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*UPDATE – This roster update is now available (02/20/2010).
To recap, the latest Madden 10 roster update removed this years retiring players from the game completely. This includes Kurt Warner, Bertrand Berry and Junior Seau. The roster update created an uproar in the Madden community being the first time players were removed for retirement in the [...]

If the infinite care package glitch has become the bane of your existence then you’re just like me. Luckily for us Infinite Ward has dealt with the exploit and has issued a patch that is now under Xbox 360 certification. This will be the second fix on this same issue. It turns out the glitchers [...]

The last Madden 10 will be released for Xbox Live and PSN tomorrow (Feb 6th 2010) in time for the big Colts vs Saints game. As you know EA Sports has slacked off this year with their roster updates. In the 20 weeks of NFL football only 12 Roster updates have been released. A couple [...]

Earlier today the demo for Sega’s new Alien Vs Predator game was released on Xbox Live and PSN. The Demo features a multiplayer deathmatch on one map.
Last year when this game was announced I was excited to hear that Alien Vs Predator was receiving a reboot. The production team is introducing a brand new story [...]

In late 2009, Madden Ultimate Team was announced for Madden 10 as an add-on. The good news is that its finally ready and its absolutely free!
So what is Madden Ultimate Team? Basically its Madden 10 fused with Magic The Gathering. Yea that’s right the 1990s card game. Lucky for you, you won’t have to deal [...]

The first NBA 2k10 patch fixed up a lot of the mess and headaches that shipped at release but there’s still more to fix. Most complaints about the game have to do with the online experience. Laggy gameplay and broken leagues won’t win 2k10 any awards.
However 2k10 does flaunt pretty nice offline modes which continue [...]

Earlier today Infinity Ward released a patch to re-balance the overly exploited power of the akimbo shotguns. Most notably the dual wielding of the Model 1887 shotgun. The accuracy and range of this weapon have now been reduced.
Also the patch fixes the bug that randomly placed players into private matches.
It’s nice to see Infinity Ward [...]

Patch 1.06 was released early this morning to fix the Javelin Exploit in Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer mode. For those of you who don’t know, this exploit allowed users to detonate their Javelin missile upon death creating a very large blast radius which would take out any nearby players.
For the past week or more, Infinity [...]

The Madden 10 patch that went live for the PS3 last week is finally available for Xbox 360. Simply start the game while connected to Xbox Live to receive the patch.
Hopefully my players will finally cover the flat zones correctly in online play so people will stop running screen plays and running back dump offs [...]

PS3 owners will be able to download the new Madden patch by simply starting their game while connected to PSN. Earlier this year I wrote a post on how the NBA 2K10 patch hit Xbox Live before PSN but this time around it looks like PSN beat out Xbox Live. The Xbox patch will be [...]