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MLB 12: The Show Diamond Dynasty Details Slip Out

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MLB 12 The Show community manager Ramone Russell has been hinting at a new feature in this year’s game.  Although he won’t say what it is, we did find a little help today via the amazon listing for MLB 12.  This summary was included in the game description:

Diamond Dynasty – Manage your very own fully customizable MLB
team online. Challenge and beat CPU controlled MLB teams to recruit MLB stars
for your team, and compete against other users customized teams for development
points.
From our perspective, this could be a very hit or miss feature.  If it is done right, it may be one of the best game modes in sports video games.  If  not, it could be a big let down. Do you plan on trying diamond dynasty?

NBA Jam: On Fire Will Receive Roster Updates After All

One of the biggest announcements about NBA Jam: On Fire was that it would include roster updates. The game was released back in October while the NBA lockout was still going on and 3 months later there

nba jam on fireOne of the biggest announcements about NBA Jam: On Fire was that it would include roster updates.  The game was released back in October while the NBA lockout was still going on and 3 months later there are still no roster updates and until today no word from EA Sports on the matter.   Prominent media outlets such as Kotaku and PastaPadre as well as many angry customers had requested a response concerning the lack of roster updates. Kotaku received confirmation earlier today that there will in fact be a roster update for NBA Jam: On Fire.

The 2 on 2 arcade game is available for download on the PS3 and the XBOX 360.  There is no official word yet on when the roster update will be coming or how often they will be.  Are you more likely to purchase NBA Jam now that you know there will be roster updates?

4 Most Unusable Teams in Madden NFL 12

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Every year there are a handful of teams that you never see played with.  In Madden 12 there are 4 teams that stand out as completely unusable.  The only way you will ever see these teams online is if you are playing a hardcore fan or an amazing player testing his skill by using the worst teams.

4. Bills – If you put aside the Bills running backs Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller you are left with really no usable talent in madden 12.  Steve Johnson, while a good NFL receiver when he is not blaming God for his drops, does not translate well to madden.  It is hard to put Brad Smith at QB unless you want to pick a wildcat play which really limits the Bills offense.  Slow linebackers and safeties leave the defense vulnerable to big plays.On the bright side, you can use Brian Moorman and his 89 speed for some nifty fake punts.

3. Buccaneers – Josh Freeman and LeGarrette Blount suffered big ratings drops this year.  The top offensive skill player other than Kellen Winslow is only an 80 overall.  The Bucs don’t have a running back or wide receiver with any speed which limits their explosiveness on offense.  Their best linebacker is a 77 overall which leaves a huge hole in the middle of the defense.  While the corners are decent, the safeties are too slow and the defensive line isn’t anything special.  The one bright spot is the backup quarterback Josh Johnson.

2. Rams – Steven Jackson and Brandon Lloyd are the only good players on the Rams offense.  However, neither of them have the attributes that translates into dominant madden players which leaves the Rams in a tough spot.  Sam Bradford is stuck at 80 overall and they have no decent tight ends to help him.  On defense, you are limit to just Chris Long and James Laurinaitis but they have 75 and 76 speed respectively which really hurts.  If you play with the Rams you will have a hard time beating anyone.

1. Browns – Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl is harder than ever.  Joe Thomas is a stud but left tacklers don’t matter much in Madden.  Peyton Hillis’ ratings have dropped like a rock since the season started.  Joe Haden is a solid lockdown cornerback, but you can pick on every other member of the secondary.  The Browns best chance of scoring is to line Josh Cribbs up 30 yards behind the line of scrimmage, snap the ball and throw it to him to set up a punt return look.

Are their any other teams that you never see played with?  What teams do you refuse to use?  Let us know by leaving a response in our comments section.

UFC Undisputed 3 Fighter Ratings

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THQ has started the release of fighter ratings for their much anticipated PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 game UFC Undisputed 3.  Jon Jones (95) will have the highest overall rating upon the game’s release.  The roster will include 150 fighters from 7 weight classes but thus far only a handful of fighters have their attributes broken down.  Anderson Silva, who is featured on the cover of UFC Undisputed 3 gets a rating of 93 along with Jose Aldo.  Cain Velasquez and Georges St-Pierre are 1 point below at 92 overall.

Many of the fighters do not have their entire ratings set released.  However, those that do show their speed, strength, cardio, and footwork ratings along with other specialized offense and defense attributes.  Click on the links below for the full fighter breakdown.

