The Line Drive 3/14
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The Line Drive is a weekly collection of news, links, and updates that didn’t necessarily warrant their own postings.
- Three new mascots have been announced for NCAA Football 11 so far. Oregon’s Donald Duck, Texas Tech’s “Raider Red”, and Stanford gets “The Tree” in. You can see them in the screenshot gallery.
- The pre-order deal for Tiger Woods 11 at Gamestop will be a free download of the Riviera Golf Club.
- The PS3 version of Tiger Woods 11 will include support for the Playstation Move. The motion controller was recently unveiled at GDC to less than enthusiastic reaction but seems well suited for golf. It is expected out this fall.
- Tecmo Bowl Throwback, which does allow for customizing team names, will not allow for editing of player abilities/attributes. The rosters will be the same as Tecmo Super Bowl which you can look over here but with fake names.
- THQ has posted a second blog answering community questions about UFC Undisputed 2010.
News and content that may have been missed from around the site:
- Predators Sneak Peak Video. Produced and co-written by Robert Rodriguez.
- Hugo Weaving Cast in Captain America. Will play the villain Red Skull.
- Robert De Niro to Play Vince Lombardi. Movie expected out in 2012.
- Theatrical Trailer for Tron Legacy. Sequel to the 1982 classic film.
- New Trailer for Iron Man 2. Less than two months until it releases.
- First Round NFL Mock Draft #3. The next one will be up late this week.
March 14, 2010 at 12:32 pm
bummer about Tecmo Bowl. why cant these companies understand that we want to be able to edit everything? dont really like the idea of having those old rosters but the game will prob still be really fun.
March 14, 2010 at 12:32 pm
lol at the tree. worst mascot in all of sports
March 14, 2010 at 12:33 pm
i watched and read all about the playstation move. its basically the same thing as the wii offers. so for tiger it will be the same response as you get with the wiimote and wii motion plus added on.
March 14, 2010 at 1:44 pm
You dumb shit…why would they let you edit the rosters? That would be the dumbest shit I've ever heard of it. The rosters are awesome as is. If you could edit them, you and all the other 12 year olds would put together all the best players to play with online.
Tecmo Super Bowl is the best football game ever created. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
March 14, 2010 at 1:46 pm
HAHAHAhAHA
EA is announcing a few mascots at a time for college football?
Like anyone cares. Oh wait, their target market is 8 year olds now with all their arcadey bullshit games.
This is a new low even for EA.
March 14, 2010 at 1:47 pm
OH yea, and shouldn't the mascots already be in the game???
The people at EA fail at life.
March 14, 2010 at 1:53 pm
omg i got banned FOR LIFE from operation sports for saying that the nba jam trailer looked like nba live. lol this is the funniest shit i've ever heard of.
March 14, 2010 at 1:55 pm
These mascots were not allowed in the game by the NCAA previous to this year.
March 14, 2010 at 1:56 pm
How is having more mascots in the game a bad thing? Seriously now be reasonable.
March 14, 2010 at 2:15 pm
As a Oregon Ducks fan I must say that the mascot for NCAA 10 is just sad looking it doesn't even look right to me. Not trying to be a dick but it just doesn't look like the real mascot.
March 14, 2010 at 4:13 pm
They're releasing the identities of the mascots 3 at a time like it's some huge deal!
Like OMG I can't wait to see which mascots will be next!
Come on, this is completely and utterly ridiculous.
Yea having mascots is cool, but just release the full list and not pretend like this is a reason in itself to buy the game.
March 14, 2010 at 4:32 pm
PASTA! will ncaa basketball 10 have a game add on for the brackets???????????????????? (or anyone else)
March 14, 2010 at 5:51 pm
This might sound Gay…..not that there is anything wrong with that, But I hope they put Buster from Boise State in. So yeah, im interested in this news. I skipped NCAA last year because Madden was so kick ass so my expectations are very high for this year.
March 14, 2010 at 5:55 pm
They said a long time ago that the NCAA Tourney will be added in via the Dynamic Updates shortly after they are announced. Haven't checked personally to see if it updated yet.
March 14, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Oregon had licensing issues with Disney: http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/...
I don''t think the other mascots had anything to do with the NCAA, but I may be wrong.
March 15, 2010 at 5:30 am
Sometimes there are licensing issues but mostly these mascots take a lot of effort to get in there, surprisingly. From what ive heard its hours of work for each one.
And for something that isnt part of the core gameplay, its hard to devote resources to making sure all 120 mascots are in there when they can work on more important things.
March 15, 2010 at 5:59 am
yeah they suck developer dick hard at that site
March 15, 2010 at 5:59 am
man shut yo bum ass up.
March 15, 2010 at 10:06 am
Benny the Beaver better make the list if the frickin Tree is in
March 15, 2010 at 10:07 am
Wonderful news on the PS3 motion control…NOT! Just another thing to keep developers from focusing on what's important in gaming, not this gimmicky motion control mess. Damn you Wii for making shaking your controller uncontrollably, using as little skill as possible, popular. I hate that PS3 and 360 are following in their footsteps. Is shaking the controller really that fun people?
And I actually have a Wii (collects dust) because I bought into the hype a couple of years ago, but other than the bowling and golf this controller is pointless. Leave the shaking to the Wii Mario, Zelda lovers please. Wishful thinking…
And, yes, I know this article was about using it for golf, but I just had to rant a little about the whole motion control mess.
March 15, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Really Pasta???? Say it out loud. “Be reasonable”. Asking your followers to be reasonable is like asking the Pope to not be Catholic…….AINT GONNA HAPPEN!
March 15, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Lame use of a Seinfeld reference.
March 15, 2010 at 1:31 pm
No you didnt. Stop lying
March 15, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Just ask how many PS3 owners actually use Six Axis control in their games. I have yet to find anybody who uses it or thinks its a better way to control the game. I feel the same way about motion control. Its a gimmicky waste of time.
March 15, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I think everyone is entitled to a little beaver, don't you……LOL
March 15, 2010 at 1:59 pm
yeah they suck developer dick hard at that site
March 15, 2010 at 1:59 pm
man shut yo bum ass up.
March 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Benny the Beaver better make the list if the frickin Tree is in
March 15, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Wonderful news on the PS3 motion control…NOT! Just another thing to keep developers from focusing on what's important in gaming, not this gimmicky motion control mess. Damn you Wii for making shaking your controller uncontrollably, using as little skill as possible, popular. I hate that PS3 and 360 are following in their footsteps. Is shaking the controller really that fun people?
And I actually have a Wii (collects dust) because I bought into the hype a couple of years ago, but other than the bowling and golf this controller is pointless. Leave the shaking to the Wii Mario, Zelda lovers please. Wishful thinking…
And, yes, I know this article was about using it for golf, but I just had to rant a little about the whole motion control mess.
March 15, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Really Pasta???? Say it out loud. “Be reasonable”. Asking your followers to be reasonable is like asking the Pope to not be Catholic…….AINT GONNA HAPPEN!
March 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Lame use of a Seinfeld reference.
March 15, 2010 at 9:31 pm
No you didnt. Stop lying
March 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Just ask how many PS3 owners actually use Six Axis control in their games. I have yet to find anybody who uses it or thinks its a better way to control the game. I feel the same way about motion control. Its a gimmicky waste of time.
March 15, 2010 at 9:35 pm
I think everyone is entitled to a little beaver, don't you……LOL