Madden 13 Cover Finals: Cam Newton vs. Calvin Johnson

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and Lions receiver Calvin Johnson will meet in the finals of the Madden 13 cover tournament. This comes as no surprise to people who followed the voting early on…

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Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and Lions receiver Calvin Johnson will meet in the finals of the Madden 13 cover tournament.  This comes as no surprise to people who followed the voting early on.  Both Johnson and Newton breezed through their early round competition and appeared to be destined for the finals for quite some time.

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Megatron beat out Aaron Rodgers with 67% of the vote while Newton beat Patrick Willis with only 53% of the votes.  The final voting runs through Wednesday April 25th.  You can place your vote anytime before then on the SportsNation website.

NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Features

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NCAA Football 12 disappointed a lot of fans.  There is no way of getting around that.  However, NCAA Football 13 actually looks like a massive improvement and will include features that the community actually wants.  After holding community day a few months ago where they brought together various influential figures in NCAA Football 13, things look to be improved.  In a webcast earlier today the developers talked about some of the features and improvements that they will be implementing into the NCAA Football 13 gameplay.

Some notable improvements include:

  1. Read and react defensive AI.
  2. No more psychic defensive backs.
  3. New playaction passes.
  4. Receivers are only available to throw to when they are looking.
  5. Disguised Man/Zone coverage.
  6. Different hot routes for running backs including swings routes and block and release routes.
  7. Improved custom playbooks.

Check back in on May 7th where the EA Sports team will be discussing dynasty mode in NCAA Football 13.  Take a look at the video below that highlights some of the improvements.  Let us know what you think in the comments section.

New NBA Jam: On Fire Roster Update Arrives

EA Sports has released a new roster update for their digital title NBA Jam: On Fire. The newest roster update adds a few rookies, some breakout stars, and some other long overdue players…

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EA Sports has released a new roster update for their digital title NBA Jam: On Fire.  The newest roster update adds a few rookies, some breakout stars, and some other long overdue players.  You can check out the full list of added players below.

  • Kyrie Irving
  • Jimmer Fredette
  • Jeremy Lin
  • Derrick Williams
  • Tristan Thompson
  • Brandon Knight
  • Kemba Walker
  • MarShon Brooks
  • Nene
  • DeAndre Jordan
  • Darren Collison
  • Aaron Afflalo
  • Roy Hibbert
  • Kyle Lowry

Barry Sanders Wins NCAA Football 13 Cover Vote

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Barry Sanders will be joining Robert Griffin III on the cover of NCAA Football 13.  Sanders beat out Herschel Walker in the finals of the 8 man tournament.  NCAA Football 13 will have an added focus on the Heisman trophy.  More information will be released in the upcoming weeks.

You can check out the first look at NCAA Football 13 here. Come back tomorrow to see an all new look at the gameplay in NCAA Football 13.

First NCAA Football 13 Gameplay Video

Yesterday EA Sports released some huge news concerning NCAA Football 13. There will be 25 new types of pass trajectories whereas before you were forced to either throw a bullet pass or a skyball lob pass. In this year’s game…

ncaa 13 gameplay

Yesterday EA Sports released some huge news concerning NCAA Football 13.  There will be 25 new types of pass trajectories whereas before you were forced to either throw a bullet pass or a skyball lob pass.  In this year’s game you will be able to place the pass over linebackers, or inside of the safeties.  Another major improvement that has plagued past NCAA Football games is the abolishment of psychic defensive backs who just happen to know where the ball is even without looking.

These were 2 of the main concerns brought up by the hardcore community and the casual players because both were just incredibly unrealistic.  If you watch the video below, you can tell there are still some flaws with the gameplay in NCAA 13 but the major problems look to be getting worked out.  What do you think of these improvements?  Let us know in the comments section below.

NHL 13 Cover: No Curse Here

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Fans of EA Sports’ NHL 13 game have the ability to vote for their favorite player to grace the cover of this year’s game.  Many people in the community are hesitant to vote for players on their favorite teams because of the perception of a cover curse.  Some even intentionally vote for players from their rival’s team hoping to curse them.  The Madden NFL series has suffered from this curse for over a decade (just look at how Peyton Hillis performed after gracing the Madden 12 cover).

EA Sports wants to make it very clear that players who have been on the last 3 NHL video game covers have far exceeded expectations and had great years.  So when deciding who to vote for in the NHL 13 cover tournament keep in mind that if history is any indication, the player that makes the cover will do wonderful.  Place your vote at NHL.com.  Let us know who you want to see on the NHL 13 cover in the comments section below.