Archive for the ‘Madden’ Category
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Tebowing Becomes Biggest Madden News Story Since Cover Competition
The cover voting for Madden NFL 13 generated a great deal of press and engagement from fans. Since then information on gameplay, presentation, and audio have all rolled out. What is it then that has caught the attention of the media? The inclusion of "Tebowing" of course! (more…)...
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Madden NFL 13 Takes Step Back Due to Disappointment with Audio
As the wait for the "monumental change to gameplay" being announced on June 4 for Madden NFL 13 continues EA Sports turned their attention to promoting the enhancements to audio. The new commentary team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms is joined by a number of authentic QB cadences and real on-field sounds provided by NFL Films, crown noise improvements, and an original soundtrack produced entirely in-house. (more…)...
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The Quarterbacks with Authentic Cadences in Madden NFL 13
EA Sports has revealed most of the quarterbacks that will have their authentic cadences included in Madden NFL 13. A partnership with NFL Films allowed the company to grab the audio for a number of QBs and implement their actual voices in the game. There will be 14 of them featured - 12 of which are currently known. For various reasons other QBs didn't make the cut in having their voices included in the game. (more…)...
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Your Thoughts on Madden NFL 13 Following the Audio News
Though Madden NFL 13 definitely seemed to generate some enthusiasm based on gameplay and presentation news the release of a commentary-centric video this week undeniably dampened that at least to an extent. Audio has been the most recent focus with the new announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, authentic cadences for the "top 10" QBs and on-field sounds provided by NFL Films, improvements to crowd noise, and a completely original soundtrack composed in-house representing the additions an...
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Gameplay and Presentation News Spark Excitement for Madden NFL 13
In the poll that went up last week the question was posed as to what effect the recent news focusing on gameplay and presentation had on perceptions of Madden NFL 13. After collecting over 5K votes the message is overwhelming - EA Sports hit on what fans were looking for and some legitimate excitement has been generated. (more…)...
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More on Audio in Madden NFL 13
Last night brought the first opportunity to hear the new commentary team call the action in Madden NFL 13 however there is much more in the way of audio improvements being introduced within the game than just that. EA Sports has released a producer blog detailing the upgrades and a series of related videos. While a great deal of the focus remains on Jim Nantz and Phil Simms taking over the announce duties and the process behind that there are improvements to crowd noise, new authentic QB ...
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Madden NFL 13 Footage with Commentary
EA Sports has released a video featuring some intro and gameplay footage of Madden NFL 13 with commentary from the new team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. This represents the first opportunity to hear the duo calling the game action in Madden. First impression isn't all that encouraging with many flat and uninspired moments and generic calls - despite that of course it's still an improvement over the terrible commentary found in Madden 12. Crowd noise doesn't come through all that well in t...
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Madden NFL 13 Score Bug Revamped
When the first visuals from Madden NFL 13 arrived feedback on the new score bug started rolling in and for all the wrong reasons. I was immediately struck by how cheesy it looked and many similar feelings were expressed in responses and within the community. EA Sports today sent out a look at the score bug as it stands now which has been completely revamped marking drastic improvement. The above image shows the previous version and below the new one. The redesigned score bug is muc...
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