steve Chiang, and John Schappert at the social gaming giant. Kotaku grabbed the scoop on the news this evening. Turmell is best known as the creator of the NBA Jam series. He was brought in by EA Sports in late 2009 to oversee not just the NBA Jam revival but - in a cr...
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