Press Row Podcast: Hangout and More
The latest Press Row Podcast is a good demonstration of just how much can change over the course of a single week. The entirety of last Sunday's Press Row Hangout is included and accompanied by follow-ups pertaining to two of the subjects: the Rory McIlroy PGA Tour announcement and Joe Montana Football 16 screenshot.
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Press Row Podcast: Pax East 2015 Panel
Last weekend at PAX East the "Sports Games at the Crossroads" panel was held featuring Rich Grisham, T.J. Lauerman, Samit Sarkar, Garnett Lee, and Kevin Larrabee. The audio from that panel is presented as this week's Press Row Podcast. Topics include difficulty and accessibility of sports games, the development focus shifting to revenue-driven modes, and how to expand on the games and reach new consumers without alienating the core fans.
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Press Row Podcast: VR and Sports Gaming
Virtual Reality is being bet on as the "next big thing" in gaming. Whether it's the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation Morpheus, Microsoft HoloLens, or any other number of ongoing projects the investment is being made developing hardware with that in mind. But what, if any, role will VR play within the sports gaming genre? That's the focus of this week's Press Row Podcast.
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Press Row Podcast: Sports Game Power Rankings for 2015
With the new "season" of sports games upon us some of the Press Row participants collaborated to put together a Sports Game Power Rankings for 2015. The focus of the latest Press Row Podcast is to break down the positioning of each series within the list by reviewing their respective merits and deficiencies. Primary factors of consideration include sales numbers, quality, and community but there are several other ways as well in which to evaluate each franchise isolated on their own and r...
Press Row Podcast: Has NBA 2K Grown Bigger Than Madden?
The latest Press Row Podcast features two primary topics. First is a discussion on MLB 15: The Show - what the improvements to Diamond Dynasty mode mean to the product and some early impressions. Then the episode turns to an argument over whether NBA 2K has overtaken Madden NFL as the second biggest sports game behind only FIFA. There's no way to definitively answer that but it's an interesting debate given that a case could be made for either depending on what specifically is being measured...
Press Row Podcast: New Marketing Strategies and MLB 15: The Show
SCEA has followed the lead of EA Sports and 2K Sports in producing straight-to-consumer live streams and extremely detailed breakdowns of features with MLB 15: The Show. In the latest Press Row Podcast we discuss this new marketing trend, and how it applies to MLB 15, before moving on to break down the feature news as of late and what it means for the game.
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Press Row Podcast: 2015 Season Preview
A full panel returns for the first time this year in the latest Press Row Podcast with the focus of the show on the year ahead. Will there be a shakeup in the way games are distributed or designed? What sports game has the most on the line and which one is in the sturdiest position? Will there be any surprise games from independent developers? What will the fate be for NBA Live and PGA Tour? All those topics and more are tackled in this episode.
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Pre-Super Bowl XLIX Press Row Podcast
The Press Row Podcast heading into Super Bowl XLIX includes a variety of topics featured in separate segments. Leading off is a Super Bowl preview with myself and Stephen Gibbons of MaddenTips. That's followed by a discussion on the current state of NHL 15, another on the news of the Nascar license being transferred to a new company, and then an Out of the Park Baseball interview regarding its acquisition of the MLB license.
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