Sony Announces Share Play for PS4
At Gamescom yesterday Sony announced some details on the PlayStation 4 v2.00 console update due out this fall. One new feature will be Share Play, which allows someone who owns a game to invite a friend to play along with them even if that friend doesn't own the game.
The best way to think about Share Play is like a “virtual couch”. PlayStation 4 will create an online local co-op experience by allowing you to invite a friend to join your game—even when they don’t o...
Press Row Podcast: EA Access, Ultimate Team Interview and More
The latest Press Row Podcast features the piecing together of a few different recordings. The show opens with a discussion dedicated to the announcement of the new subscription service EA Access. It then transitions to a few of the segments from last week's Press Row Hangout (which can be also be watched in full here or clip-by-clip here). It ends with an interview about Ultimate Team for Madden NFL 15 with producer Joe Alread.
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Breaking Down the New EA Access Subscription Service
EA Access was announced yesterday and based on the reaction there appears to be quite a lot of interest in the concept of a subscription service which provides a library of older games to play and pre-release play periods for new games. Many who were aware of EA Sports Season Ticket liked what that provided too, which EA Access appears to have improved upon in several areas and offers less in others, but that program was never actively advertised by the company so it never took off. They wil...
Press Row Podcast: The Background and Journey of The Golf Club
The latest Press Row Podcast is a one-on-one interview with host Rich Grisham and The Golf Club executive producer Peter Garcin. In a time where the sports gaming landscape has thinned out considerably due to concerns over profitability, how does an independent game come in and compete for consumers? Discussion includes design decisions made along the way, the release on Steam Early access and how feedback played a part in improving the game for it's official release, and much more.
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Press Row Podcast: The Growing Concerns Over Microtransactions
The latest Press Row Hangout tackles one of the most controversial topics in gaming today - how microtransactions are being implemented in games, the effect they have on consumers, and even the way they are influencing how games are designed. In regards to sports titles the discussion examines the beginnings of the dedicated pursuit of digital revenue with Ultimate Team, the situation now after the mess created by NBA 2K14 and potentially dangerous decision made for PES 2015, and what the fu...
Press Row Podcast: The Loss of NCAA Football and Revisiting EA Sports UFC
The latest Press Row Podcast features panel discussion on the effects of NCAA Football's cancellation and an assessment on the rocky release of EA Sports UFC. Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, Stitcher app for Android, and subscribe while there to help support the show! You can also listen in the streaming player below.
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Press Row Podcast: EA UFC Roundtable
The latest Press Row Podcast is a two-parter focusing on the release of EA Sports UFC. The first segment features the Operation Sports reviewer while the latter is the audio from the UFC Press Row Hangout that was held with the panel discussing the game at great length.
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E3 2014 Hangout Now in Podcast Form
The live Press Row Hangout that aired early this week can now be listened to as an official podcast! The show offers impressions of the E3 press conferences and news on Madden NFL 15, FIFA 15, NHL 15, and EA Sports PGA Tour 16. Tacked on to the front of the podcast however is a brief interview with a PGA Tour producer. The hangout portion begins at 15:26.
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