Posts Tagged ‘ultimate team’
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Flawed set heavily exploited in Madden NFL 17 Ultimate Team leading to market crash
Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 17 earlier today experienced its first major disruption of the year and the ramifications are significant and widespread. A new set introduced to the mode was supposed to require five NAT (which are untradeable and unsellable) Elite level cards in exchange for a player rated 87+ with no restrictions. Unfortunately the set was improperly programmed and accepted five Bronze cards instead. For several hours users who were aware of the issue were able to capitalize...
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Press Row Podcast: Madden NFL 17 Ultimate Team Breakdown
One mode in Madden NFL 17 has expanded so much in terms of both content and prominence that it couldn’t even fit into the Review Roundtable episode. In this episode of the Press Row Podcast, Bryan Wiedey and T.J. Lauerman examine the revenue-driving Ultimate Team by going through its intimidating feature set and assessing what is working well and what could be improved. Has it all gotten to be a little too much for the average gamer? Check out the podcast through iTunes for iOS, on A...
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All-Pro Pack openings in Madden NFL 17 Ultimate Team
All-Pro Packs have been introduced to Madden NFL 17 for the first time. They're available only until Wednesday morning and feature three guaranteed Gold or better cards with there being a limit on how many can be purchased. I opened up five of the packs for the video above. ...
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Integrity of FIFA Ultimate Team brought into question with recent discoveries
Ultimate Team in FIFA generates hundreds of millions in digital revenue for Electronic Arts every year. The mode is built on digital purchases of in-game currency that is then spent on player and item cards. That can be unsettling as, unlike most physical products, they can't necessarily be inspected and tested to ensure they function to their described specifications. This has now become a major issue as a serious flaw has been identified in FIFA's Ultimate Team that causes the most de...
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More incoming rookies have been added to Madden NFL 16 Ultimate Team
On the first night of the 2016 NFL Draft, EA Sports added in the 31 first round selections to Madden NFL 16's Ultimate Team. You can check out all the details on those players here. Today they've introduced even more incoming rookies to the popular team-building mode. Rather than just adding in all the second rounders (there are still 10 missing) they've also mixed in some seemingly random selections from the third and fourth rounds. (more…)...
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The first round rookies have been added to Madden NFL 16 Ultimate Team
Ever since 2012 EA Sports has been adding incoming rookies early to Madden, several months before they make their official debut with the edition that represents their first actual season in the league. They've been able to do this by introducing them into Madden Ultimate Team and that has continued now for a sixth straight year with Madden NFL 16. All 31 first rounders taken in the 2016 NFL Draft can now be found in Madden 16's Ultimate Team mode. There are two different types of cards:...
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Salary Cap Ranked now available in Madden NFL 16 Ultimate Team
In an update that went out today the brand new mode Salary Cap Ranked has been added to Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 16. Not affecting any of the other ways to play, Salary Cap Ranked places a value on players who are selected from Item Binders, with 34 of them being chosen for the team while being fit under the assigned 1,000 point cap. There is an entry fee of one "Event Ticket" and once the teams are formed the challenge is to win six games before losing two, which is just like Draft Ch...
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New salary cap mode coming to Ultimate Team in Madden NFL 16
It's April, the NFL Draft is right around the corner, and promotion of Madden NFL 17 will be getting underway soon. Despite that a new mode is about to roll out in Madden NFL 16. A patch is coming in a few weeks that will deliver "Salary Cap Ranked Beta" to Ultimate Team. Salary Cap Ranked Beta is not just a new game mode, it’s a fundamental change that is felt throughout the entire Madden Ultimate Team experience by assigning a Cap Value to every player and redefining how to assemble a l...
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