Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden 08 auto-update details
A required update was released for Madden 08 on the Xbox 360. The PS3 will receive this same patch soon. The details on what this update corrected follows below: Franchise: Editing a player causes his contract value to change Franchise: Former user coaches do not fill their new team's roster causing the game to stop simulating. Franchise: The game crashes when simulating if the user releases all the HOF players from the Player Management Menu and then starts a franchise Train fo...
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Patch being worked on for Madden 08
Yesterday EA tipped off that a patch is in the works for Madden 08 by releasing it prematurely for the PS3. As it was not complete it caused some problems and was retracted later in the day. Also the rosters on both the 360 and PS3 were rolled back to the original default set. It isn't known whether the two issues were related. There was an update today to fix the rosters back but that does not represent the final patch that is being worked towards. By releasing the patch before it was...
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Vote for the NFL Tour cover athlete
EA Sports has announced that the cover athlete for the upcoming NFL Tour will be determined through a voting process. The three candidates are Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers, Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins, and Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts. Personally I support Jason Taylor for the cover. After the incredible season he had he deserves the recognition. However I suspect Merriman will come away as the winner. Who should it be? Visit the official website for NFL...
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More on NaturalMotion’s Backbreaker
In an interview with developmag.com the CEO of NaturalMotion discussed the new football game they're producing which was announced a few weeks ago as Backbreaker. The interview gets into some good detail and specifics on the technology and how they plan to incorporate that into the game. If you're interested in it you should check it out in its entirety here. Those expecting a full fledged football title will probably end up being disappointed. The development team consists of six (yes ...
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Mention made of NFL Tour
Since being originally announced on July 10th there has been no additional information on NFL Tour from EA Sports. Other than assuming it is the reinvention of the NFL Street franchise and that it will be considered an "arcade" style game there hasn't been much said about it yet. Earlier this week Peter Moore, who just left Microsoft to head up EA Sports, briefly talked about NFL Tour. In talking on his company's recently announced football title NFL Tour (PS3,...
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Details on the latest Madden 08 roster update
Here is a complete list of all the changes that have taken place with the latest roster update that was released for Madden 08 early on 9/7. Details on all roster updates released throughout the year can be found here. Click through to read all the changes (there are a lot). (more...)...
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Madden 08 roster update coming Thursday
EA is set to release another roster update on Thursday September 6th for Madden 08 to coincide with the start of the NFL season. Rosters should reflect the moves made through the final cuts from this past weekend. This update is confirmed to include the removal of Michael Vick from the rosters. Update: As of the early AM hours on September 7th the new rosters are available for the 360 and PS3! ...
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First week sales analysis for Madden 08
VG Chartz has posted up the the latest sales numbers which includes the full first week of Madden 08. Combined with all the platforms it was released on Madden 08 sold approximately 1.8 million copies. That would be drop from last year's 2 million and just about in line with what Madden 06 did. However that decrease in the overall number was expected considering the heavier shift from one console generation to the next. Because of the higher prices of the games on the 36...
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