Archive for the ‘Madden’ Category
  • Thoughts on the Final Madden Roster Update
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    Posted February 11th, 2010 at 11:32 am 76 Comments »
    When the final roster update for Madden 10 was released one change caught everyone by surprise. Players who had retired in the time between the end of their season and when the update arrived were removed, most notable of them being Kurt Warner. Upon discovering this I posted the article on the subject and hoped to get a comment on why the action was taken. As far as I know their removal represented the only time that off-season transactions were made in the game for a season that had just com...
  • Hidden Info in the Madden 11 Blog
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    Posted February 9th, 2010 at 1:51 pm 41 Comments »
    While the Super Bowl halftime video blog for Madden 11 focused on the vision going forward rather than any specific details about the game there may have been more to it than first realized. Users in various forums have attempted to dig through the video and pull out game related info from the whiteboards in the background. Over at ncaaStrategies one post summarizes everything that has been found so far. It includes screencaps pulled from the video and attempted transcription of everything ...
  • Madden 11 Halftime Blog
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    Posted February 7th, 2010 at 5:05 pm 51 Comments »
    For the second straight year EA Sports has posted a blog at halftime of the Super Bowl. Rather than focus on a feature or addition this time it is a video blog that goes over the development team and direction and vision for Madden 11. Continue on to watch the video and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
  • Final Roster Update Removes Kurt Warner
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    Posted February 6th, 2010 at 5:00 pm 80 Comments »
    An interesting development out of the final roster update for Madden 10 is that players who have announced their retirement have been removed from the game completely. Kurt Warner, Junior Seau, and Bertrand Berry are no longer available for use with the update that arrived earlier this morning. This caught me by complete surprise because it's the first time that I'm aware of that off-season transactions have made their way into that previous year's game. Madden 10 represents the 09-10 seaso...
  • EA Sports Bringing Madden to Facebook
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    Posted February 5th, 2010 at 3:29 pm 12 Comments »
    Earlier today EA Sports president Peter Moore announced plans for a Facebook version of Madden in an interview with Bloomberg TV. The social networking website is being accepted by more companies as a viable platform to release their games on and expand their reach. Currently the football competition on Facebook includes GridIron Live Football which does not have the benefit of having the NFL license. Popular games on Facebook have discovered huge revenue streams due to the large user base....
  • Final Madden 10 Roster Update Details
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    Posted February 5th, 2010 at 12:27 pm 131 Comments »
    The 12th and final roster update for Madden 10 is scheduled to be out today. This update is intended to adjust the final depth charts for all teams along with ratings changes being made primarily for the playoff teams. Continue on for the full list of changes and leave your thoughts in the comments! (Update) It should be out on Saturday morning. (more…)...
  • The Three Madden 11 Cover Candidates
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    Posted February 3rd, 2010 at 11:01 pm 72 Comments »
    With ESPN announcing the names and the website now displaying them, the three players selected by EA Sports to be eligible for the Madden 11 cover vote can now be laid out as well as having a winner named from the contest I ran on Wednesday evening. The hints I provided allowed for narrowing down the possibilities but there were different ways to interpret them and different ways to piece together the three and still meet all those criteria. Drew Brees is the clear favorite to win the vote ...
  • More Madden 11 Cover Candidate Info
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    Posted February 3rd, 2010 at 12:30 pm 173 Comments »
    Yesterday I revealed some hints as to the players that will be up for vote for the Madden 11 cover. There will be three to choose from, only one will end up gracing the cover, and all three players are from playoff teams. While the names will be officially unveiled tomorrow with the opening of the contest I wanted to provide some more info to narrow it down and get any final guesses in advance. Of the three candidates one is the clear standout and likely winner. One of the players will like...