Archive for the ‘Madden’ Category
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Madden NFL 12 ‘Club 100’ Ratings Winners
With all the extensive coverage of Madden NFL 12 at the end of last week, along with the availability to play via the 'Season Ticket', the announcement of the 'Club 100' winners understandably got pushed to the side. Now though lets take a look at the five players who won the right through a vote to receive the coveted 100 rating in a particular category. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 General Impressions
The Madden franchise has been held back over the last few years due to a number of factors - not least of which has been the change in focus and direction that seemingly happened with the release of every iteration. Madden NFL 12 though has made the wise decision to concentrate on providing the authentic NFL experience. Whether that be directed at those who are used to watching on TV or others who spend game-days in the stadiums there is something of which that will emotionally connect to ev...
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Madden NFL 12 Franchise Mode Impressions
After taking a year off from improvements EA Sports made a strong effort to deliver with Franchise mode in Madden NFL 12 and have succeeded in doing so. With expanded rosters and cut days, scouting for the draft, a new free agency system, and improved logic in several areas Franchise mode is more compelling than ever. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 Videos and Screenshots
Here is a look at Madden NFL 12 in action! Two games are featured with both having been played on default All-Pro difficulty. The first involves the Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card game of franchise mode. The second is an exhibition match-up with the New York Jets at New England Patriots in the snow. Check out all the screen grabs in the gallery or FB album and continue on to watch the series of videos! (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 Superstar Mode Impressions
The career mode in the Madden series has been largely left to rot over recent years and though it received some attention in Madden NFL 12 it fails to provide any intrigue. Putting aside Online Franchise which went untouched Superstar mode is the most disappointing aspect of Madden 12 and pales in comparison to the flawed but improved Road to Glory in NCAA Football 12. (more…)...
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Madden 12 Hard Drive Evaluation
With Madden NFL 12 in hand the first thing to check on was loading times when playing from the disc up against those when installed to the Xbox 360 hard drive. The data is accessed quicker when installed as the disc doesn't need to be read and that accounts for the crisper loading. Madden 12 comes in half a gig smaller compared to last year but the loading times are longer. Still it doesn't suffer in the way that the NCAA Football series does. Install time- 7:36 Install size- 4.8 GB ...
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Madden 12 Arrives Early With Season Ticket
EA Sports has confirmed to me via Twitter that Madden NFL 12 will be available through the "Season Ticket" (for more on that check out my analysis on the subscription plan) tomorrow for the Xbox 360 at 10am ET/6am PT and the PS3 at approximately 6pm ET/3pm PT. The game will also be immediately playable after the download completes which is likely to take several hours (the file size is 4.8 GB). The digital copy will expire at 6am ET/3am PT on Tuesday morning but all saved files and achiev...
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Madden 12 Introduces NFL.com Fantasy Football Integration
Madden NFL 12 has partnered up with the league to integrate their fantasy football service into the video game. EA Sports will also be providing projections for the fantasy site based on internal simulations. By linking a fantasy league in Madden NFL 12 EA will be providing 3000 coins (value of $1) that can be used in Madden Ultimate Team mode or for online scouting. NFL.com's Fantasy Football can be accessed from within the Xbox Live section of the Madden 12 menu. After signing in with t...
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