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Press Row Podcast: Episode 22
We talk with NCAA Football's Ben Haumiller about Ultimate Team Mode and what to expect!
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The Top Five Features That Should Return to Madden
A look at five features removed from the game that should make a comeback.
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More FIFA 14 Features Listed
Best Buy has inadvertently (or purposefully) leaked more info on this year's FIFA.
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What 'new' titles is EA Sports working on?
A look at what EA Sports' new game(s) which are planned to be revealed at E3 might be...
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- OS Poll: Which Next-Gen Console Are You Buying? (76)
- New UFC Game to Launch on Xbox One in next year (2)
- Madden NFL Football Xbox One Ignite Engine Screenshots (49)
- Watch LIVE: The New Xbox Revealed (54)
- Operation Sports - Press Row Podcast: Episode 24 (Part 3) - Connected Franchise (6)
- Operation Sports - Press Row Podcast: Episode 24 (Part 2) - The Infinity Engine (0)
- Operation Sports - Press Row Podcast: Episode 24 (Part 1) - Making Sports Games (3)
- Madden NFL 25 Brings Back Importing of Draft Classes, Full 32-Team Control & More (223)
- Madden NFL 25 Connected Franchise & Owner Mode Articles From Around the Web (132)
- Madden NFL 25 Screenshot - Connected Franchise Menu (115)
- First Look at NBA Live Xbox One (105)
- MLB 13 The Show Title Update 1.23 Available Now, Details Included (102)
- Blog: EA's Next-Gen Plans Start With a Dangerous Beginning by MMChrisS (15)
- Blog: Xbox One / EA Sports Thoughts by Wiggy (12)
- Blog: Is this the year Madden dies? by bmj2k7 (8)
- Blog: With the return of the Hornets, 2K now NEEDS a TeamBuilder feature by Jakeness23 (6)
- Blog: The Miami Heat... The NBA's favorite team. by Jakeness23 (5)
Thursday, May 23, 2013
09:16 AM - May 23, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
The 'other' college athlete lawsuit against EA Sports has suddenly received new life as a Federal Appeals Court struck down a decision that said EA Sports had First Amendment Rights to college athlete likenesses via artistic expression.
In a 2-1 decision, the suit now has new life and will likely continue to move up the courts.
From the Kotaku Article: "The digital Ryan Hart does what the actual Ryan Hart did while at Rutgers," wrote Judge Joseph Greenaway, for the 2-1 majority. "He plays college football, in digital recreations of college football stadiums, filled with all the trappings of a college football game ... [t]he various digitized sights and sounds in the video game do not alter or transform the appelant's identity in a significant way."
Hart's complaint is similar to the Ed O'Bannon and Sam Keller case which is currently at the Federal Level and which is expected to reach the Supreme Court eventually. Keller and O'Bannon's case will get a class action certification ruling in the coming weeks. If the class action suit is certified, all players past and present who have had likenesses in college sports video games could stand to receive some compensation and the fundamental structures of the NCAA could be forced to change. College sports video games themselves would be financial jeopardy at that point as well.
Needless to say, both EA and the NCAA have legal departments working a lot of hours these days.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
04:12 PM - May 22, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Steve Noah
AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND’S INDY 500, CODEMASTERS® REVEALS GRID 2™ INDYCARS IN ACTION AT THE FAMOUS INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Special Edition Content Revealed in New GRID 2 Gameplay Video
Ahead of this weekend’s Indy 500, Codemasters® today released a new gameplay video showing Dallara IndyCars racing at the world famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The video reveals extra content, redeemable via download, to feature in a special edition of GRID 2 available to pre-order from Best Buy, which includes extra routes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The GRID 2 special edition from Best Buy includes:
The IndyCar Pack – featuring two extra routes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Circuit plus the Dallara IndyCar and Indy 500 Pace Car liveries for the Chevrolet Camaro SS and Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition.
GRID 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, critically acclaimed GRID™ and will invite players race only the world’s most exciting racing cars on city streets, licensed circuits and open-roads. From Paris to Dubai and Barcelona to California, gamers will journey from rookie to racing superstar as they blaze to the top of World Series Racing, a new world of professional motorsport.
GRID 2 will ship to stores on May 28 and is available for pre-order now. Fans can keep up with all the latest updates straight from the studio by speeding over to www.gridgame.com and www.facebook.com/gridgame or follow the team at www.twitter.com/gridgame.
