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EA has released a few commercials for their newest installment of their ultra-popular football series Madden 10. The advertisements proves being good at videogames does not only take years of dedication, but months of physical training.
Okay, maybe it doesn’t but its certainly fun to pretend.
Up top is one of these commercials, and after the jump is the second. Both have a few NFL superstars starring in them too. Check them out. (more…)
If you enjoy the Madden series, chances you have read Sports Illustrated in the past. If you don’t have a subscription to the famed sporting magazine, you might want to check this out.
The publication time-from-time, offers free promotions if you sign up to receive S.I. for a certain amount of time. Right now, the magazine if giving away what I believe is their best deal yet.
Sign up for 28 weeks of Sports Illustrated for only $50, you’ll receive Madden 10 for free. Basically, you’re getting Madden for $10 cheaper than its retailed price and getting 28 free weeks of what could be the best print sports coverage. You can also specify which system you want Madden to run on.
Yeah, not a bad deal at all, eh? If you want to take advantage of the offer — click here.
I should mention, if you want take the mag’s deal, I should forewarn you. I doubt you’ll receive the game on launch. Most likely, it’ll take a few weeks after the game debuts in stores.
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Some of you sports gamers must be getting antsy because we are only a few short months away for Madden 10. If you are a fan of football, than trust me, you’re going to love this years installment — even if you despised the franchise over the last few years.
If you are still unsure how Madden will end up this year, EA is giving you the chance to play it a tad earlier — thanks to a demo they plan to release. Like every year, EA is offering a free demo through Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, however, they; along with GameStop, have something else up their sleeve.
The publisher is going to release two separate demos. One will be available (as always) via Market Place and/or PSN. That demo will pit the New York Giants against the Dallas Cowboys, in two, two minute quarters.
However, if you reserves Madden 10 at your local GameStop, then starting on July 15 the company will hand out codes which will give you access to a much more attractive demo. The code will offer gamers to play an “exclusive” 20-minute demo and relive Super Bowl XLIII, which had the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Arizona Cardinals.
So if you plan on buying the game, I recommend throwing down the five bucks to reserve it. You’ll get more of your jollies off playing 20 minutes, rather than 8.
As of now, the PlayStation 3 is lagging behind both the Xbox 360 and the Wii in terms of systems sold. The console is also the most expensive unit on the market, which currently is $399. One way Sony might want to carry some momentum going into the 2009 holiday season would be to slash the price of the PS3. And according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, they just might do that.
Arvind Bhatia is reporting from “industry sources“, that Sony is planning to cut the price of their PlayStation 3 by $100 this August. Their reason to discount the system is in preparation for EA’s highly praised annual football game Madden 10. They also want to capitalize on the back to school shopping season because nothings says welcome back to school like a brand new PS3.
Months before E3, rumors had suggested that Sony would make some kind of similar announcement during the week of the expo. Sony denounced these rumors, and by the time the show ended — no price cut had been revealed.
So will Sony finally make their PS3 cheaper to the consumer? Well, the company is still repeatedly denying any kind of cut, however, this is the same company who said the PSP GO wasn’t real either. That ended up being a ‘lie.’
In order for Sony to catchup to at least the Xbox 360 this year, they might have to slash the price — especially in these tough economic times. Their best bet would be to release another bundle, but maybe include a slightly less size hard-drive, or something to that extent.
EA has thrown in a little bit of a twist for their newest incarnation of their beloved Madden franchise. Madden 10 will feature a new mode online, where you can play with a friend on the same exact team.
If you have a buddy who is considerably better than yourself at the game, and get consistently slaughtered by him in each time you play, now you won’t. EA has introduced for the first time ever, online co-op; where you and someone else can play on the same team against the computer.
This isn’t the first time two people can play together, in fact you could do it in the previous Maddens. However, this will be the first time players can play with each other online.
Generally, when gamers played football games in a co-op mode, it didn’t turn out so fun. My biggest issue was because the camera would only follow the person who had the ball. So, if you were a wide-receiver, your player would constantly be out of view. With online play, that won’t be a problem because people will be playing on separate TVs, so the camera can just solely focus on you — even if you don’t have the ball.
Will co-op now be bearable in Madden now? I’m not sure, I’m excited to find out.
Also, the developers are promising another announcement at E3 regarding Madden. I’m actually hoping for 2 on 2 online versus mode. We’ll know soon enough.
Check out the co-op in action with the video above.
EA has sent out screens for their next installment of Madden. Called just Madden 10 (yes, not 2010), the sports title is once again trying to reclaim the title as the ‘best NFL game on earth‘ award. Like for the last 5 years, it should be easy because no other company is allowed to use the rights of the No Fun League. Good for EA.
Some of the screens are showing off the much needed gang tackles and it looks like Madden 10 will spot up to four defense players on one offensive guy, which is double from last year’s incarnation.
The other cool thing EA has brought to the table in Madden 10 is the introduction of towels around the players’ waist, which is an essential aspect of the game and really should help the gameplay become that much greater.
On a serious note, why are the players on the sideline still look like crap? If you take a look at the screenshot (above) of the Bills playing against the Patriots, check out the Pats‘ sideline. If you carefully browse the players, you’ll see a linemen wearing what looks like the number 12. For those who don’t know, that number would belong to Tom Brady, who is the team quarterback.
Tom Brady is not just known for his tremendous on-field ability but his good looks, as well. Meaning, he shouldn’t look like a linemen who ate his out of wedlock child. Unless of course his season ending surgery combined with his marriage to super hot Brazilian model Gisele Bündche, made him comfortable enough to gain 220 lbs.
Check out more screens after the jump.
Okay, I’m confused. EA has released some shots for the Wii’s version of Madden 10 and I’m not sure if I like the new look. In previous years, EA would just use the graphics/engine from the PS2 and Xbox version and slap on some Wiimote controls. The game wasn’t bad or anything, it just felt outdated — especially when compared to the 360 and PS3.
EA Sports has decided to completely overhaul the look and feel of this year’s football game. Graphically, when I glance at these new screenshots, it reminds me of a cross between NFL Blitz and Nickelodeon. Come to think of it, I do dig the style and I’m happy EA figured out that what they were doing in the past was getting very old.
I’m guessing they chose the new ‘Nickelodeon’ route for a number of reasons. First, by making it a tad cartoony and less realistic, the game can visually hide the fact that the Wii just can’t bust out the same type of graphics. Let’s face it, the PS3 and Xbox 360 are far superior machines for realism.
However, I doubt that is the only reason for the change. Remember, the Wii does extremely well in the casual market. Hell, that’s the main reason why it has sold the number of systems worldwide. Because of that, Madden, like most realistic sports games, don’t do very good on Nintendo’s new system. By changing the look, it appeals to a broader base — and looks more like a family title, rather than a sports title.
Also, in a weird way — I kind of want to try it now. Where in years past — I would have just skipped it.
After the jump, check out the rest of the screens. (more…)
*Not the actual cover*
Now that the NFL season is over (does anyone watch the Pro Bowl?), and I’ve finished my 6th franchise season in Madden ‘09, I’ve been thinking of the things that need to be added, changed, deleted, and tweaked for Madden 2010. Even though this year’s product was better than last year’s, there is still a lot of room for improvement.
So in no particular order, I give you 25 things that should be fixed for Madden 2010.
Use the ESPN License! – Why pay for a license you will never use? ESPN could be used to significantly improve the presentation. Imagine: pregame, halftime, postgame, and weekly wrap-up shows, complete with highlights and stats, presented by the NFL Live hosts. Play by play from the Monday Night Football crew.
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