Dominick Cruz – 92
Urijah Faber  – 91
Demitrious Johnson – 90
Miguel Torres – 89
Brian Bowles – 89
Norifumi Yamamoto – 88
Takeya Mizugaki – 88
Joseph Benavidez – 89
Scott Jorgensen – 89
Damacio Page – 86
Eddie Wineland – 87
Charlie Valencia – 84
Antonio Banuelos – 85
Chris Cariaso – 84
Jason Miller – 88
Michael Bisping – 87
Nate Diaz – 87
BJ Penn – 90
Jose Aldo – 93
Chad Mendes – 90
Kenny Florian – 89
Mark Hominick – 88
Manvel Gamburyan – 88
George Roop – 85
Fredson Paixao  – 85
Javier Vasquez – 87
Mike Brown – 87
Josh Grispi – 85
Leonard Garcia – 84
Raphael Assuncao – 85
Tiequan Zhang – 84
Erik Koch – 88
Anthony Pettis – 89
Donald Cerrone – 88
Clay Guida – 87
Dennis Siver – 81

MLB 2k12 Perfect Game Contest

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Justin Verlander made his way onto Conan last night to talk about winning the AL MVP and more importantly MLB 2k12.  Over the last 2 years, fans have been able to submit video recordings of their perfect games in the MLB 2K franchise.  This year the process will be simplified.  Gamers will be able to join a specific game mode where they will receive a unique code once they complete a perfect game.  Instead of picking just one winner, the top 8 contestants will compete in a tournament style competition to take home the $1 million dollar prize.  You will be able to start competing on baseball’s opening day April 4th, 2012.

Madden 12 Roster Update #19

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Following a great wild-card weekend in the NFL, this week’s roster update gives significant increases to the winners’ rosters and drops to the losers. The roster update will go live on Friday on both the PlayStation 3 and the XBOX 360.  Even though only players whose teams participated in the playoffs will have a chance to see movement in their ratings this weeks roster update is important because it will reset the depth chart by bringing players that were on injured reserve like Peyton Manning back into the starting lineup.

As expected Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas both received a large boost to their attributes along with many Giants, Texans, and Saints players.  Calvin Johnson finally joined the exclusive players rated at 99 overall.  Check out the full roster update below.

