Madden Ultimate Team Announced
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Gamespot has a first look at Madden Ultimate Team which is similar in concept to FIFA Ultimate Team which released last year. This will be a downloadable update which will add the mode to the menu of the regular Madden 10 game. The FIFA version of Ultimate Team cost $10 however in a surprising move Madden Ultimate Team will be free. Check out the full preview here.
after loading it up for the first time…you’ll be given a randomized set of cards, enough to get you up and running right away….Those cards include players, stadiums, playbooks, coaches, injury cards, and contract cards, and the quality of the card will be reflected in its status as either a bronze, silver, or gold card….Playing games with your team, you’ll earn credits that you can then use to buy bronze, silver, or gold packs full of more cards you can use to bolster your team. You’ll also be able to spend real-world cash to buy in-game credits.
Obviously EA is looking to rake in some money off those who will pay for in-game credits but by making MUT free they have also increased the value of Madden 10. With sales showing continued strength this year this new mode could make Madden an even more appealing gift over the holidays.
Madden Ultimate Team does not have a solidified release date though EA Sports is shooting for early January. While that would coincide with the NFL Playoffs the mode is a perfect fit for the offseason. Continue on for the Gamespot video featuring MUT and leave your thoughts in the comments!
November 4, 2009 at 2:38 am
This is going to be mad!!!!
I loved the concept on FIFA, and I love it on Madden!
November 4, 2009 at 2:45 am
I am excited for this now. I wanna try it. I am already playing madden more than usual and this will help. Perfect time for EA to do this.
November 4, 2009 at 3:17 am
wow, Madden 10 sucks so bad they have to keep adding extra content and not make the gameplay better
November 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Ah Billy, cmon. Madden sucks so bad??????? I smell a NFL 2k5 Flunky. Give it a rest already. If you don't like Madden 10 then you obviously have no interest in football.
November 4, 2009 at 3:30 am
Sounds like a great mode… just came a little to late for me already committed to selling it. I garauntee those who are still playing though will have a blast with it.
November 4, 2009 at 3:33 am
This is a good look.
November 4, 2009 at 4:06 am
So… It's madden cards reincarnated? Great… Can't wait
November 4, 2009 at 4:14 am
Madden Cards!!!!!! I missed it so much!!
November 4, 2009 at 4:34 am
Its a nice idea glad they didn't try to charge for it though
November 4, 2009 at 4:48 am
seems cool wanna try it now please!!
November 4, 2009 at 5:28 am
Looks awesome. Hopefully they put in legendary players like Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Mike Singletary, Bruce Smith etc.
November 4, 2009 at 5:56 am
Are you kidding me? I'm suppose to get excited about cards in Madden? Anyway what's up with the new Facebreakers 2? I heard that they are in production from another website.
November 4, 2009 at 9:17 pm
HAHAHAH your not gonna get excited about cards in Madden but you are anticipating Facebreaker 2. HAHAHHAHAH they should make this a TBS commercial VERY FUNNY
November 4, 2009 at 6:03 am
Really nice idea. I'm so happy it's going to be free. Just because the guys who usually complain can STFU about actually paying for DLC.
November 4, 2009 at 6:42 am
so having madden cards something that was included free on last gen. now makes madden 10 the 500 pound gorilla it once was? i think not.
November 4, 2009 at 7:05 pm
how can a video game become a 500 pound primate??
November 4, 2009 at 9:21 pm
This is a lot different than what you're referencing.
November 4, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Pasta, all due respect but the only difference is you can play with the team you've assembled
November 4, 2009 at 8:03 am
Oh wow, this is free? Is this a joke or… really? Free? Oh man, I'm just completely confused right now.
November 4, 2009 at 10:23 am
Madden Cards??? It looks like they put alot of hard work , man hours , and ideas toegther .So much so that they covered every angle possible with this new feature. I wonder if Madden Cards have tooken up all the time they could have been spending fixing the FUKKING Game. Id love to beat the shit out of Donny Moore and that little chubby kid in the video !!!!!!!! Who are these fukking people seriously ?????? Donny has proven he is completely incapable of putting the roster together accurately . Hooray their giving us the wack ass madden cards back , i bet the feature has been complete for a year or so , they just thought nobody would use the gay ass shit so they havent included it . Theres no way they would put together something now and give it away for free. They were charging for uniforms do possibly think that the new designers would release somethign for free they created? Hell no !! This feature was probably created by the old design team……
November 4, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Couldn't of said it better myself. Who cares about gay shit like this? Fix the game! Fix players morphing through stuff! I score a touchdown & my player walks through the wall like he's a ghost! WTF? I run out of bounds & my player walks through players on the sidelines like he's a ghost! WTF? I run through refs like they're not even there! It's 2010 EA FIX THIS SHIT!
November 4, 2009 at 11:19 am
U can play online with those players its really fun just like fifa!!!!
November 4, 2009 at 12:25 pm
This is not Madden cards. Did you haters even read the article?!
Gosh, just hating because "madden" is in the header.
November 4, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Um.. are you even old enough to know what Madden cards are?? Or did you not understand the article?? The description is EXACTLY what Madden Cards were. EXACTLY. Play games, earn credits, buy cards, upgrade players and teams. What part am I missing?
November 4, 2009 at 2:45 pm
stop being a fanboy and start being real
November 4, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Gee glad they spent time adding this crap instead of adding free agency and a salary cap to online franchise mode. Ian and his boy liked to tout that the online franchise was all on the server side so upgrades and fixes could happen, but that was just more of the jive talk. They had no intention to upgrade online franchise and that is obvious seeing crap like this come out. I mean really devote more time to this instead of fixing a half a$$ online franchise feature? Come on EA!
