Nickname Submissions for NCAA Football 11
Over the weekend I posted regarding an interview Kotaku had with EA about how some high school nicknames were included in the audio for NCAA Football 10 for use with the Teambuilder feature. Over 2400 were recorded for the game but despite that there are still schools out there missing from the database. The full list of nicknames can be found here.
Last year EA Sports took submissions to add in last names for the announcers to say. Now for NCAA Football 11 they are taking nickname submissi...
Favorite Madden Ultimate Team Cards
One of the most intriguing elements of Madden Ultimate Team is in finding particular cards, whether it be through auction, packs, or a special deal. This is especially the case with the limited edition cards that are being created. Following their performances in the Divisional Playoff games Reggie Bush and Sidney Rice received special cards as 99 rated players. Only 1000 of them were offered and they sold out fast. Earlier today a Darrelle Revis 99 rated card was released only to sell out wit...
Tim Tebow Rumored For NCAA 11 Cover
Everyone fully expects Tim Tebow will be on the cover of NCAA Football 11. That could happen as the cover athlete for just one particular system with EA Sports having provided different covers for each version the last two years. There is also the chance that a player with the collegiate stature of Tebow would provide reason enough for EA to go back into just having a single universal cover athlete.
So it comes as little surprise that a report today states that Tebow is close to finalizing ...
Divisional Weekend Ratings Change Suggestions
While the Conference Championship games will still factor into the final Madden 10 roster update some more trends can be found from the Divisional games played this weekend. Like the Wild Card games the weekend was saved by the final one while the others were blowouts. The results throughout the playoffs are to be considered in the next update.
Keeping track of some of the standouts, Shonn Greene continued his strong showing with the big TD run against the Chargers. Ray Edwards and basicall...
Football With Project Natal Discussed
ESPN has posted up an interview with David Hufford from Microsoft that goes through various features of the Xbox360 and the ways they tie into sports gaming. What is most interesting is when the subject of Project Natal comes up as the response is all about how it could potentially work with a football game.
I think what Natal is going to enable is a whole new level of interactivity. You can imagine huddling up with your guys and you call a play in the huddle with your voice. You don't use th...
Wild Card Weekend Ratings Suggestions
The final roster update for Madden 10 won't arrive until the Friday before the Super Bowl but for the sake of keeping track of performance these posts will continue until then. Wild Card Weekend had three boring games before it was closed out by an incredible offensive battle and stunning OT finish.
Some of the names of note that performed well included pretty much everyone offensively for the Cardinals and Packers. Charles Woodson won Defensive Player of the Year so he should see a boost f...
New Innovative Madden On The Way
During a conference call today EA CEO John Riccitello mentioned an "innovative and new take on Madden" would be arriving in the upcoming fiscal year. No further details were provided which means speculation is naturally going to spiral out of control. Given that he stated this "new take on Madden" would arrive sometime in fiscal 2011 (April 2010-March 2011) it is probably not at all related to the standard yearly version of Madden that will release for the 360 and PS3.
I would think the sta...
Madden 10 Wins Poll as Favorite Game of 2009
Over the last two weeks votes have been coming in for the sports game that was most enjoyed in 2009. Over 5300 total votes had been cast at the time of publishing this article. That represents a significant number from a large cross-section of gamers and as such is a good indicator of general sentiment towards the titles. While UFC 2009 Undisputed topped my list it was Madden 10 that dominated the polling as the game that the most people considered their favorite of the year.
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