Posts Tagged ‘patch’
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Madden patch #2 released
The second and more significant patch for Madden 08 has been pushed live by Microsoft. Those with the 360 version will be prompted to download the patch as the game loads up. The PS3 version is expected to receive the patch soon as well. When is dependent on Sony but it is in their hands. As previously reported the patch addresses the following issues: (more...)...
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The latest update on the Madden patch
It appears that the long awaited second patch for Madden 08 is nearing clearance for release. There should be an EA producer blog coming very soon that will have more details on when it can be expected. This is the patch that will address the main issues with the game such as the high rate of fumbles and franchise mode freezes. It is possible but unlikely they'll be providing a specific date so we may be looking at range. The impression I get is by the end of next week but there is no ...
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Updates on some hot community topics
-The 360 demo for College Hoops 2K8 was mentioned as coming "very soon" in the conference call. It seems likely that it is just going through the MS approval process and then it will be deployed. This will probably happen next week possibly on Tuesday, the day the game actually hits stores. -NHL 08 received a roster update yesterday. It took a long time but a great deal of effort was spent as they updated not just the NHL but the AHL as well. -NBA Live 08 should be seeing its initial roste...
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NCAA Football 08 gets a patch of its own
While the upcoming patch for Madden has been looming for a while, there wasn't much expectation that NCAA Football 08 would receive one as well. Despite that one was released just recently (under the radar) for the PS3 and seems likely to be out for the 360 in the near future. I am hoping to get word on the status of the 360 patch soon. **See update below the summary for the latest news.** Unfortunately some of the major issues such as the depth chart button lag were not dealt with, howev...
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EA clarifies on Madden 08 franchise fix in upcoming patch
As I suspected the patch for Madden 08 will include a fix to the franchise mode that has been causing people to prematurely end their franchises. Unfortunately this information was apparently cut off from the previous blog posting by EA that detailed what the patch was fixing. How they managed to miss that and take four days to clarify I don't know, but now everyone can calm down. In addition to everything mentioned earlier the patch will will address: Franchise - Fixed bug where the FA ...
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Details on the Madden patch
As I previously posted, the second (and more significant) patch for Madden 08 is on the way. In a producer blog the details of what will be fixed with this patch were revealed. Fumble Fix - Reduced fumble chances in certain situations. This has been tested thoroughly and we feel that people will be happy with a more realistic (and more fun!) number of fumbles. This was priority number 1 for us. DB Reactions- changes to the way that DBs play man coverage. Defenders in man coverage won't...
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Patch for Madden 08 nearly here
I have been able to confirm that the highly anticipated patch for Madden 08 (360 and PS3) has reached the certification stage. That means should the testing be completed smoothly it will be released in the very near future. I would expect it within the next two weeks. This coming patch, as I noted about a month ago, is expected to address more highly publicized issues than the first patch did. That includes the abnormally high rate of fumbles and freezes in franchise mode. Once it is rele...
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NBA Live 08 to add online team play
In a surprising move, EA has announced that online team play will be added to NBA Live 08 via a free downloadable update. This will offer a complete five on five experience over 10 different consoles. Prior to the games starting each individual can choose a position to lock into, or if all 10 slots aren't filled by users you can choose to keep switching between players open during the games. If there are aren't 10 people for a game the open slots will be filled by AI. This game mode al...
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Madden 08 auto-update details
A required update was released for Madden 08 on the Xbox 360. The PS3 will receive this same patch soon. The details on what this update corrected follows below: Franchise: Editing a player causes his contract value to change Franchise: Former user coaches do not fill their new team's roster causing the game to stop simulating. Franchise: The game crashes when simulating if the user releases all the HOF players from the Player Management Menu and then starts a franchise Train fo...
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Patch being worked on for Madden 08
Yesterday EA tipped off that a patch is in the works for Madden 08 by releasing it prematurely for the PS3. As it was not complete it caused some problems and was retracted later in the day. Also the rosters on both the 360 and PS3 were rolled back to the original default set. It isn't known whether the two issues were related. There was an update today to fix the rosters back but that does not represent the final patch that is being worked towards. By releasing the patch before it was...
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