Saturday, August 29, 2015

FIFA 16: Predicting Every Tottenham Player Rating

Tottenham Hotspur had a relatively positive Premier League 2014/15 campaign and finished in fifth place, just six points behind those coveted Champions League places. Essentially they did a Tottenham. Mauricio Pochettinos side looked brilliant at times but couldnt maintain their challenge for the top four, dropping points against Burnley, Stoke and Aston`Villa during the business end of last season.

FIFA-wise Tottenham represent a sturdy pair of hands who can do you proud against West Ham, Newcastle and Stoke but against the top teams they dont represent enough quality for you to continuously challenge your mate who has gleefully selected Man United. Spurs big-game players such as Christian Eriksen, Hugo Lloris and (this years) Harry Kane will guarantee you some luxurious button-pressing on FIFA 16 coins but have the North London side improved enough during the summer transfer window to begin to compete with big boys?

Not really. On a whole Tottenhams player ratings will definitely improve due to the number of young players who broke into the first team last season.Positive performances from Mason, Nacer Chadli and Danny Rose will give Pochettinos side a boost alongside new signings, Toby Alderweireld and Clinton NJie but the lack of big spending this transfer window means Spurs will be continue to be the best of the non-elite sides.

This article will look at each player poised to be in Tottenhams team next season and attempt to predict the rating that they will be given by EA Sports football brains. The algorithm being used takes the performances from last season combined with their FUT (FIFA Ultimate Team) card from last term.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

The next characters to get scaled down to 16-bit sprites are from Final Fantasy XIV.

Y’shtola, a Miqo’te who made her debut in the first version of Final Fantasy XIV, is a veteran crossover character. In addition to being playable in Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcades, Y’shtola will be in Final Fantasy Record Keeper. She can cast ice elemental attack Aqua Aura, defense buff Stonraskin, and heal HP plus recover negative status effects with Medicara. Thancred, a male Hyur who plays a key role in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s story, can join your Final Fantasy Record Keeper party too. He has skills like the Dual Blade Spin which does two physical attacks in one turn and Dancing Edge which hits for four consecutive physical attacks. A crossover event allows players to get these two Final Fantasy XIV characters kicks off today in Japan and ends on August 4. Read more stories about Android & Final Fantasy Record Keeper & Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn & iPhone on Siliconera. Final Fantasy XIV Heroes Go Retro For Final Fantasy Record Keeper Final Fantasy Record Keeper brings characters from the entire Final Fantasy series together. The next characters to get scaled down to 16-bit sprites are from Final Fantasy XIV.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Elder Scrolls Online PS4, Xbox One, PC: Tamriel Unlimited changes revealed

The new pack from ZeniMax Online Studios will launch first on PC on August 31, then Xbox One on September 15, followed finally by PlayStation 4 on September 16. The heart of the Cyrodiilic Empire has fallen to Daedric Prince Molag Bal and it is up to the three alliances to retake the Imperial City while still fighting amongst themselves. The Imperial City is the first DLC game pack for Elder Scrolls Online and has been promised to add hours of additional gameplay. New areas, quests, enemies, and exclusive items are set to be added, while pricing depends on the status of a players ESO Plus membership. The full Imperial City DLC game pack is included with an active ESO Plus membership, although if you are not an ESO Plus member, or your membership lapses, the Imperial City DLC game pack will cost 2,500 crowns in the ESOTU Store. The Imperial City will come in two parts-the DLC game pack, and the base-game patch, while everyone who owns The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will receive the base-game patch at no cost.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo feature in the worst FIFA 15 misses of the season

Even the best players miss goals.www.gmusd.com But probably not as spectacularly as these open goal misses on FIFA 15, which have all made the 'Misses of the Season' compilations from EA Sports. And even the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi feature, both guilty of some shocking misses.www.mmozt.com And some of them are hilarious; particularly Sebastian Giovinco's for Juventus who manages to hit the post three times in three seconds. What EA Sports haven't done though, is leave the gamer tags of those guilty of these misses, which is very kind. Watch the great video above and if any of these are you, be ashamed. Be very ashamed.www.gmusd.com

