Posts Tagged ‘year in review’
  • End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Post-Release Support of 2015
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    Posted December 15th, 2015 at 12:00 pm 1 Comment »
    The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Post-Release Support. These days publishers can't get away with simply releasing and moving on. Consumer expectations include multiple patches, to just not fix any glaring problems but further improve the game and offer new content, along with constant updates in areas such as rosters and team-building modes. Now Open for Voting: Best Gameplay - Best Presentation - Best Post-Release Support To da...
  • End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Presentation of 2015
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    Posted December 14th, 2015 at 11:30 am 1 Comment »
    The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best Presentation. This is a category that has simply been owned by the NBA 2K franchise, having taken home the award all five years. Now Open for Voting: Best Gameplay - Best Presentation NBA 2K16 looks to be in strong position to extend that to six in a row, after adding pre-recorded cutaway interviews during games, featuring a studio show with three quarters of the Inside the NBA crew, and even the...
  • End of Year Community Awards Voting: Best Gameplay of 2015
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    Posted December 10th, 2015 at 11:15 am 7 Comments »
    With 2015 coming to a close it’s time to begin looking back on the developments that have taken place and award the various efforts in sports gaming. To start will be the first of the Community Awards. You can check out the winners from previous years here. The categories to look forward to are Community Sports Game of the Year, Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game, Best Online Play, Best Presentation, Best Franchise Mode, Best Career Mode, Best Post-Release Support, Best New Feature, Bes...
  • Final Set of 2014 Community Award Winners
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    Posted January 13th, 2015 at 3:15 pm 12 Comments »
    After a few weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 31K – it’s time to announce the remaining winners of the 2014 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards. Make sure to check out the earlier results for the first six categories here. Continue on to see what has won Best New Feature, Most Disappointing Game, Best Mobile Game, Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game, and Best Sports Game of 2014! (more…)...
  • First Set of 2014 Community Awards Winners
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    Posted January 9th, 2015 at 11:15 am 15 Comments »
    After a few weeks of collecting votes – the total of which exceeded 31K – it’s time to announce the winners of the 2014 Pastapadre Community Choice Awards. In this half of the reveal the categories being examined are Best Gameplay, Best Franchise, Best Career, Best Presentation, Best Online, and Best Post-Release Support.  (more…)...
  • Recapping the Pastapadre Community Awards Nominations; Winners Announced Soon
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    Posted January 7th, 2015 at 1:45 pm No Comments »
    All the categories for the sixth annual Pastapadre Community Awards are now open for voting. Results will be announced on Friday or Monday. Make sure to cast your vote if you haven't already in each of the 11 categories! NBA 2K15 leads the way in number of nominations (6). It's followed by FIFA 15, Madden NFL 15, and MLB 14: The Show (4), The Golf Club and EA Sports UFC (3), and Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 and Super Mega Baseball (2). ♦Best Gameplay ♦Best Franchise Mode ♦Best Ca...
  • End of Year Community Awards: Best Sports Game of 2014
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    Posted January 6th, 2015 at 3:00 pm 5 Comments »
    The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards concludes with Best Sports Game. This will be the sixth year that the community will name a Sports Game of the Year. Previous winners have been MLB 13: The Show (2013), NBA 2K13 (2012), FIFA 12 (2011), NBA 2K11 (2010), and Madden NFL 10 (2009). No game stood head and shoulders above the pack this year - and they all sure had their fair share of issues and deficiencies - but strong arguments can be made for five of the h...
  • End of Year Community Awards: Best New or Non-Yearly Game
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    Posted January 5th, 2015 at 2:15 pm 1 Comment »
    The voting for various categories in the Pastapadre Community Awards continues with Best New or Non-Yearly Sports Game. This is a category that awarded no one in 2013 sadly - because there were none to consider - but in 2014 a few risks were taken and strong efforts emerged. The Golf Club, Super Mega Baseball, and EA Sports UFC vie for the award. (more…)...