Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
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PSN Bandwidth Charges May Explain No MME on PS3
When the March Madness edition of NCAA Basketball 09 was announced many people wondered why it was exclusive to the Xbox 360. EA Sports didn't make any comments as to the reasoning behind that. News that came out today though may provide the basis for why that decision was made. MTV has an article about how publishers have become frustrated with the charging of bandwidth fees for both paid and free content on Sony's Playstation Network. It appears that this is another (unrealized) benefit...
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NCAA Tournament Featured Game 3/20
For day two of the NCAA Tournament I went with #5 Florida State against #12 Wisconsin. This East regional match-up will be played on Friday night scheduled at 9:55 ET. The downloadable "Bracket Pack" is now working. Unfortunately it doesn't appear they've gotten the courts properly assigned. This game was played on Villanova's home court yet the real game is taking place in Boise. This time around I decided to create a Top Five highlight reel via EA Sports World. Continue on to read a sho...
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NCAA Tournament Featured Game 3/19
Throughout the NCAA Basketball Tournament I'm going to feature a game on the slate for the following day. I'll play through one of the games I find most intriguing with NCAA Basketball 09 and post up the results. While the Bracket Pack is being advertised as out on the XBL Marketplace I don't believe it actually is. You can download it but the updated brackets and ratings don't show up. I've got an email in on this now to find out the situation. So for this first game I just made some adj...
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NCAA Tournament Challenge 09
One of the most exciting times of the year for sports fans has arrived with the NCAA Tournament starting on Thursday. I have set up a bracket challenge for the site which will be tracked throughout the course of the tourney. I'm currently attempting to secure a few small prizes that will be given out to entrants randomly selected from the group which may or may not happen. Even if that doesn't come about the winner will still receive a prize being their choice of a 1600 MS points card or ...
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NCAA Basketball 09: March Madness Edition
EA has announced that they will be coming out with a downloadable version of NCAA Basketball 09 that offers just the official NCAA Tournament along with updated rosters. This will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 and will release on March 11th. For those who have the full version of NCAA Basketball 09 the Bracket Pack will once again be offered as DLC which includes the roster update and official tournament bracket for free. Gamespot has the full details along with a producer interview discussin...
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Waiver Wire: NBA Live Developer Interview
I was unable to take part in the latest Waiver Wire podcast but it is a good one as it features three developers from NBA Live 09/10 as they look back on this year and discuss some of what they are working towards for the next iteration. Mike Wang, Ryan Santos and Sean O'Brien join host Chase Becotte who is kind enough to represent me by mentioning my gripe with the name NBA Live 10. Also of interest out of the interview is that it appears they will be keeping the same structure for Live 365...
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NBA Live 09 Gets Free DLC
Just as they did last year EA Sports is offering free downloadable content for NBA Live 09 in celebration of All-Star Weekend. The NBA All Star Weekend 09 Pack is now available on XBL. Last year the DLC only came to the 360 and I am waiting on a response back on whether the PS3 will be receiving it this year. Update: The PS3 will get the DLC next Thursday. The download includes the official East and West jerseys and All Star Game court. With a roster update coming tomorrow the All Star te...
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Live 09 OTP Vs Devs Recap
The battle in NBA Live 09Â Online Team Play between Team Pastapadre and Team NBA Live Developers took place on Friday. PP took the Trailblazers while the Devs took the Magic. I was joined by bdiddy51791 (Rudy Fernandez), SECRT AG3NT Man (Greg Oden), and Hawkfan23114 (Lamarcus Aldridge). I controlled Brandon Roy. We also had Cabrillo24 in but lost him before tip-off. Thanks for everyone who got to participate as well as those of you who intended to but didn't make it in time. It was a ...
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Live 09 OTP Against The Devs
This Friday we have an opportunity to put together an online team play club outing against a group of NBA Live developers (on the 360). I'll be recording the game which will be posted up over the weekend along with a recap and stats. The game will likely begin at 630ET/330PT on Friday and I will update the start time if any changes are made. If you would like to take part leave your gamertag in the comments. If you are already a member of the Pastapadre Club then your spot will be held by...
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NBA Live Top 10 Highlights
EA Sports World has now started featuring highlights from NBA Live 09 in their weekly top 10 videos. Previously they had been doing so for several other 09 titles. You can watch the latest by clicking here and the video player is off to the right side of the page. This one is definitely worth checking out. Not only does one of my videos make an appearance, but it is easily the most entertaining one to date. I didn't expect it to be so damn funny. The Thompson Brothers have done a good job...
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