Madden 2010 Cover Athlete May Be Determined Via Auction
Earlier today Peter Moore stated to Bloomberg that the cover of next year's Madden may go to the highest bidder. The proceeds would then be donated to the United Way Foundation. The decision on whether this will happen has not yet been made but the possibility is being discussed.
There's no question that many players would pay for the opportunity to be on the cover. Up until now the athlete has been determined by previous season performance, or in the case of Brett Favre the entirety of h...
NBA 2K9 Highlight Contest Clips and Poll
Thanks to all those who sent in links to their NBA 2K9 highlight videos. From the submissions I've selected five to be voted on to determine the winner of the contest. Voting will run through Sunday morning. Continue on to view the five videos and vote in the poll.
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Madden 09 Roster Update #9 Details
The ninth roster update for Madden 09 is tentatively scheduled to release on Friday. The Bills get some love this week, but the Cowboys somehow escape without any downgrades on defense, only one point lost on the offensive line, and Pacman Jones remains on the roster.
Continue on for all the transactions, ratings up/down, injuries, and contract extensions.
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NBA 2K9 PC Copies Missing Activation Codes
The PC community was very pleased when 2K Sports announced that NBA 2K9 would be releasing a PC version. This amounts to the first attempt for 2K and with the platform vacated by EA Sports they have the basketball crowd to themselves this year. Anticipation was made even higher when it was stated the game would be a port of the 360 version rather than the PS2 version as Live had been offering up until this year. Though it lacks any online functionality there seemed to be a pretty large conti...
The State of Madden 09
Last week I stated that it was unlikely that the planned downloadable content for Madden 09 would ever make its way out. Today that was made official as producer Phil Frazier has confirmed that there will be no downloadable content this year. The original plan was to include some community requests such as CPU sliders and accelerated clock and for free at that. It is fair to expect that those things will now be included in Madden 2010. Below is the full statement from Phil Frazier which cove...
September Sales Numbers
NPD has released the official sales numbers for September offering an opportunity to look at how Madden fared in its second month of release. The numbers for the NBA games won't be known until they are released next month at which point we'll be able to look at how they have did year over year as well as against each other.
As discussed with August's sales Madden saw an increase from the previous year with the PS3 and 360 more than making up the losses seen from the PS2 and Xbox. Both the...
NBA 2K9 Online Play Update
2K Sports stated earlier today that they have implemented improvements that should be reflected in online performance. Reaction so far is mixed with some reports of increased success in playing standard head-to-head games but others still experiencing freezing issues or difficulty starting a game. The 5 on 5 Team-Up mode is not expected to see significant improvement due to whatever was done as the severe lag and disconnects are still prevalent.
Other topics of concern such as the wrong r...
Madden 09 Roster Update #8 Details
The eighth roster update for Madden 09 is slated to release tomorrow. For those wondering whether the Cowboys would be seeing the drastic changes in this update the answer is only partially. The Roy Williams trade made it in and Mat McBriar went to IR. But no changes were made for Tony Romo or Pacman Jones. Another big name signing from this week that is included in the update is Shaun Alexander joining the Redskins.
Continue on to view the details of all the transactions, ratings changes...