03:49 PM - May 22, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Steve Noah
Joystiq has posted some new information on Madden NFL 25 which also includes a video.
03:37 PM - May 22, 2013. Written by BenGerman
Last week, I gave everyone some (hopefully) helpful hints and house rules for an MLB: The Show 2013 fantasy draft. In part one, the article was based entirely around a one user-controlled team fantasy draft. The benefits of just having control over one team include a much faster fantasy draft, absolutely no bias towards the other 29 teams, and a having to bring a certain strategy into the draft if you want to succeed.
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11:56 AM - May 22, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
Forza Motorsport 5 on the Xbox One
The dust has settled and a lot of the questions we had about what Microsoft and Sony are bringing to the table have been answered. There are still very important details such as pricing to be determined -- but we know what each console is largely bringing to the table.
Which of the two major consoles are you planning on buying within the next year? Sound off by voting in our poll to your right on the frontpage and above you in the forums.
11:54 AM - May 22, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
The Xbox One will require an internet connection after all in order to play games, which comes to the chagrin of many gamers. According to press material from Microsoft, the Xbox One will require that you connect to the Xbox Live servers once a day to continue playing it.
This of course presents huge issues for people where internet is limited, especially our men and women in uniform overseas. How Microsoft plans to work that detail out is unknown at this time.
Microsoft's seemingly puzzling answer to this is that, "No, it (Xbox One) does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet. We’re designing Xbox One to be your all-in-one entertainment system that is connected to the cloud and always ready. We are also designing it so you can play games and watch Blu-ray movies and live TV if you lose your connection."
This is a bold move by Microsoft, and the type of move that could easily backfire on the company.
What do you guys think? Are you worried about the 'almost always on' connectivity required from the Xbox One?
10:39 AM - May 22, 2013. Posted by Steve_OS. Written by Steve Noah
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10:18 AM - May 22, 2013. Written by jmik58
Top Sports News for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1. Mike Trout becomes youngest ever in AL to achieve cycle.
Angels starter Jerome Williams spun a gem over eight innings of shutout baseball, but the young phenom in center field stole the show in LA's rout of the Seattle Mariners. At 21 years and 188 days, Trout becomes the youngest in American League history -- edging out Alex Rodriguez by twenty-five days. ... Read More
09:34 AM - May 22, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
There was certainly a lot of hype around FIFA Soccer 14 and what the Ignite Engine Could mean for the PC version of the game. Unfortunately for PC footballers, the Ignite Engine is completely meaningless to the game's PC version this year per a Tweet from Rob Hudson, community manager for FIFA:
"Clarification for the PC related questions earlier - EA SPORTS IGNITE will power FIFA 14 on Xbox One and PS4, not PC."
While the door is obviously left wide-open for next year's FIFA to get the Ignite Engine, it looks like PC Gamers will have to wait at least a year before they get the latest and greatest from EA Sports.
09:25 AM - May 22, 2013. Written by MMChrisS
We all remember the magic Madden movie which set this entire generation of Madden up for failure -- that pre-rendered trailer set graphical and gameplay expectations so high, it ended up being a generation ahead of its time.
In essence, the next-generation of Madden in that 2005 trailer was actually the next-next generation of Madden.
To quote a famous pop artist (loosely), "Oops, they did it again." ... Read More
08:04 AM - May 22, 2013. Written by SteveM
With the Conference Finals under way, it's a good time to look at the teams who just got knocked out of the Playoffs and see what lies ahead for them, both in real life and in NBA 2K13. We'll start with the Western Conference's ousted teams, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
The Good News: The Oklahoma City Thunder have their flaws—for sure—but their flameout in ... Read More
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
07:22 PM - May 21, 2013. Posted by jpdavis82. Written by Steve Noah
VSN has posted an interview with Madden NFL 25 Lead Designer for Connected Franchise, Josh Looman.
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04:55 PM - May 21, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
When the Xbox One launches this fall, it will be launching with two likely NBA titles with EA Sports showing off NBA Live today during the Microsoft Xbox Reveal -- ending all speculation about when we were going to see EA's NBA game. We posted several screenshots earlier from the Ignite Engine Trailer, which you can find here.
04:21 PM - May 21, 2013. Posted by MMChrisS. Written by Chris Sanner
During the Microsoft Reveal, EA Sports' Andrew Wilson announced that EA Sports' UFC game will be released within the next year on Xbox One. We also have uploaded several screens from today's Ignite trailer which you can find here.
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