Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Fans to Vote for Madden 12 Cover Athlete
As anticipated the Madden NFL 12 cover athlete will be determined via fan vote in a 'March Madness' style tournament of 32 candidates. Each team has a representative with the voting to begin today and run through April with the winner being announced on April 27th. Each Monday the latest voting results will be revealed with the winners moving on to the next round. The bracket will be revealed later this afternoon on ESPN SportsNation and the website to begin voting will be up then. The Ma...
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EA Sports Hyping Madden 12 Announcement
Next week is shaping up to be a big one for Madden NFL 12. A teaser video that will apparently reveal some new features is planned for early in the week. Now though EA Sports is starting to build anticipation for an announcement to come on Monday. Big, perhaps reassuring, news coming Monday and you're all involved....you won't want to miss this. Its the "you're all involved" part that attracted my immediate attention. There have been been some (unsubstantiated) rumors relating to the cover...
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First Set of New Plays in NCAA Football 12
EA Sports is slowly revealing a number of new plays that will be included in NCAA Football 12. There are a total of 25 being introduced in the game with the first three of them having been detailed so far. Continue on to check them out with their accompanying descriptions and leave any thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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First Madden 12 Video Coming Next Week
A teaser video for Madden NFL 12 will be released early next week with the news coming via Tweet from executive producer Phil Frazier. Last year the first concrete info on Madden 11 came the way of a blog on March 23rd so the timing for Madden 12 matches up almost exactly. Apparently new features will be revealed through the trailer. Features of course could mean anything, from visual additions and enhancements such as NCAA Football 12 first rolled out, to gameplay and presentation advanc...
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Video Detailing Visual Improvements in NCAA Football 12 Plus Six Screenshots
EA Sports has delivered a brief video discussing some of the work that has been done on visuals for NCAA Football 12. In particular the "HDR Lighting" is gone over in detail which preserves the contrast regardless of the conditions. Along with the video are six additional screenshots including one that directly compares the grass of 11 to 12. The improvements don’t end with HDR and Dynamic Exposure. As you can see in the screenshots, we have added a lot of other eye candy to the game. D...
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First NCAA Football 12 Screenshot
EA Sports has released the first screenshot for NCAA Football 12 via ESPN. The screen features the Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes playing in their Nike Pro Combat jerseys. There are supposedly a number of improvements and additions to be found in this screenshot that EA plans to go over in detail tomorrow. The most obvious addition based on the image would be the oft-requested dreadlocks which have been absent from the series. What else can you spot in the screen that is new?...
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Soldier Field Coming to Madden 12
Football games have been forced to go without officially having Soldier Field as the home of the Chicago Bears. In the case of Madden it has instead been referred to as "Chicago Stadium" while NFL 2K5 called it "Chicago Field". This has all been due to a licensing issue as the stadium is owned by the Chicago Park District. They have remained unresponsive over the years despite being consistently approached for the license to use Soldier Field in games. Though the resemblance to Soldier F...
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NCAA Football 12 Cover Voting Opens
EA Sports has opened up the voting for the NCAA Football 12 cover athlete. The process is being conducted on Facebook from the NCAA Football page. As reported yesterday Alabama RB Mark Ingram, Washington QB Jake Locker, Oklahoma RB DeMarco Murray, and Auburn DT Nick Fairley are the candidates in the running for the honor. While this is being conducted on Facebook in part to boost the "Like" number of the page (it is required to "Like" it in order to cast a vote) doing so should help to prev...
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