Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Vote for the Madden 11 Demo Matchup
EA Sports is providing the opportunity to vote on which matchup will be presented in the demo for Madden 11. The three available to choose from are rematches of the Super Bowl and Conference Championship games. You can vote on this at the official Madden website. Super Bowl: Saints vs Colts AFC Championship: Jets vs Colts NFC Championship: Vikings vs Saints This should be interesting as I could see any one of those winning the vote. Early results show the the Jets-Colts running way beh...
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Chris Johnson Wants On The Madden Cover
Tennessee Titans RB Chris Johnson is now in the news due to statements made about how he should be the highest paid offensive player in the league and how he feels he has been slighted by not being offered the cover of Madden 11. Instead the cover athlete for the game, which will be announced prior to the draft, this year is being determined based on voting results. Drew Brees, Jared Allen, and Reggie Wayne are in the running. "No one deserves to be there but me. I set the record" (more&hel...
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Madden 11 Philip Rivers Screenshot
EA Sports has released a brand new screenshot for Madden 11. This one features a close-up of San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers. You can see it full size in the gallery. While noted yesterday that the early screens for NCAA Football 11 seemed to be more impressive than those for Madden 11, this one offers something that the NCAA game can not. That is the accurate representation of real players and the new face technology shines in this screenshot of Rivers....
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NCAA Football 11: Lighting and New Screens
EA Sports has released a new blog that focuses on positive reaction to the graphical improvements in NCAA Football 11 that came with the release of the first screenshot. They have also included two new screens (which can be found in the gallery) along with a comparison to NCAA 10 which really shows off the difference well. You can check it out in its entirety here. Without getting too much into the art/technical details, we wanted to talk about a couple of graphic improvements; the first ÂÂ...
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Tecmo Bowl Throwback Video Interview
Gametrailers has released a video interview with one of the producers of the upcoming XBL/PSN downloadable title Tecmo Bowl Throwback. Included in the video is the opportunity to see the first gameplay footage. Much of the discussion centers around the ability to play in either 3D or in the retro 2D. The 3D version of play offers an updated feel and a much wider range of vision. There has been no release date set but all signs point to it arriving in April. Continue on to check out the vide...
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Madden 11 First Info Follow-Up Blog
EA Sports has released the first in the line of producer blogs for Madden 11, as creative director Ian Cummings goes into some more detail on the catch tuning that was laid out yesterday. You can read the blog in its entirety along with a short video from Madden 10 showing some of the types of catches they are hoping to eliminate from the game right here. As developers, catching has always been one of the hardest and most frustrating areas of our game to tune because of the sheer amount of ...
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First Madden 11 News and Screenshots
Other than the mantra of Madden 11 being "simpler, quicker, and deeper" there has been little in the way of specific details about the upcoming game. However today IGN posted the first news about Madden 11 along with the first two screenshots which feature Miles Austin and Anquan Boldin. This first article focuses on the passing game, specifically improvements to catch animations and receiver AI. You can check out the full article here and I've also added the screens to the gallery. We've add...
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NFL Making Changes for 2010-11 Season
A couple changes have already been confirmed for the upcoming NFL season that will need to be instituted in Madden 11. Earlier today the NFL owners passed the new rule for overtime, which at the moment is just to be used in the playoffs but in a couple months it may be voted in to use in the regular season as well. Also umpires are moving from being lined up behind the defensive tackles and will now be stationed on the offensive side. This is primarily being done for safety reasons while it al...
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