Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden NFL 12 Franchise Mode Impressions
After taking a year off from improvements EA Sports made a strong effort to deliver with Franchise mode in Madden NFL 12 and have succeeded in doing so. With expanded rosters and cut days, scouting for the draft, a new free agency system, and improved logic in several areas Franchise mode is more compelling than ever. (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 Videos and Screenshots
Here is a look at Madden NFL 12 in action! Two games are featured with both having been played on default All-Pro difficulty. The first involves the Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card game of franchise mode. The second is an exhibition match-up with the New York Jets at New England Patriots in the snow. Check out all the screen grabs in the gallery or FB album and continue on to watch the series of videos! (more…)...
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Madden NFL 12 Superstar Mode Impressions
The career mode in the Madden series has been largely left to rot over recent years and though it received some attention in Madden NFL 12 it fails to provide any intrigue. Putting aside Online Franchise which went untouched Superstar mode is the most disappointing aspect of Madden 12 and pales in comparison to the flawed but improved Road to Glory in NCAA Football 12. (more…)...
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Madden 12 Hard Drive Evaluation
With Madden NFL 12 in hand the first thing to check on was loading times when playing from the disc up against those when installed to the Xbox 360 hard drive. The data is accessed quicker when installed as the disc doesn't need to be read and that accounts for the crisper loading. Madden 12 comes in half a gig smaller compared to last year but the loading times are longer. Still it doesn't suffer in the way that the NCAA Football series does. Install time- 7:36 Install size- 4.8 GB ...
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Madden 12 Arrives Early With Season Ticket
EA Sports has confirmed to me via Twitter that Madden NFL 12 will be available through the "Season Ticket" (for more on that check out my analysis on the subscription plan) tomorrow for the Xbox 360 at 10am ET/6am PT and the PS3 at approximately 6pm ET/3pm PT. The game will also be immediately playable after the download completes which is likely to take several hours (the file size is 4.8 GB). The digital copy will expire at 6am ET/3am PT on Tuesday morning but all saved files and achiev...
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Madden 12 Introduces NFL.com Fantasy Football Integration
Madden NFL 12 has partnered up with the league to integrate their fantasy football service into the video game. EA Sports will also be providing projections for the fantasy site based on internal simulations. By linking a fantasy league in Madden NFL 12 EA will be providing 3000 coins (value of $1) that can be used in Madden Ultimate Team mode or for online scouting. NFL.com's Fantasy Football can be accessed from within the Xbox Live section of the Madden 12 menu. After signing in with t...
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Madden 12 Coverage Blowout Begins Friday
Having been working with Madden NFL 12 practically around the clock since late last week I thought it would be a good idea to outline the coming coverage and set expectations. Come early Friday morning a ton of content will be posted on the site - until then however I am unable to make any comments about my time with Madden 12 or release any media. However feel free to leave any comments on what you're hoping to hear about in the impressions or see in images and videos and I'll take those un...
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Madden NFL 12 Player Ratings: NFC South
The roll-out of the player ratings for Madden NFL 12 has finally come to a completion with the release of the NFC South. All that would remain to uncover are any free agents and drafted or undrafted players that didn't make the cut on the original rosters. Check out the rosters and ratings for the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Saints made some moves to strengthen their already upper-echelon roster, the Panthers by trading for Greg Ol...
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