Yesterday I revealed some hints as to the players that will be up for vote for the Madden 11 cover. There will be three to choose from, only one will end up gracing the cover, and all three players are from playoff teams. While the names will be officially unveiled tomorrow with the opening of the contest I wanted to provide some more info to narrow it down and get any final guesses in advance. Of the three candidates one is the clear standout and likely winner. One of the players will like...

While I am not at liberty to disclose the candidates that will be up for the Madden 11 cover athlete vote I will be dropping some hints today and tomorrow leading up to them being revealed on Thursday. For those of you following me on Twitter I briefly mentioned a few vague details yesterday and even eliminated some names that had been guessed. As I first stated upon initial reaction given that EA Sports would need to come to an agreement with any player before offering them up as a potenti...

Though the cover athlete for Madden 11 would normally not be known until around NFL Draft time there is a new development today that could greatly affect how the final determination is made. Jstein2469 has posted a pic on Twitter that shows a new promotion being run by Doritos. Apparently the cover for Madden 11 will be chosen through some sort of fan based voting process. Right now the front-runner for the cover of Madden 11 would probably be either Drew Brees and Chad Ochocinco. However i...

For the second straight year the first news on the upcoming Madden will arrive during halftime of the Super Bowl. A blog posting will go up with discussion about one particular aspect of the game. For Madden 10 that was the "procedural awareness" and included details on what it was all about as well as a few videos showing off the technology. Earlier today lead designer Ian Cummings posted on Twitter that the idea of having a blog at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV for Madden 11 has been approv...