Given some of the reaction to the news that fans will have the opportunity to affect rookie player ratings in Madden 11, EA Sports has clarified some of the details on how much influence will actually be had. Peter Moore made a statement that the average rating from the fans would be the baseline with adjustments being made afterwards, however it appears the procedure will be completely different. Donny Moore will be setting the initial rating for players which will be released during the d...

EA Sports president Peter Moore has released a blog detailing ways in which the company is connecting with fans for Madden 11. The cover voting and demo voting are mentioned but new is the ability for fans to go on the Madden website on Draft Day and suggest Another first for EA SPORTS during the NFL Draft will be the ability for fans to influence rookie ratings in Madden NFL 11. On draft day, ratings guru Donny Moore will post what he thinks the rookie ratings should be. Fans can then go to ...

EA Sports is providing the opportunity to vote on which matchup will be presented in the demo for Madden 11. The three available to choose from are rematches of the Super Bowl and Conference Championship games. You can vote on this at the official Madden website. Super Bowl: Saints vs Colts AFC Championship: Jets vs Colts NFC Championship: Vikings vs Saints This should be interesting as I could see any one of those winning the vote. Early results show the the Jets-Colts running way beh...

Tennessee Titans RB Chris Johnson is now in the news due to statements made about how he should be the highest paid offensive player in the league and how he feels he has been slighted by not being offered the cover of Madden 11. Instead the cover athlete for the game, which will be announced prior to the draft, this year is being determined based on voting results. Drew Brees, Jared Allen, and Reggie Wayne are in the running. "No one deserves to be there but me. I set the record" (more&hel...

EA Sports has released a brand new screenshot for Madden 11. This one features a close-up of San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers. You can see it full size in the gallery. While noted yesterday that the early screens for NCAA Football 11 seemed to be more impressive than those for Madden 11, this one offers something that the NCAA game can not. That is the accurate representation of real players and the new face technology shines in this screenshot of Rivers....

EA Sports has released the first in the line of producer blogs for Madden 11, as creative director Ian Cummings goes into some more detail on the catch tuning that was laid out yesterday. You can read the blog in its entirety along with a short video from Madden 10 showing some of the types of catches they are hoping to eliminate from the game right here. As developers, catching has always been one of the hardest and most frustrating areas of our game to tune because of the sheer amount of ...

Other than the mantra of Madden 11 being "simpler, quicker, and deeper" there has been little in the way of specific details about the upcoming game. However today IGN posted the first news about Madden 11 along with the first two screenshots which feature Miles Austin and Anquan Boldin. This first article focuses on the passing game, specifically improvements to catch animations and receiver AI. You can check out the full article here and I've also added the screens to the gallery. We've add...

A couple changes have already been confirmed for the upcoming NFL season that will need to be instituted in Madden 11. Earlier today the NFL owners passed the new rule for overtime, which at the moment is just to be used in the playoffs but in a couple months it may be voted in to use in the regular season as well. Also umpires are moving from being lined up behind the defensive tackles and will now be stationed on the offensive side. This is primarily being done for safety reasons while it al...