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Sessler's Soapbox: Changing the Game is a Good Thing
Change, for the most part, is a good thing. But not everyone is comfortable with change. Sometimes, the one thing you've grown accustomed to is the last thing you want to change, even if it's for the better. Such is the subject of this week's Soapbox. Adam uses Madden NFL 11's new Game Flow system as an example of how innovations within a gaming...
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NFL Player Files Lawsuit Over Madden Likenesses
Former Bengals all-star running back Tony Davis, on behalf of over 6,000 retired NFL players, have filed a suit against Electronic Arts over the use of their likenesses in Madden NFL 09. According to the players, Madden didn't use "classic" players' actual names or numbers, but did swipe the actual stats of well-known players....
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Electronic Arts Promises "Innovative, New Take On Madden"
It looks like Madden NFL could be in for a shakeup in 2010. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello told analysts today that his company is currently preparing an "innovative and new take on Madden" for release in fiscal year 2011 (which would dictate a release date before March 30, 2011). Madden NFL is typically released every...
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EA Shutting Down Online Servers For Numerous Sports Games
There certainly isn't anything unusual about publishers shutting down online servers for games that people are no longer playing. So it shouldn’t surprise you that EA announced today that they will be taking an axe to a number of servers on Feb 2. The two most notable entries on the list are the poorly received Facebreaker and Madden NFL...
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Worst/Best Glitches In Madden History
Electronic Arts flagship football franchise Madden NFL has been kicking around for 20 years, and every year it's gotten more complicated and closer to realism. With added complexity comes added development challenges: There's just no way that a development team could foresee every eventuality in a Madden game, even a team as obviously talented...
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Madden Retires From Football, But Not Video Games
John Madden, legendary football coach, broadcaster and namesake of the Madden NFL series of video games, has announced his retirement from sportscasting after decades in the business. He started calling games in 1979 and the last Super Bowl was Madden's swan-song. While NBC will replace Madden with Cris Collinsworth on-air, we wondered whether...
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EA Holding Massive Sale
Electronic Arts is marking down most of its 2008 games lineup. Everything is on sale and must go, go, go. They're practically giving it all away. Here's the price-list: Dead Space was $60, now it's $50 Red Alert 3 was $40, now it's $30 Army of Two was $30, now it's $20 Mirror's Edge was $50, now it's $40 Madden 09 was $60,...
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The End of $60 Games?
Is $60 too much to pay for a video game? Some industry experts think so. Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald says the $60 price point might be lowered as video game publishers try to keep sales up in an increasingly bleak economic climate. Greenwald notes that over the holiday season, AAA titles like Madden 09 and Mirror's Edge had its prices cut...
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EA's Prediction Shockingly Accurate
This is scary: EA's prediction for the Super Bowl -- which was made last week -- proved shockingly accurate. The company used Madden NFL 09 to predict the game and called it Steelers 28, Cardinals 24. The actual score: Steelers 27, Cards 23. One point off for each team is much better than Vegas did in predicting the game. As far as the...
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NFL Players Association Ordered To Cough Up $28-Million Over 'Madden NFL' Rights
The other day I was watching Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and it had this interesting piece on how the NFL Players Association was fleecing retired football players. Instead of looking out for its retired players, the NFLPA was helping Electronic Arts save money on licensing fees for the Madden NFL series by allowing it to use generic players...
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EA Predicts Winner Of The Super Bowl
There's no reason to watch the upcoming Super Bowl; EA Sports has already determined the winner using Madden NFL 09. According to EA, The Steelers are going to take the trophy in Super Bowl XLIII by only four points, after a hard-fought squeaker of a game. Final score: 28 to 24. I ran a series of Super Bowl simulations in my mind, and I predict...
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'Madden 09' Picks Playoff Winners
This weekend is the final round of the NFL Playoffs to determine the teams for Super Bowl XLIII. But if you don't want to waste six-plus hours of AFC and NFC playoff games, no problem. Madden 09 has already picked the winners and the scores. According to a Madden simulation run by IGN, here's how it's going to shake out: In the NFC, Kurt...
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Microsoft Reveals Top 20 Xbox Live And Xbox Live Arcade Titles Of 2008
Microsoft's Captain Marketing Major Nelson has released a trio of "top 20" lists for the year of 2008. The categories are top Xbox 360 Live titles (based on unique users), top Xbox Live Arcade games (based on full purchases), and the top (original) Xbox Live (based on unique users). Here are the lists! Xbox 360 Top Live Titles ...
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X-Play Best of 2008 Winners List
X-Play has announced its list of winners for the sixth annual X-Play Best of 2008 Awards. The whole list follows, but here is the Game of the Year video. Watch Larger Version of this Video And now, below the jump, please check out the entire list of winners. Read More?
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'Skate 2' Interview: Chilling With Pro Skater Darren Navarrette
In addition to being sponsored by Creature, Independent, and Vox, Darrent Navarrette is just a pretty cool guy. Interviewing him at EA's Skate 2 event was just a chill experience (I'm sure the drinks helped). During my interview, he revealed how he became Skate 2's "hand-plant guy", which superhero he felt like when wearing a...
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Sessler's Soapbox: Changing the Game is a Good Thing
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Comedy: Madden Boot Camp
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X-Play Presents The History of Madden
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G-Phoria '09: Best Sports Game
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Game Before The Game: Madden Super Bowl Predictions
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