Ripten's Chad Lakkis writes:
"Last year at E3, we were able to unearth information about a yet to be released NFL Head Coach game which ended up being confirmed several months later. This years conference has its share of surprises as well."
The United States Supreme Court has delivered their opinion in American Needle v. NFL, the antitrust case surrounding the Madden NFL series of games. The Seventh Circuit had previously ruled that the NFL, if it wishes to promote its brand (in this case, football), it must do so as a "joint venture" rather than in a competitive environment, allowing them to limit sales of NFL products to only a single outlet: something that could affect sales of Madden games. The Supreme Court, however, firmly rejected this idea, thus preserving the Madden series for sale at outlets other than NFL.com. The court highlighted the danger faced by the Seventh Circuit's ruling, had they not overturned it: "There would be nothing to prevent each of the teams from making its own market decisions relating to purchases of apparel and headwear, to the sale of such items, and to the granting of licenses to use its trademarks,” Justice Stevens said.
Avault writes: "It's Sunday. It's halftime and the Bears are down by 24. Cutler has already thrown three interceptions, but you still have hope for a strong second half. Your phone rings. It's your fiancé. She wants you to pick her up at the airport. You have to leave in 15 minutes, but you need to know how the game is going to end. You think to yourself, "I need a simulation. I'll play Madden and see what happens." You don't have time for a full game of Madden so you decide to play Madden NFL Arcade instead. You win by a landslide, and your hopes for a Bears comeback soar. Unfortunately, in real life you can't turn your opponent into a block of ice or make your receivers fast as lightning. You get home from the airport and find the Bears have lost by 40."
EA SPORTS has today announced that Madden Ultimate Team is now available for download as a free update to Madden NFL 10 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe. Just throw in your Madden NFL 10 game disc (with an Internet connection) and you'll receive the latest title update.
I don't care what EA does. I mean, what ever happened to "It's in the game"?
Does anyone even care about EA Sports anymore?
Dark Sniper believes that Refs should be kept out of the game. Yes it does add to the realistic experience, but there have been many times where he has thrown a deep pass over the middle just for the referee to pass interference his route.
Keep the refs OFF.
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are you telling me that its taking 4 years to finally add on field refs and the chain gang on a NEXT-GEN system!?!?!? damn.... on field refs and chain gangs were on madden 93 for god sakes!
All they are doing is adding features that should have been in the game from the start. Every body oohs and aahs at the screenshots but so many of you fail to realize that the pics that they show are never in game footage but rather zoomed in replays. Everyone says that Madden will be good next year but when the game comes the the graphics are always the same