November 4, 2009 at 1:59 pm
You have a point. I remember when they were telling us that if we asked for a salary cap in the online franchise that they would try to implement it. I guess the key word is "try" as in work on it for 5 mins and quit. A Salary cap dramatically changes online franchise ad to be honest the Madden Ultimate Team looks good but I would rather have a better working online franchise.
So I guess it's Madden 11 where we are going to get a online franchise salary cap and a better working co-op or online team play. Something tells me that those 2 things will not happen and we will be facing another year of promises. My advice to the Madden team is to regress from throwing out ideas or promises if you have no intention of actually implementing them.
I like Madden 10 but we should know whether or not they are going to truly address online franchise this year or next. Just be honest
Mo Diddley the tell em to bring it all out-er!
November 4, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Hey Mo, Never got a reply on some more updated sources for your claim that LIVE was going to raise to $100.00. The links you gave me were from last October and November and the raise in price was suppost to happen in January 2009. Last i noticed it didnt happen.
xXL Boogie Xx – the make you prove your sources are legit-er!
November 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Maybe you need to wipe the fog off of your bifocals. I sent you plenty of links with updated information. At least 4 of them were posted in mid October. If you have an issue with a price hike I'm the wrong person to talk to, you need to speak with MS on that issue.
Mo Diddley the place put-er!
November 4, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Yea Mid October of last year check the dates and admit you are wrong
November 4, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I dont think a salary cap and contracts was ever in the cards for Madden10… I am actually one of the few people that sort of forgive them for this as there really is no denying that they loaded the game up as it is… then you add that this was the first time you could have a franchise with more then 12 users AND it was Ian CUmmings first time with his hands at the wheel… I fully expect it to be in Madden 11.
I just think that complaining about it is sort of like nitpicking.
November 4, 2009 at 6:31 pm
how can u run and function a honest online franchise if there is no salary cap. Did they really sit in the office and come up with this idea and think it will work great without a slary cap. If you the commissioner of the online franchise u don't even have options to do anything except invite people boot people and advance the week. U can't make people replay there games or even reject transactions made by players. Give us options if there is no salary cap. How hard is it to use the same format from the offline franchise to the online. Yall remember in the old maddens when u can have up to 16 people on a offline franchise. There was never a problem adding salary cap. Why can we do this in PSone and not on xbox 360 and ps3. Last time i check technology has advance since Madden 98.
November 4, 2009 at 6:32 pm
he aint talking about the stupid madden cards, he's talking about the shitty barebone online franchise mode – online franchise is so popular yet its trash, they better have a lot more depth next year thats all i gotta say, cause this is barely a step up from last years pathetic attempt at online 'leagues' whatever that was – i guess atleast its the real season this year ha
November 4, 2009 at 1:23 pm
fuck this shit and fix the rosters.
November 4, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Unfortunately I fear that this is the reason for the delay in rosters… still no excuse. Madden makes more then enough money to cover both ends.
November 4, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I don't get it.
November 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Fix the gameplay and online franchise instead of giving us crap!
November 4, 2009 at 3:07 pm
This does sound quite interesting, especially as Pasta said, as an off-season mode…
It's good that they made it free too.. get people interested and what not. Very interested to see how this plays.
November 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Hey – it's free – I'm happy. The release date is well timed to coincide with when folks are kind of winding down w/ Madden so for those that'd like to keep going this is a nice twist. My guess is EA is dipping their toes in the water with this and if they see heavy use will make it more fully functional – with the potential to charge as DLC next year
November 4, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Wow, what a difference a day makes…
Yesterday — EA announces no roster updates for three weeks: "EA Sucks", "Lazy", "Bullshit, I hate EA"
Today — EA announces Ultimate Team: "This is awesome", "I love EA",
November 4, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Uh…..I think you missed a few of the posted comment's there fan boy. Hey, I wont tell them if you don't.
p.s. EA told me your check is in the mail.
November 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm
No fanboy here….Just posted the overall jist of the responses….Just get tired of people bitching over simple shit…
November 4, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Makes you wonder what EA's play is on providing this feature for free. No company gives anything away for free. Ever. Is the timing of it around the time another football game is expected to come out? Seems strange on when it's being released. Either that, or they have another revenue stream planned for it. i.e. Can't find the card you want, then you can buy it. They mentioned 'ebay' style trades, what they didn't say was if fans will be able to use real $$$ to buy cards, and if EA would be stacking the deck by putting up cards for sale.
Guess only time will tell, but rest assured there's $$$ to be made somehow by this venture for EA.
November 4, 2009 at 8:55 pm
The nerve of them.. trying to make money off of a product they made and provide for others….
Oh wait.. that's a business model.
Realistically it is probably going to be free for the first year, to garner interest, Then have a charge for subsequent years.
Which no one SHOULD have an issue with, but I am sure countless people will complain that they should get as much stuff as possible for free.
November 4, 2009 at 9:09 pm
This looks like it could be very fun.
November 4, 2009 at 9:44 pm
This sounds great, I'll do Ultimate Team a lot through the offseason
November 4, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Looks interesting… I'll try it out since its free.
November 4, 2009 at 8:11 pm
EA ripping off APF 2K8!!!
Gold, Silver and Bronze????
Die EA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 4, 2009 at 11:50 pm
How about mid October of this year. Are you really that dense? Seriously? I'm questioning your mental capabilities now. You need help if you can't read a simple article maybe you should go back to school.
Mo Diddley the why am I even responding to such a dense message-er!