Chris Stewart OL ARZ Signs
Antonio Coleman LB ARZ Signs
Joe Hawley OL ATL Decrease, from 72 to 71OVR
Kroy Biermann DL ATL Decrease, from 78 to 75OVR
James Sanders S ATL Decrease, from 78 to 77OVR
Dunta Robinson CB ATL Decrease, from 83 to 82OVR
Ray Edwards DL ATL Decrease, from 87 to 85OVR
Matt Ryan QB ATL Decrease, from 90 to 89OVR
Tony Gonzalez TE ATL Decrease, from 92 to 91OVR
Tyson Clabo OL ATL Decrease, from 93 to 92OVR
Michael Turner HB ATL Decrease, from 95 to 94OVR
Roddy White WR ATL Decrease, from 97 to 96OVR
Mike Cox FB ATL Increase, from 70 to 72OVR
Matt Bosher P ATL Increase, from 71 to 73OVR
Chris Owens CB ATL Increase, from 72 to 74OVR
Prince Miller CB BUF Signs
Robert Eddins LB BUF Signs
Jeff Byers OL CAR Signs
Masfield Wrotto OL CHI Signs
Adam Jones CB CIN Decrease, from 73 to 72OVR
Kelly Jennings CB CIN Decrease, from 76 to 75OVR
Reggie Nelson S CIN Decrease, from 76 to 75OVR
Michael Johnson DL CIN Decrease, from 78 to 77OVR
Nate Livings OL CIN Decrease, from 79 to 76OVR
Chris Crocker S CIN Decrease, from 80 to 78OVR
Andre Smith OL CIN Decrease, from 80 to 79OVR
Andy Dalton QB CIN Decrease, from 81 to 80OVR
Carlos Dunlap DL CIN Decrease, from 84 to 83OVR
Rey Maualuga LB CIN Decrease, from 85 to 83OVR
Dan Skuta LB CIN Increase, from 60 to 62OVR
Brian Leonard HB CIN Increase, from 66 to 69OVR
Geno Atkins DL CIN Increase, from 86 to 88OVR
Andrew Whitworth OL CIN Increase, from 91 to 92OVR
Rico Murray CB CIN Signs
Micah Johnson LB CIN Signs
Owen Spencer WR CLE Signs
Dan Gronkowski TE CLE Signs
Ryan McBean DL DEN Decrease, from 73 to 72OVR
Rahim Moore S DEN Decrease, from 74 to 73OVR
Joe Mays LB DEN Decrease, from 82 to 80OVR
Rafael Bush S DEN Increase, from 56 to 62OVR
Quinton Carter S DEN Increase, from 70 to 73OVR
Orlando Franklin OL DEN Increase, from 72 to 76OVR
Zane Beadles OL DEN Increase, from 75 to 77OVR
Tim Tebow QB DEN Increase, from 76 to 79OVR
Demaryius Thomas WR DEN Increase, from 77 to 81OVR
Robert Ayers DL DEN Increase, from 79 to 82OVR
Brodrick Bunkley DL DEN Increase, from 85 to 86OVR
Matt Prater K DEN Increase, from 85 to 87OVR
Von Miller LB DEN Increase, from 86 to 87OVR
Champ Bailey CB DEN Increase, from 96 to 97OVR
Erick Decker WR DEN Lowered on depth chart (injury)
Demaryius Thomas WR DEN Moved to WR #1 on depth chart
Eddie Royal WR DEN Moved to WR #2 on depth chart
Matt Willis WR DEN Moved to WR #3 on depth chart
Amari Spievey S DET Decrease, from 80 to 79OVR
Corey Williams DL DET Decrease, from 83 to 82OVR
Louis Delmas S DET Decrease, from 84 to 83OVR
Cliff Avril DL DET Decrease, from 86 to 84OVR
Ndamukong Suh DL DET Decrease, from 93 to 92OVR
Aaron Berry CB DET Increase, from 64 to 66OVR
Sammie Hill DL DET Increase, from 76 to 77OVR
Matthew Stafford QB DET Increase, from 89 ro 90OVR
Calvin Johnson WR DET Increase, from 98 to 99OVR
Glover Quin S HOU Decrease, from 83 to 82OVR
Wade Smith OL HOU Decrease, from 84 to 83OVR
Connor Barwin LB HOU Decrease, from 85 to 84OVR
DeMeco Ryans LB HOU Decrease, from 88 to 87OVR
Earl Mitchell DL HOU Increase, from 72 to 73OVR
Brice McCain CB HOU Increase, from 72 to 73OVR
T.J. Yates QB HOU Increase, from 72 to 74OVR
Joel Dreessen TE HOU Increase, from 75 to 76OVR
Matt Turk P HOU Increase, from 75 to 79OVR
Danieal Manning S HOU Increase, from 77 to 78OVR
Tim Jamison DL HOU Increase, from 77 to 78OVR
Jason Allen CB HOU Increase, from 77 to 78OVR
J.J. Watt DL HOU Increase, from 84 to 86OVR
Antonio Smith DL HOU Increase, from 84 to 87OVR
Arian Foster HB HOU Increase, from 94 to 95OVR
Quan Cosby WR IND Signs
Derek Cox CB JAX Increase, from 79 to 83OVR
Robert McClain CB JAX Released
Darcel McBath S JAX Signs
Jammie Kirlew LB JAX Signs
Dan LeFevour QB JAX Signs
Rob Bruggeman OL KC Signs
Jamar Newsome WR KC Signs
Ray Feinga OL MIA Signs
Jordan Todman HB MIN Signs
Patrick Robinson CB NO Decrease, from 78 to 77OVR
Cameron Jordan DL NO Decrease, from 78 to 77OVR
Tracy Porter CB NO Decrease, from 82 to 81OVR
Jermon Bushrod OL NO Decrease, from 84 to 83OVR
Malcolm Jenkins S NO Decrease, from 84 to 83OVR
Roman Harper S NO Decrease, from 86 to 84OVR
Junior Galette DL NO Increase, from 68 to 71OVR
Jed Collins FB NO Increase, from 75 to 82OVR
Brian De La Puente OL NO Increase, from 77 to 78OVR
Pierre Thomas HB NO Increase, from 81 to 82OVR
Darren Sproles HB NO Increase, from 85 to 87OVR
Jabari Greer CB NO Increase, from 89 to 90OVR
Kareem McKenzie OL NYG Decrease, from 81 to 78OVR
Chris Snee OL NYG Decrease, from 92 to 91OVR
Chase Blackburn LB NYG Increase, from 68 to 72OVR
Jacquian Williams LB NYG Increase, from 69 to 70OVR
David Diehl OL NYG Increase, from 69 to 72OVR
Kevin Boothe OL NYG Increase, from 72 to 73OVR
Chris Canty DL NYG Increase, from 81 to 83OVR
Brandon Jacobs HB NYG Increase, from 83 to 84OVR
Ahmad Bradshaw HB NYG Increase, from 87 to 88OVR
Hakeem Nicks WR NYG Increase, from 90 to 91OVR
Justin Tuck DL NYG Increase, from 91 to 92OVR
Eli Manning QB NYG Increase, from 92 to 93OVR
Lonyae Miller HB OAK Signs
D.J. Johnson CB PHI Signs
Graig Cooper HB PHI Signs
Trevard Lindley CB PHI Signs
Max Starks OL PIT Decrease, from 76 to 73OVR
Ziggy Hood DL PIT Decrease, from 78 to 77OVR
James Farrior LB PIT Decrease, from 89 to 88OVR
Mike Wallace WR PIT Decrease, from 90 to 89OVR
Ike Taylor CB PIT Decrease, from 91 to 89OVR
Ryan Mundy S PIT Increase, from 70 to 72OVR
Isaac Redman HB PIT Increase, from 73 to 75OVR
Shaun Suisham K PIT Increase, from 73 to 75OVR
Ramon Foster OL PIT Increase, from 75 to 76OVR
Lamarr Woodley LB PIT Increase, from 94 to 95OVR
Anthony Madison CB PIT Signs
Chad Spann HB PIT Signs
Darryl Gamble LB SD Signs
Richard Sherman CB SEA Increase, from 74 to 76OVR
Joe Hastings WR SF Added to the game
Kyle Williams WR SF Moved to WR #2 on depth chart
Brett Swain WR SF Moved to WR #4 on depth chart
Braylon Edwards WR SF Released
Ben Leber LB STL Released
Terrence Wheatley CB TEN Signs