Archive for the ‘Madden’ Category
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Live blog during the NFL Draft
I've mentioned on a few occasions that I'll be live blogging during the draft on a number of subjects and anything else that happens to come up. From posting the Madden 09 rookie screenshots and pointing to other additions to the Madden draft site, some general thoughts on what is known so far about Madden & NCAA 09 (again I can't speak to the hands-on time until 5/2), to draft reaction, I'll be updating it on a regular basis throughout the day. It'll all start up right as the draft begins...
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Commentators and new Madden 09 features revealed
Thanks to the official press release regarding the selection of Brett Favre for the cover of Madden 09 we now have the first idea of some big features in the game. The likely NFL Network duo of Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth will be featured as the commentators for Madden 09 and online leagues have been added. Madden NFL 09 strives to take authenticity and depth of gameplay to an new level with more than 85 new features and enhancements, including the all-new Total Control Animation system...
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Brett Favre is the Madden 09 cover athlete
He may be retired but Brett Favre is the cover athlete for Madden NFL 09. This is the first time a non-active player has been selected for the cover. The news comes out of an appearance on the David Letterman show tonight (which tapes earlier in the day) and has been confirmed by GameDaily. There is also a show on the NFL Network scheduled for Saturday at 10am ET that will showcase the history of Brett Favre and the Madden franchise. The official press release is expected Friday morning. ...
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Madden 09 online play gets first piece of disappointing news
Madden 09 producer Phil Frazier is continuing to answer questions in the game's official forum. The most notable piece of info to come out since the set of news I posted on earlier is that variable weather will not be found online. Hearing that doesn't bring about much confidence that other much needed online enhancements will be coming this year. Weather will not be available online. It's clear that many of you are interested in this functionality so it's already on my growing list of featu...
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Madden Mock draft picks 27-32
These final five picks concludes the Madden Mock Draft with only a recap of the entire mock still to come. With the exception of the 49ers all of these teams will go into the game next year as powerhouses. Despite that they can still capitalize on their picks and improve their status in Madden through them. (more…)...
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Madden and NCAA Football screenshot update
EA Sports will be releasing a screen of a new alternate jersey every weekday. With the stated 50+ alternates that should run it all the way up to around release time. The first came out yesterday and displayed the Kansas Jayhawks red jersey. I won't be doing a post for each screen but they will be added into the gallery on a daily basis or you can check the NCAA Football 09 website for them as they go up. *Notre Dame now added to the gallery. I have the full size Madden 09 snow screensho...
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Gamestop Madden Monday: Inclement Weather
The Gamestop blog is back again this week with its "Madden Monday" entry. Last time it covered the user controlled celebrations and now they go over the topic of inclement weather. You can read it in full here. Unfortunately the screenshot they posted originally was so small that it was difficult to really examine it for what they were describing. So I got ahold of the full size screenshot. Update: Clicking the thumbnail below will bring up the image. Then click full size to view it as o...
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Madden 09 producer interacting with community
Madden 09 producer Phil Frazier, who took over for the departing David Ortiz, is actively responding to questions on the official forum for the game. While there are some things he obviously can't go into detail on there have been several interesting pieces of information to come out of it. After discussing the errors with uniforms in Madden in the interview I had with Peter Moore he stated he would make it a priority to get right. It appears that he has followed through on that promise. W...
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