In a lot of ways, Madden NFL Arcade feels tenuous. You can tell that EA Sports is trying to branch out here and embrace the arcade sports gamers that have been left behind by the increasing complexity of the company's flagship gridiron franchise, but nobody has decided exactly how this new kinder-and-gentler Madden should play. This leaves you with a boring game stuck in the middle between realism and over-the-top arcade antics that isn't a good fit for anybody.
This week marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, with plenty of stores having sales. Well, Microsoft wants to save you money on the biggest games by launching deals of its own.
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Baseball’s great, but it has nothing on football. It’s been more than six months since the Saints won the Super Bowl, and ever since that moment, we’ve dreamed about the start of the 2010 NFL season. It’s taken a while, but this Thursday, we’ll finally get to watch the gladiators of the gridiron smash the hell out of each other when the Vikings play those Saints in a rematch of the NFC Championship. From that point on, it’s all about hot wings, lazy Sundays, Monday Night Football and of course, lots of video games. Madden’s the big dog on the block, but you can also score your pigskin fix online with the following sports games.
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In today's Ten Days To Madden countdown, Gameplaybook looks at the arcade games that really made a difference for the Madden legacy.
