Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden 10 Play Calling Improvements
This week's Inside EA Blog for Madden 10 covers improvements that have been made to play calling and the playbooks. A lot has been done to give each teams their own identities based on how they play in real life as well as how they could change in the game due to player movement. You can check it out the article in full here. Another example we'll showcase is the Colts. Again, researching their playcalling percentages on first down, they are more of a passing team with Peyton Manning (56% p...
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Madden NFL Hall of Fame
EA is set to announce the Madden NFL Hall of Fame program tomorrow. This is something that is community driven in determining what players or game related history makes the Hall of Fame based on different criteria. Gamestop has the early word on this in their blog and EA will lay it out in great detail tomorrow. Because it's a community-driven initiative, fan involvement is KEY. As an active member of the Madden Community, you can be a guiding force for the direction of the Madden NFL Hall ...
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PP Online Dynasty Owners
After a few days of sign-ups this serves as the announcement for the two Pastapadre Online Dynasties being run. One utilizes Teambuilder and the other is traditional. If you did not make it in and would like to be considered for the waiting list continue to frequent the forums to take advantage of any openings that come up in the future. There will certainly be reasons for replacements throughout. Also if you would like to organize your own dynasty to run in the forums feel free to contact m...
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Latest NBA Free Agent Moves
In the earlier posting the focus was on the first big names to commit to new teams. Those were Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva to the Pistons and Hedo Turkoglu to the Trailblazers (which has earlier been confirmed - and updating has now apparently fallen apart). Yesterday a new wave of news came with agreements coming in from Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza. Continue on to check out the most recent developments and leave your thoughts on them in the comments. (more...)...
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Upcoming NCAA Football 10 Online Dynasties
Last year we had a successful online dynasty which was very enjoyable and allowed me to post occasional updates to the site on its progress. That will happen again this year but with more availability because there will be multiple ongoing site related dynasties. Here are the details on them and how to sign-up if you are interested in participating. (more...)...
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Early NBA Free Agency Moves
Even though players can't officially sign with teams until July 8th some have already agreed to terms with new teams. While next offseason is the one everyone is waiting for there are still some impact players available this year. Here is a look at the biggest names to commit or appear to be on their way to doing so thus far this offseason and what it means for the teams involved. (more...)...
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Teambuilder Hits 100K
EA Sports announced today that over 100,000 teams have been created on the Teambuilder website for NCAA Football 10. Currently I'm working on my Transformers themed team and the community based Pastapadre Ninjas have already taken shape. I just recently started playing around with it and was surprised by how user-friendly the process is while still offering a great amount of options and depth. From a business standpoint Teambuilder is likely to be a huge success and this milestone is a si...
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Road to Glory Mode Detailed
Today brings the raising of the embargo on the Road to Glory mode in NCAA Football 10. There will likely be media previews out on it later today. Until now all we've known about the mode is that it represents a revamped Campus Legend with the addition of Erin Andrews. EA has now released their official description of the mode and a video about it which you can watch here. The new Road to Glory mode allows you to choose a position, embark on a college career and then reflect on your greatest...
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Introducing the Pastapadre Ninjas
After a few days of voting it is time to declare the winner of the NCAA Football 10 Teambuilder community team creation. Kyhadley's Ninjas jumped out of the gate and the others never were able to challenge in the voting. Kyhadley will be receiving a copy of NCAA 10 and I will be awarding some of the community who put a lot of time into making teams as well. Masta Solidus, MannyBeltre, and LVradio will get a copy of the game too. Thanks to everyone who made the effort of creating a potential ...
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NBA 2009 Pre-Draft Trades
With the NBA Draft taking place this evening many teams looked to position themselves for the future by making trades in the last few days. Here is a look at some of the bigger names that have moved and how they may impact the video games this year. Leave your thoughts on the trades in the comments! (more...)...
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