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Interview: Blizzard's Chris Sigaty and Alan Dabiri on Heroes of the Storm

blizzard has now released its next big new game which takes characters from their vast universes and smashes them all together in a massive team-based rumble. It doesn't stop there though, because they will be constantly updating the game with new features, game balances, and content like new battlegrounds and heroes. The best part about it is that it' Luke Lawrie, Stevivor: The last time I spoke to you guys at Blizzard was back in January and you were just going into closed beta. From the transition to that and into full release what was it that made you confident that Heroes of the Storm was ready to be put out there?www.gofifacoins.net Chris Sigaty: One of the primary drivers was battlegrounds; getting to our seven we felt like it was a great mixture of the variety we wanted to see. Our heroes too, we wanted to have a good representation across all of it. We actually slowed down on the release of Heroes in the last two major releases a bit. We wanted to really to get ready for it and focus a lot more on the polish, the stability of the entire online system and performance of the game, all of those things. So there was a lot more focus in that direction and wanting to pull it all together. But those last two battlegrounds were critical for us to step back and say, "This is the ground floor of where we want to be when we ship Heroes of the Storm to the world."s a load of fun and you can play it for free. We were invited back once again to chat with some of the creative developers at Blizzard, this time talking to Executive Producer Chris Sigaty and Technical Director Alan Dabiri.

Sunday, May 31, 2015

6.1 Hotfixes: March 23

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.1. Hotfixes are updates made on our end without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require the realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Hotfixes have been listed by the date they've been implemented. Also available, hotfixes compiled by category for those wanting a quick summary of all hotfixes that have been applied since the start of World of Warcraft Patch 6.1.

Tags may be added to some hotfixes to denote a special condition.

[Requires a realm restart] means the hotfix will not take effect until after a scheduled rolling restart or maintenance.
[Hotfix in testing] means the hotfix is in early stages of testing and may not be implemented just yet. However, the change is important and is posted to provide as much advanced notice as possible.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

FIFA 15 Pro Clubs: Perfecting the striker and forward build

EA Sports’ famed club soccer franchise, FIFA 15 was released just a few months ago and a couple of Orange in the Oven writers have spent some time playing Pro Clubs, the highly popular online mode. Over the course of the past couple of months, we’ve brought you a couple of articles focusing on the broader play style differences in FIFA 15 Pro Clubs over other past iterations. This week we wanted to bring you a bit more of a focused set of tips and tricks to help those who want to play as a striker or forward.

The first thing to remember for FIFA 15 Pro Clubs if you want to play as a striker is you need to figure out what style of striker you want to be. Are you more of a pacey, quick striker who burns defenses with balls sent in over the top to give you one v one opportunities against the opposing keeper or are you more comfortable playing as a stronger hold-up forward who focuses more on creating opportunities for your striker partner or midfielders?

I have found in my time playing FIFA 15 Pro Clubs my preference leans toward the stronger, bigger forward who is a playmaker. In fact, my preferred “build” is a 200 lb., 6’0″ forward. This build gives me reasonable strength, good height for taking headers on set pieces, but most importantly it gives me sprint speed and balance. I’m harder for defenders to knock off the ball when in possession, and when necessary I can still beat defenders on the dribble.

Not everybody will be comfortable with this build, but I can say since the switch, our Pro Club (Wombles FC) has been on an absolute tear through successive divisions. It helps having great midfielders capable of timing balls sent into the box, or passes played right where you need them for runs through the defense.

The other important tip this week, and you’ll see it a time or two in the video above, is to learn how to pace your sprint. Use it to get by a defender and into the box, then just as they approach you for a tackle, switch gears to a dead stop, turn and pass to a streaking midfielder or striker into the box. This one move alone is more effective than any dribble move in the game.

And getting teammates involved in the attack is honestly more fun than doing it all yourself as the celebration becomes about the team and not just one player. At the end of the day, that is what makes Pro Clubs the most fun mode in FIFA 15.

Feel free to subscribe to Wombles FC’s Youtube channel via the video above, and keep an eye peeled on Orange in the Oven for more FIFA 15 Pro Clubs tips and tricks as we try to figure out some useful midfielder and defender builds for you.