Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden 09 online update
In his latest forum posting, Madden 09 lead producer Phil Frazier notes a couple of things relating to the game including a statement that they are likely going to be able to get variable weather into online unranked games. In the course of one week it has gone from no online weather, to talking about the possibility of it, to it being a 95% certainty that it'll be included. Hopefully that will include online league games which are in essence unranked games as well and would add to the experie...
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Latest NCAA Football 09 preview
Gametap has posted up a new preview of NCAA Football 09. In it areas such as the online dynasty, QB challenge (after interceptions), home field advantage, roster sharing, custom music, and atmosphere are discussed. You can read it in its entirety here. "Our full stat tracking that goes in for dynasty will be in the online version," Haumiller explains, "and we're also working with EA Sports World to get our stats displayed on the Web as well. You're going to be able to see your Top 25 lists, y...
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Madden 09 gameplay footage and online play details
Well I was wrong about nothing significant coming out in an effort to avoid getting swallowed up by GTA IV on its release day. IGN has the full details on Madden 09's online leagues via an interview with two of the Madden developers which you can read in its entirety here. It focuses on the league aspect but later in the interview shifts to discussion on the Virtual Training Center. They've also posted up the first gameplay footage. You can watch that video by clicking here (make sure to watch...
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Gamestop Madden Monday: Options on Demand
Continuing with their "Madden Mondays" blog feature for the third week in a row Gamestop has posted details on the picture-in-picture play call window. You can read the posting in full here. To keep the game moving, the Options OnDemand PIP Play-call Window will streamline the flow of important information, like player and team stats, instant replay and even Madden Tips, which suggests a feature you haven't used yet with a video tip explaining it. Think of it as the animated ...
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Madden Draft Analysis
With the 2008 NFL Draft now complete it is time to look at which teams improved their rosters the most for Madden 09. Continue on to view my breakdown of each team's potential instant impact picks for this year. Be sure to vote in the poll at the end for which team had the best Madden Draft. (more…)...
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Live Blog
I'll be around throughout the first round updating on a regular basis. Keep refreshing for new things that have been added such as draft thoughts and rookie Madden screenshots coming out of EA's Madden 09 draft page (which will include "trading cards" with the rookies). I'll also try to respond questions posed in the comments just keep in mind I can only give my thoughts on items surrounding Madden and NCAA that are public knowledge and not hands-on specific until 5/2. 1145: If the draft go...
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Live blog during the NFL Draft
I've mentioned on a few occasions that I'll be live blogging during the draft on a number of subjects and anything else that happens to come up. From posting the Madden 09 rookie screenshots and pointing to other additions to the Madden draft site, some general thoughts on what is known so far about Madden & NCAA 09 (again I can't speak to the hands-on time until 5/2), to draft reaction, I'll be updating it on a regular basis throughout the day. It'll all start up right as the draft begins...
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NCAA Football 09 cover reveal event
Some of you may have noticed that my initial hands-on impressions of NCAA Football 09 are no longer up. Apparently there was some sort of miscommunication and we were not informed of an embargo which holds until May 2nd. I'll have my full gameplay and feature impressions up then. So I thought I'd throw up a short recap of the PS3 NCAA cover reveal event with some pictures. Jake Long, Matt Ryan, Darren McFadden, DeSean Jackson, Chris Long, and Owen Schmitt were in attendance along with the g...
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