Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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NBA 2K10 Patch Details
2K Sports has announced the details of the first patch that is coming for NBA 2K10. With fundamental flaws such as poor framerate, online play still not even completely functional, and glitches in My Player mode this is a highly anticipated patch. The effectiveness of the patch will have to be evaluated after it is out because this is an extremely significant list. Having such core issues as concerns and expecting they will all have been addressed in two weeks time seems improbable. Patch...
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NCAA Basketball 10 First Gameplay Videos
Thanks to Gamespot the first videos of actual gameplay are now out for NCAA Basketball 10. Two are from CBS presented games with Michigan @ Boston College and Auburn @ Kansas and one uses the ESPN presentation with Stanford @ Georgetown. Each runs just over a minute long. What I liked outside of the TV replicated presentation was the player movement on offense which looks very active and fluid. The commentary (CBS especially) feels a little empty at times which is probably because this is...
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NCAA Basketball 10 Hands-On from IGN
IGN has posted up a hands-on article for NCAA Basketball 10. Primarily discussed is the new CBS and ESPN integrated presentation and the play calling. There are also a few mentions of the raucous crowd and gameplay compared to NBA Live 10. No new feature mentions are made so whether the game has added online dynasty is still unknown. You can check out the full article here. The one slight change that has been made to the core basketball gameplay is that NCAA moves at a slightly quicker clip...
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NCAA Basketball 10 Demo Dated
The official website for NCAA Basketball 10 has revealed that the demo for the game will be out on Friday November 6th. With that falling on a Friday it seems that it will be out for the 360 and PS3 on the same day otherwise the graphic should have specified otherwise. No news on what the demo will entail. Given the focus on presentation it is expected to feature a CBS or ESPN game. As for the teams involved it will likely be a rematch of the NCAA Championship between Michigan State and N...
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More on CBS & ESPN in NCAA Basketball 10
EA Sports has posted a blog that goes more in-depth on the ESPN and CBS integrated presentation that will be featured in NCAA Basketball 10. The blog covers some aspects that could not all be shown in the previous introduction videos for CBS and ESPN such as breakdowns of the audio, cameras, halftime, overlays, and replays. Click here to read up on all the details. This is the first time that an EA SPORTS title has had full ESPN in game presentation and the first time any sports game has ha...
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NBA 2K10 Online Impressions
As the popularity of the NBA 2K franchise has risen the online performance has taken a sharp decline in its wake. Last year the Team Up mode was introduced however it was never able to consistently handle the load of multiple users being connected into one online game. With NBA 2K10 it has now been five days and online is still completely unreliable and some modes aren't even functional. If there is one thing I've always pushed for on the site it is companies living up to their promises a...
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NBA Live 10 Online Impressions
The last few years have brought strong online support from EA Canada. The titles out of there such as FIFA, NHL, and NBA Live have received new online modes while simultaneously improving the online performance despite the surging number of users to handle. NBA Live 10 continues that trend with excellent online play. (more...)...
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First Live Run Meetup Recap
Yesterday was the first first time getting together to play Adidas Live Run games in NBA Live 10. The Pastapadre squad may be 1-13 but no one seemed to mind. It was a fun evening and the one win was ultra-satisfying coming over a team that trash talked in pre-game and touted their being "ranked 13th in the world". You can check out all of the results and stats on the website. There will definitely be future Live Run sessions set up so keep an eye out if you're interested in joining in. G...
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First Live Run Meetup
One of the difficulties that comes with cooperative modes in sports games is arranging for a group of people to be on at the same time. While NBA Live 10 includes the ability to jump into Online Team Play games with Adidas Live Run you form a squad and build that up with members who are eligible to play. Earlier I posted up my impressions of the mode. It provides a good explanation of what it's all about and includes videos of the action. So I thought this would be a good time to coordina...
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NCAA Basketball 10 ESPN Presentation
The news and videos for NCAA Basketball 10 began just a few days ago but now we have our second video displaying the new presentation in the game. First it was the CBS presentation that was shown. The latest video shows off how ESPN is integrated to mimic the broadcasts that the network provides. Depending on the day of the week or the tournament you'll get the CBS or ESPN presentation in dynasty mode. What I think NCAA Basketball 10 is really nailing here is that presentation isn't about...
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