Both IGN and Gamespot have posted up extended impressions from first hand looks at Madden 08. IGN has also posted a video interview with producer David Ortiz which also shows off some gameplay footage. You can check out the video on IGN's page or you can view it here by clicking through to the full article. Highlights from the writeups: IGN the game just feels much more like pro football than it ever has on next-gen consoles. Players now respond to your every touch so there's no more gett...

IGN has posted up two gameplay vids from NBA Live 08 with a build dated June 14th. One features the Lakers vs Suns and the other has the Finals matchup of Cavs vs Spurs. You can view the videos through IGN's video page. You can also view them here via youtube by clicking through to the full article. These were rather short clips and the selection of them seems curious as they don't show off much or anything exciting in particular. This does however give a chance to get familiar with the ne...

Last week it was gang tackling that was given the spotlight. This week in his producer blog, Ian Cummings displays some of the sideline catches that are new to Madden 08 this year. Some notes from Cummings: You can see how we actually take awareness into account on these videos - a highly rated player like Gates is consistently getting his feet in, but then you can see a player like Vincent Jackson who's rated lower than Gates still can play the catch but possibly not get his feet in. T...

Via EA's producer blogs comes a new video Madden 08 video. In Ian Cummings' entry today is a focused look at the gang tackling. Videos can't show the game changing difference this technology has made for us (and for you all). I tried to get a really good 4 man one, but only got ones where the defender fell backwards at first. This isn't always the case, but it was the best I could do with the timeā€¦getting a "true" 4 man pileup proved kind of difficult. Despite the disclaimer he makes about i...