Posts Tagged ‘year in review’
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Career Mode of 2014
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with the Best Career Mode opening up today. Past winners have alternated between NBA 2K (2010, 2012) and The Show (2011, 2013). It's the only original Community Awards category that doesn't even have three viable candidates this year. There are two standouts and those are NBA 2K15 and MLB 14: The Show. MyCareer is a completely unique story-based experience while Road to the Show offers the more traditiona...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Franchise Mode of 2014
The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with today Best Franchise Mode opening up. This is a category that has been dominated by the Madden NFL series which is looking for its fourth straight victory. Some of its usual competition has fallen out of the running. NCAA Football, the only other series to win the award, is no longer being made and NHL dug its own grave this year. Taking their place are FIFA 15 and NBA 2K15. (more…)...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Gameplay of 2014
With 2014 coming to a close it’s time to begin looking back on the developments that have taken place and award the various efforts in sports gaming. To start will be the first of the Community Awards. You can check out the winners from previous years here. The categories to look forward to are Community Sports Game of the Year, Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game, Best Gameplay, Best Online Play, Best Presentation, Best Franchise Mode, Best Career Mode, Best Post-Release Support, B...
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Press Row Podcast: Sports Game of the Year
The 2014 Sports Game of the Year Press Row Podcast has arrived! The complete panel goes over the list of candidates, debating both the merits and reasons against them deserving the award, before turning to the results and a discussion of how each person voted. This year there is a new category as well with one game being named the Rookie of the Year. The Pastapadre SGOTY countdown will begin soon, as will year-in-review recaps of the top stories, and of course the 6th Annual Pastapadre Co...
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2013 Community Choice Award Winners: Final Set of Winners Revealed
After weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 36K – it’s time to announce the remaining winners of the Pastapadre 2013 Community Choice Awards. The categories being examined are Best Sports Game, Most Disappointing Sports Game, Best Presentation, and Best Online Play. For the results of the other categories make sure to check out the earlier article. Continue on for the winners and to leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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2013 Community Choice Award Winners: First Half of Categories Revealed
After weeks of collecting votes - the total of which exceeded 36K - it's time to announce the winners of the Pastapadre 2013 Community Choice Awards. In this set the categories being examined are Best New Feature, Best Gameplay, Best Mobile Game, Best Career Mode, and Best Franchise Mode. Look for the others including Sports Game of the Year to be announced early next week. Continue on to check out the results and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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End of Year Community Awards: Best Sports Game of 2013
The final category in the Community Choice Awards is the big one that will crown the Best Sports Game of 2013. Previous winners include NBA 2K13, FIFA 12, NBA 2K11, and Madden NFL 10. Just one of those series return with a chance to win again while two others make their debut in the field. FIFA 14 goes up against NCAA Football 14 and MLB 13: The Show for the honor. Considering The Show's strong support in the Best of the Generation Tournament it enters as the favorite but FIFA 14 strength...
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End of Year Community Awards: Most Disappointing Game of 2013
Only two categories remain in the Community Choice Awards and they are the big ones. Best Sports Game of the Year will go up later this week but attention turns now to the one award no series wants - Most Disappointing Game of the Year. The NCAA Football franchise "won" the category two straight years which set up a make-or-break release for it this year. It bounced back strong only to be cancelled due to legalities and feasibility. The three titles nominated this year are unique in their...
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