Posts Tagged ‘latest news’
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The Line Drive 6/12
The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings. This week it has been moved up a day from its normal Sunday slot where an E3 preview article will take its place. Stephen Strasburg has debuted in MLB 2K10 with an 87 rating making him the 15th best rated pitcher in the game. His fastball can reach 102 mph. A third dynasty blog for NCAA Football 11 covers recruiting logic and some extras. By the...
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Review: The A-Team
Other than Iron Man 2 the summer season has been filled with a slew of disappointing releases. Another film that would seem to have the potential to fall into that category arrived this weekend with The A-Team. The first theatrical take on the popular 1980s television series brings together a group of Army Rangers that are framed for murder and theft and set out to clear their names. Surprisingly The A-Team ends up being one of the more fun films to release in what has been a relatively dull s...
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Final Details on the NCAA Football 11 Demo
EA Sports has wrapped up the info on the NCAA Football 11 demo by revealing that playing each matchup will unlock the respective team's Pro Combat uniforms for use in the full retail game. By "sharing" the demo the unis for Virginia Tech, LSU, and TCU will also be unlocked. Sharing the demo involves clicking on the share option from the menu. That pulls up the friends list in order to select who you wish to send an automated message to about the demo. Recapping: The matchups are Ohio Stat...
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Madden 11 Does Little to Improve Franchise and Online Franchise Modes
Through a blog EA Sports has stated that the career modes including Franchise, Online Franchise, and Superstar are due for complete re-writes but that will not be coming in Madden 11. The modes will largely be unchanged from last year. Franchise mode has some minor tweaks but Online Franchise and Superstar won't see much if any improvements from Madden 10. While that meant not making any major overhauls to Franchise or SuperStar, we were still able to make some notable improvements while we p...
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A-Team and Karate Kid Look to Rebound Slumping Box Office
After three straight weeks of Shrek Forever After topping weak box office frames two reboots from the 1980s storm in and will capture the top two spots. Which one will be victorious is a little more difficult to predict. The A-Team Popular series debuted in 1983; high nostalgia factor High profile ensemble cast includes Bradley Cooper and Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson Appeals to action crowd Decent reviews Ads have not been great The Losers with similar structure and theme bombed less tha...
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New WWE and MMA Games in the Works
Two new games have been announced in the lead-up to E3. THQ will be bringing a second WWE game to the market to join the Smackdown vs Raw series and 505 Games will be presenting an unlicensed and extreme MMA product. Joining THQ's portfolio of fighting games will be WWE All Stars slated to release in early 2011. In order to differentiate from the SvR franchise WWE All-Stars goes with over-the-top quick arcade style action and exaggerated graphics. It is described as being half fighting-half...
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Teaser Trailer for Tangled
Disney has released a teaser trailer for the animated film Tangled. Based on the Rapunzel fairy tale a long-haired Princess having spent her entire life in a tower falls in love with a passing bandit and ventures into the outside world for the first time to find him. Voices provided by Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Ewan McGregor, and Steve Martin. Tangled is slated to release on November 24th. ...
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Quick Hit Adds NFL Licensing
Quick Hit Football has reached a deal that will incorporate NFL licensing in the free browser-based football management sim. Kotaku broke the news which will deliver NFL team names, logos, uniforms, and all league branding into the game. Terms of the multi-year deal have not been disclosed. The exclusive NFL license held by EA Sports covers the console games but gets a little fuzzier when it comes to other platforms. Last year NFL 2010 from Gameloft was released on the iPhone as a competito...
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