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Brett Favre is the Madden 09 cover athlete
He may be retired but Brett Favre is the cover athlete for Madden NFL 09. This is the first time a non-active player has been selected for the cover. The news comes out of an appearance on the David Letterman show tonight (which tapes earlier in the day) and has been confirmed by GameDaily. There is also a show on the NFL Network scheduled for Saturday at 10am ET that will showcase the history of Brett Favre and the Madden franchise. The official press release is expected Friday morning. ...
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NCAA Football 09 first week alternate jersey screenshots
As mentioned earlier in the week EA Sports is releasing a new screenshot each weekday showing off one of the 50+ alternate jerseys in NCAA Football 09 on the game's official website. To recap the ones released thus far I've included them here. Click the thumbnails below to view them full size. Look for West Virginia to be featured on Friday. Any questions regarding what alternates are in the game feel free to leave in the comments and I'll attempt to check for them (some teams have two alte...
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Matt Ryan announced as PS3 NCAA Football 09 cover athlete
Soon to be top 10 NFL draft pick and former Boston College QB Matt Ryan has been selected for the PS3 cover of NCAA Football 09. He joins Darren McFadden (360) and Sparty (Wii) as representing the cover of the console specific versions of the game. The PS2 and PSP covers are still to be announced in the future. Former college football standout Matt Ryan will join former Arkansas All-American Darren McFadden as a spokesman and cover athlete for NCAA Football 09. Ryan will be featured on the PL...
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A look ahead at the next few days
With all the events of this week I thought it would be beneficial to make everyone aware of what you can expect over the next several days. Below I've laid out my initial expectations. Keep in mind though that things may play out differently depending on the circumstances. If things change wildly then I'll try and drop a note about it on here. Despite being tied up with various things at times I will attempt to update the site as much as possible (as I generally do even when away attending ...
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Madden 09 online play gets first piece of disappointing news
Madden 09 producer Phil Frazier is continuing to answer questions in the game's official forum. The most notable piece of info to come out since the set of news I posted on earlier is that variable weather will not be found online. Hearing that doesn't bring about much confidence that other much needed online enhancements will be coming this year. Weather will not be available online. It's clear that many of you are interested in this functionality so it's already on my growing list of featu...
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NFL Head Coach 09 will have standalone release
Just two weeks ago I wrote how the possibility EA Sports would change their decision to make NFL Head Coach 09 exclusive to the Madden 09 Collector's Edition was still very much alive. Today EA made it official that the game will be out the first week of September to coincide with the opening of the NFL season as a standalone title and will retail for $49.99 This development doesn't change the value of purchasing Head Coach and Madden together (save $20 plus getting it three weeks early) bu...
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Madden Mock draft picks 27-32
These final five picks concludes the Madden Mock Draft with only a recap of the entire mock still to come. With the exception of the 49ers all of these teams will go into the game next year as powerhouses. Despite that they can still capitalize on their picks and improve their status in Madden through them. (more…)...
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Madden and NCAA Football screenshot update
EA Sports will be releasing a screen of a new alternate jersey every weekday. With the stated 50+ alternates that should run it all the way up to around release time. The first came out yesterday and displayed the Kansas Jayhawks red jersey. I won't be doing a post for each screen but they will be added into the gallery on a daily basis or you can check the NCAA Football 09 website for them as they go up. *Notre Dame now added to the gallery. I have the full size Madden 09 snow screensho...
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