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The Three Madden 11 Cover Candidates
With ESPN announcing the names and the website now displaying them, the three players selected by EA Sports to be eligible for the Madden 11 cover vote can now be laid out as well as having a winner named from the contest I ran on Wednesday evening. The hints I provided allowed for narrowing down the possibilities but there were different ways to interpret them and different ways to piece together the three and still meet all those criteria. Drew Brees is the clear favorite to win the vote ...
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More Madden 11 Cover Candidate Info
Yesterday I revealed some hints as to the players that will be up for vote for the Madden 11 cover. There will be three to choose from, only one will end up gracing the cover, and all three players are from playoff teams. While the names will be officially unveiled tomorrow with the opening of the contest I wanted to provide some more info to narrow it down and get any final guesses in advance. Of the three candidates one is the clear standout and likely winner. One of the players will like...
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Info On the Madden 11 Cover Candidates
While I am not at liberty to disclose the candidates that will be up for the Madden 11 cover athlete vote I will be dropping some hints today and tomorrow leading up to them being revealed on Thursday. For those of you following me on Twitter I briefly mentioned a few vague details yesterday and even eliminated some names that had been guessed. As I first stated upon initial reaction given that EA Sports would need to come to an agreement with any player before offering them up as a potenti...
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How To Vote On The Madden 11 Cover
Given the news of the Doritos promotion from earlier this morning I went out to the store to get more details. For the first time the Madden cover will be determined by a voting process. Visit this website in order to participate. In addition to voting for the cover athlete of Madden 11 you'll be entered for a chance to win prizes including a trip to the NFL Draft. Despite my attempts to navigate the website I have been unable to locate anywhere to vote on the Madden 11 cover. It could be t...
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Madden 11 Cover To Be Voted On?
Though the cover athlete for Madden 11 would normally not be known until around NFL Draft time there is a new development today that could greatly affect how the final determination is made. Jstein2469 has posted a pic on Twitter that shows a new promotion being run by Doritos. Apparently the cover for Madden 11 will be chosen through some sort of fan based voting process. Right now the front-runner for the cover of Madden 11 would probably be either Drew Brees and Chad Ochocinco. However i...
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First Madden 11 Blog Coming During Super Bowl
For the second straight year the first news on the upcoming Madden will arrive during halftime of the Super Bowl. A blog posting will go up with discussion about one particular aspect of the game. For Madden 10 that was the "procedural awareness" and included details on what it was all about as well as a few videos showing off the technology. Earlier today lead designer Ian Cummings posted on Twitter that the idea of having a blog at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV for Madden 11 has been approv...
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NFL Conference Championship Preview
Tomorrow presents two intriguing Conference Championship match-ups. In the NFC the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints could deliver a very exciting game as both teams have good offenses and big play defenses. Over in the AFC the Indianapolis Colts offense will be challenged by the New York Jets stellar defense. So I took both of these games and watched them play out through a sim in Madden 10. Continue on to view the results and stats. Leave your thoughts in the comments regarding the...
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Backbreaker Cover Art and Release Date Change
The official box art for Backbreaker has been revealed. Click the image above to view the complete image. The game will be available this spring for $50 however the release date has come into question and may have shifted back further. After sitting on the April 27th release date for some time now the game may have been pushed back a month. Currently the Backbreaker website still lists it for release sometime in April however two major outlets have changed away from that. Generally changes ...
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