On the Padrecast posted earlier today some of the discussion centered on the way votes would ultimately be distributed in the Madden NFL 12 cover tournament. With a one vs one setup there is just as much potential for to go against an individual as there is for the votes to be cast in favor of them. ESPN has decided to release some of the current voting results before the winner is even determined and the motivation for doing so could be questioned. In this case the first reveal is that T...

The big news of the day is the tournament style voting for the cover of Madden NFL 12, but in launching the website for the game EA Sports has also communicated their plans for feature-centric blogs over the coming months. A video unveiling some features is expected as early as tomorrow (update: confirmed tomorrow morning), though the blogs would certainly be intended to go into much greater detail than anything that might be shown in a teaser video. April 28: 1) X-Books & Gameplay 2)...

The full tournament bracket for the Madden NFL 12 cover has now been released. As reported earlier each team has a player up for the honor that will be voted upon in a 'March Madness' style tournament. The Seahawks' candidate however is "The 12th Man" rather than a player. The seeding is somewhat odd, given that the Patriots representative Danny Woodhead has somehow pulled a four seed as one example. This may be due to the first round featuring all inter-division rivalries. The most in...

As anticipated the Madden NFL 12 cover athlete will be determined via fan vote in a 'March Madness' style tournament of 32 candidates. Each team has a representative with the voting to begin today and run through April with the winner being announced on April 27th. Each Monday the latest voting results will be revealed with the winners moving on to the next round. The bracket will be revealed later this afternoon on ESPN SportsNation and the website to begin voting will be up then. The Ma...

Next week is shaping up to be a big one for Madden NFL 12. A teaser video that will apparently reveal some new features is planned for early in the week. Now though EA Sports is starting to build anticipation for an announcement to come on Monday. Big, perhaps reassuring, news coming Monday and you're all involved....you won't want to miss this. Its the "you're all involved" part that attracted my immediate attention. There have been been some (unsubstantiated) rumors relating to the cover...

A teaser video for Madden NFL 12 will be released early next week with the news coming via Tweet from executive producer Phil Frazier. Last year the first concrete info on Madden 11 came the way of a blog on March 23rd so the timing for Madden 12 matches up almost exactly. Apparently new features will be revealed through the trailer. Features of course could mean anything, from visual additions and enhancements such as NCAA Football 12 first rolled out, to gameplay and presentation advanc...