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Off to the Madden Community Event
I'm heading out now to make the long journey to the Tiburon Studio in Orlando for the Madden 08 Community Event. I'll be checking in whenever I can such as stops in airports and when I'm at the hotel. So the site will continue to be updated at various times each day. You can also check the forum where I'll drop notes on my current status throughout. Check the site for the first report from the event which should include solid impressions, pics, and videos very lat...
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Court orders OJ Simpson to hand over APF 2K8 money
Updating previous stories on the topic of OJ Simpson's involvement in All-Pro Football 2K8, today relatives of murder victim Ron Goldman won a court order to seize any money that Simpson has made from his likeness being included in the game. In their latest bid to collect on the civil judgment, the Goldmans went after any licensing fees, royalties or other compensation Simpson was paid or will be paid for his name and likeness in the new video game, "All-Pro Football 2K8." Under ...
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Microsoft drops Xbox 360 price in advance of Madden
Yesterday Microsoft officially announced the price drop for the 360. Effective tomorrow (August 8th) the Core falls to $279, Premium $349, and Elite $449. The reasoning behind the timing of the drop? Interestingly it is the release of Madden 08. The price drop is meant to be timed to the upcoming release of Madden 08, said Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, as a way to grab up all of those Playstation 2 Madden fans who haven't yet upgraded to the Playstation 3. &quo...
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Padre’s Campus Legend: The Final Chapter
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 This was a season filled with highs and lows for Wake Forest. Would they achieve the goal set before the year began of making the ACC Championship game and getting the birth into a BCS Bowl? Would Padre come through with a better statistical season than the previous two? Click through to read all the details on and watch highlights from Padre's Junior season leading up to the coming Madden Superstar mode!...
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NHL 08 will have online leagues
It has been announced that NHL 08 will include an online league feature on the Xbox 360 and PS3. This will be the first attempt at it from EA Sports since the ill-fated "Premium Pass" in Madden 2005. (1UP) "NHL 08's online leagues don't have the full complement of features that a typical Dynasty season would have," said Atienza. "We are looking to add more depth to online leagues next year. But we do have full stat tracking." One bummer is th...
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Madden 08 Player Ratings
The complete list of all player ratings in Madden 08 for every team are being released throughout the week by divisions at IGN. Click through to find the links to the teams that have been posted. This will be updated each day. Wednesday is the AFC and NFC North, and Thursday is the AFC and NFC South. (more…)...
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Discouraging news regarding Madden 08 online play
With the recent debacle that was the complete online experience for NCAA Football 08 came the concern that much of those problems would carry over to Madden 08 as well. Previously I have gone into detail of how numerous aspects of online for NCAA were causing an inordinate level of frustration as well as how reviewers practically ignored those issues. So with the history of EA Sports titles greatly lacking in online options and performance and coming off of the NCAA release it was obv...
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The mysterious face in Madden 08
A while back I posted a screen from one of the Madden videos showing a face in the score/info bar (above). This face has been spotted at various times in different videos for the game. No one really had an answer for what it represented. However thanks to "coogrfan" who is a member of several forums we have our first plausible theory. He posted two screens from other videos (which you can view below by clicking the thumbnails) and was able to determine that the fac...
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